Also see: Latest City of Los Angeles Languages & Ability to Speak English
| Age Group | Age 5 to 17 | Age 18+ | All Ages | All Ages Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 696,630 | 2,716,259 | 3,412,889 | 100.00% |
| Speak only English | 233,954 | 1,204,619 | 1,438,573 | 42.15% |
| Spanish or Spanish Creole | 391,124 | 1,031,192 | 1,422,316 | 41.67% |
| French (incl. Patois, Cajun) | 1,843 | 18,178 | 20,021 | 0.59% |
| French Creole | 141 | 757 | 898 | 0.03% |
| Italian | 629 | 8,986 | 9,615 | 0.28% |
| Portuguese or Portuguese Creole | 382 | 3,391 | 3,773 | 0.11% |
| German | 615 | 11,564 | 12,179 | 0.36% |
| Yiddish | 199 | 3,883 | 4,082 | 0.12% |
| Other West Germanic languages | 65 | 2,154 | 2,219 | 0.07% |
| Scandinavian languages | 165 | 2,721 | 2,886 | 0.08% |
| Greek | 122 | 2,934 | 3,056 | 0.09% |
| Russian | 3,647 | 25,223 | 28,870 | 0.85% |
| Polish | 209 | 3,236 | 3,445 | 0.10% |
| Serbo-Croatian | 289 | 3,749 | 4,038 | 0.12% |
| Other Slavic languages | 308 | 2,815 | 3,123 | 0.09% |
| Armenian | 11,484 | 46,440 | 57,924 | 1.70% |
| Persian | 6,325 | 36,718 | 43,043 | 1.26% |
| Gujarathi | 226 | 2,147 | 2,373 | 0.07% |
| Hindi | 727 | 5,139 | 5,866 | 0.17% |
| Urdu | 731 | 2,492 | 3,223 | 0.09% |
| Other Indic languages | 1,607 | 7,701 | 9,308 | 0.27% |
| Other Indo-European languages | 540 | 4,827 | 5,367 | 0.16% |
| Chinese | 6,593 | 46,335 | 52,928 | 1.55% |
| Japanese | 1,226 | 20,438 | 21,664 | 0.63% |
| Korean | 11,425 | 69,615 | 81,040 | 2.37% |
| Mon-Khmer, Cambodian | 1,234 | 2,784 | 4,018 | 0.12% |
| Miao, Hmong | 0 | 43 | 43 | 0.00% |
| Thai | 1,439 | 8,560 | 9,999 | 0.29% |
| Laotian | 129 | 622 | 751 | 0.02% |
| Vietnamese | 2,807 | 14,879 | 17,686 | 0.52% |
| Other Asian languages | 390 | 4,368 | 4,758 | 0.14% |
| Tagalog | 8,251 | 69,783 | 78,034 | 2.29% |
| Other Pacific Island languages | 866 | 6,386 | 7,252 | 0.21% |
| Navajo | 9 | 146 | 155 | 0.00% |
| Other Native North American languages | 27 | 423 | 450 | 0.01% |
| Hungarian | 179 | 4,325 | 4,504 | 0.13% |
| Arabic | 2,062 | 11,516 | 13,578 | 0.40% |
| Hebrew | 3,052 | 13,240 | 16,292 | 0.48% |
| African languages | 823 | 6,630 | 7,453 | 0.22% |
| Other and unspecified languages | 786 | 5,300 | 6,086 | 0.18% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Languages Spoken at Home by Individual City of Los Angeles Communities
| English Ability | All Ages | Age 5 to 17 | Age 18 to 64 | Age 65+ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 3,412,889 | 100.00% | 696,630 | 100.00% | 2,359,149 | 100.00% | 357,110 | 100.00% |
| Speak only English | 1,438,573 | 42.15% | 233,954 | 33.58% | 991,370 | 42.02% | 213,249 | 59.72% |
| Speak Spanish | 1,422,316 | 41.67% | 391,124 | 56.15% | 969,888 | 41.11% | 61,304 | 17.17% |
| Speak English "very well" | 569,278 | 16.68% | 220,612 | 31.67% | 329,757 | 13.98% | 18,909 | 5.30% |
| Speak English "well" | 338,459 | 9.92% | 109,434 | 15.71% | 217,528 | 9.22% | 11,497 | 3.22% |
| Speak English "not well" | 321,100 | 9.41% | 47,870 | 6.87% | 258,764 | 10.97% | 14,466 | 4.05% |
| Speak English "not at all" | 193,479 | 5.67% | 13,208 | 1.90% | 163,839 | 6.94% | 16,432 | 4.60% |
| Speak other Indo-European languages | 225,309 | 6.60% | 30,254 | 4.34% | 156,820 | 6.65% | 38,235 | 10.71% |
| Speak English "very well" | 132,603 | 3.89% | 23,977 | 3.44% | 94,079 | 3.99% | 14,547 | 4.07% |
| Speak English "well" | 53,159 | 1.56% | 4,777 | 0.69% | 40,090 | 1.70% | 8,292 | 2.32% |
| Speak English "not well" | 29,473 | 0.86% | 1,348 | 0.19% | 18,739 | 0.79% | 9,386 | 2.63% |
| Speak English "not at all" | 10,074 | 0.30% | 152 | 0.02% | 3,912 | 0.17% | 6,010 | 1.68% |
| English Ability | All Ages | Age 5 to 17 | Age 18 to 64 | Age 65+ | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Speak Asian & Pacific Island languages | 278,173 | 8.15% | 34,360 | 4.93% | 205,074 | 8.69% | 38,739 | 10.85% |
| Speak English "very well" | 127,261 | 3.73% | 21,420 | 3.07% | 96,314 | 4.08% | 9,527 | 2.67% |
| Speak English "well" | 77,192 | 2.26% | 8,984 | 1.29% | 59,334 | 2.52% | 8,874 | 2.48% |
| Speak English "not well" | 58,190 | 1.71% | 3,684 | 0.53% | 41,897 | 1.78% | 12,609 | 3.53% |
| Speak English "not at all" | 15,530 | 0.46% | 272 | 0.04% | 7,529 | 0.32% | 7,729 | 2.16% |
| Speak other languages | 48,518 | 1.42% | 6,938 | 1.00% | 35,997 | 1.53% | 5,583 | 1.56% |
| Speak English "very well" | 32,021 | 0.94% | 5,552 | 0.80% | 23,983 | 1.02% | 2,486 | 0.70% |
| Speak English "well" | 10,345 | 0.30% | 778 | 0.11% | 7,921 | 0.34% | 1,646 | 0.46% |
| Speak English "not well" | 4,243 | 0.12% | 496 | 0.07% | 2,684 | 0.11% | 1,063 | 0.30% |
| Speak English "not at all" | 1,909 | 0.06% | 112 | 0.02% | 1,409 | 0.06% | 388 | 0.11% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
