| Language | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian |
102 |
119 |
| Arabic |
6,992 |
7,545 |
| Armenian |
11,891 |
11,946 |
| Assyrian |
702 |
791 |
| Burmese |
586 |
562 |
| Cantonese |
25,089 |
24,945 |
| Cebuano (Visayan) |
535 |
545 |
| Chaldean |
597 |
638 |
| Chamorro (Guamanian) |
71 |
59 |
| Chaozhou (Chaochow) |
740 |
754 |
| Croatian |
364 |
185 |
| Dutch |
164 |
196 |
| Farsi (Persian) |
5,036 |
5,558 |
| French |
946 |
980 |
| German |
866 |
829 |
| Greek |
225 |
214 |
| Gujarati |
1,142 |
1,132 |
| Hebrew |
654 |
784 |
| Hindi |
4,411 |
4,548 |
| Hmong |
27,124 |
26,801 |
| Hungarian |
195 |
203 |
| Ilocano |
1,609 |
1,572 |
| Indonesian |
1,192 |
1,234 |
| Italian |
303 |
288 |
| Japanese |
5,092 |
5,122 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) |
14,582 |
13,475 |
| Khmu |
180 |
172 |
| Korean |
16,874 |
18,002 |
| Kurdish |
321 |
331 |
| Lahu |
415 |
452 |
| Lao |
6,085 |
5,745 |
| Mandarin (Putonghua) |
10,367 |
11,793 |
| Marshallese |
147 |
111 |
| Mien/Yao |
4,137 |
3,947 |
| Mixteco |
419 |
500 |
| Pashto |
646 |
697 |
| Pilipino (Tagalog) |
18,157 |
19,813 |
| Polish |
352 |
352 |
| Portuguese |
2,369 |
2,383 |
| Punjabi |
8,279 |
8,914 |
| Rumanian |
1,202 |
1,204 |
| Russian |
8,131 |
7,977 |
| Samoan |
1,740 |
1,748 |
| Serbo-Croatian |
305 |
363 |
| Spanish |
1,259,954 |
1,302,383 |
| Taiwanese |
360 |
334 |
| Thai |
1,610 |
1,643 |
| Tigrinya* |
395 |
371 |
| Toishanese |
226 |
240 |
| Tongan |
1,875 |
1,984 |
| Turkish |
245 |
275 |
| Ukrainian |
2,267 |
2,364 |
| Urdu |
2,502 |
2,797 |
| Vietnamese |
37,978 |
37,797 |
| Other non-English languages |
12,551 |
13,278 |
| State Totals |
1,511,299 |
1,559,248 |
Source:
Language Census (form R30-LC)
Educational Demographics Office
California Department of Education
