Cities in California by population speaking a language other than English at home

Calexico, CA had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 376 cities in 2023, at 93.6%. Paradise, CA had the lowest, at 5.6%. The median was 38.6% and the figure for California was 44.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest93.6Calexico, CA

Lowest5.6Paradise, CA

Median38.6376 cities

California44.1History

Top 40 cities, 2023

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Calexico, CA	93.6	-0.6 pts
2	Maywood, CA	90.2	-1.5 pts
3	Bell Gardens, CA	89.7	-1.1 pts
4	Cudahy, CA	89.5	-0.3 pts
5	Huntington Park, CA	89.4	-0.8 pts
6	Mendota, CA	87.9	+0.6 pts
7	Bell, CA	86.9	-0.5 pts
8	Greenfield, CA	84.4	+0.6 pts
9	South Gate, CA	84	-1.5 pts
10	Arvin, CA	83.9	-0.4 pts
11	El Monte, CA	82.2	-0.9 pts
12	King City, CA	81.4	+2 pts
13	Rosemead, CA	81.3	+0.6 pts
14	Coachella, CA	81.1	-0.3 pts
15	South El Monte, CA	80.9	+0.2 pts
16	Parlier, CA	80.7	-0.2 pts
17	Baldwin Park, CA	79.6	-0.8 pts
18	Lynwood, CA	79.1	-1 pts
19	Santa Ana, CA	78	-0.3 pts
20	Livingston, CA	77.6	-4.2 pts
21	Avenal, CA	77.2	+0.2 pts
22	El Centro, CA	77.1	+0.9 pts
23	La Puente, CA	75.9	-0.4 pts
24	Watsonville, CA	74.8	-0.1 pts
25	Lindsay, CA	74.5	+1.1 pts
26	Hawaiian Gardens, CA	73.8	+0.7 pts
27	Commerce, CA	73.6	-1.2 pts
28	Delano, CA	72.9	+0.2 pts
29	Salinas, CA	72	-0.3 pts
30	Monterey Park, CA	71.8	-1 pts
31	San Fernando, CA	71.6	-2.3 pts
32	Montebello, CA	71.5	+0.4 pts
33	Paramount, CA	71.4	-1.6 pts
34	San Gabriel, CA	71.2	-0.3 pts
35	McFarland, CA	71	-1.9 pts
36	Kerman, CA	69.1	-3.6 pts
37	National City, CA	69	-1.8 pts
38	Milpitas, CA	68.9	+0.9 pts
39	Imperial, CA	68.8	+1.3 pts
40	Wasco, CA	68.7	-1.9 pts
41	Alhambra, CA	68.5	-0.8 pts
42	Soledad, CA	68.2	+0.4 pts
43	Temple City, CA	68.1	+1.2 pts
44	Garden Grove, CA	67.9	+0.2 pts
45	Stanton, CA	67.8	+0.1 pts
46	Lawndale, CA	67.7	-1.7 pts
47	Oxnard, CA	67.6	+1.2 pts
48	Brawley, CA	67.3	+1.7 pts
49	Artesia, CA	67.1	+0.5 pts
50	Walnut, CA	66.7	+1.9 pts
51	Farmersville, CA	66.6	-2.7 pts
52	Santa Maria, CA	66.6	+0.7 pts
53	Pico Rivera, CA	66.5	+1.1 pts
54	San Pablo, CA	66.1	+0.7 pts
55	Perris, CA	66	+0.2 pts
56	Glendale, CA	66	-0.7 pts
57	Santa Paula, CA	65.8	+0.5 pts
58	East Palo Alto, CA	65.1	-0.6 pts
59	Downey, CA	65.1	+0.1 pts
60	Westminster, CA	64.8	+0.4 pts
61	Compton, CA	64.3	-0.6 pts
62	Fremont, CA	63.8	+1.1 pts
63	Pomona, CA	63.7	-1.2 pts
64	Norwalk, CA	63.5	-0.9 pts
65	Cupertino, CA	63.2	+1.8 pts
66	Dinuba, CA	63	-2.2 pts
67	Daly City, CA	61.8	-0.1 pts
68	Diamond Bar, CA	61.7	+1.9 pts
69	Union City, CA	61.2	-3.4 pts
70	Madera, CA	60.9	-0.8 pts
71	San Marino, CA	60.8	+1.3 pts
72	Hayward, CA	60.4	0 pts
73	Reedley, CA	60.3	-2.3 pts
74	Anaheim, CA	60.2	+0.6 pts
75	Ceres, CA	60	+1 pts
76	Sunnyvale, CA	59.9	+0.4 pts
77	West Covina, CA	59.3	+1.8 pts
78	San Jose, CA	58.6	+0.5 pts
79	Shafter, CA	58.6	-4 pts
80	Bellflower, CA	58.1	+0.8 pts
81	Fontana, CA	58	+0.2 pts
82	Rialto, CA	58	-0.2 pts
83	Arcadia, CA	58	+0.4 pts
84	Montclair, CA	57.4	-2.8 pts
85	Hawthorne, CA	57.4	-0 pts
86	Newman, CA	57.3	-1.6 pts
87	Newark, CA	57.2	-0.2 pts
88	Cerritos, CA	57.1	+1.9 pts
89	Jurupa Valley, CA	57.1	-0.2 pts
90	Los Angeles, CA	56.8	-0.6 pts
91	Chula Vista, CA	56.5	+0.4 pts
92	Santa Clara, CA	56.2	+1.1 pts
93	Patterson, CA	56.2	-5.6 pts
94	Mountain House, CA	56	+5.7 pts
95	Azusa, CA	55.1	-0.2 pts
96	Richmond, CA	54.8	+0.4 pts
97	Duarte, CA	54.7	-2.6 pts
98	Porterville, CA	54.5	+1.9 pts
99	San Bernardino, CA	54.1	+1.4 pts
100	Ontario, CA	53.8	-1 pts
101	Gardena, CA	53.8	-1 pts
102	Foster City, CA	53.7	-0.3 pts
103	San Leandro, CA	53.7	+1.2 pts
104	Indio, CA	53.7	-0 pts
105	Carson, CA	53.6	-0.8 pts
106	Sanger, CA	53.5	+1.5 pts
107	Colton, CA	53.2	+1 pts
108	South San Francisco, CA	53	+1.1 pts
109	Santa Fe Springs, CA	52.7	-1.5 pts
110	Buena Park, CA	52.7	+1.2 pts
111	Palmdale, CA	52.6	+0.3 pts
112	Los Banos, CA	52.2	-0.7 pts
113	Cathedral City, CA	51.9	-0.4 pts
114	Tustin, CA	51.9	+0.6 pts
115	Coalinga, CA	51.8	+5 pts
116	Corcoran, CA	51.1	+0.3 pts
117	La Palma, CA	50.9	+0.9 pts
118	Irvine, CA	50.4	-0 pts
119	Saratoga, CA	50.4	+1.6 pts
120	Inglewood, CA	50	-0.1 pts
121	Riverbank, CA	49.8	+0.6 pts
122	Pittsburg, CA	49.7	+0.3 pts
123	Desert Hot Springs, CA	49.7	+1.9 pts
124	Port Hueneme, CA	49.6	+2.5 pts
125	Selma, CA	49.5	-1.8 pts
126	Fillmore, CA	49.4	-1.8 pts
127	Mountain View, CA	49.3	+0.4 pts
128	Dublin, CA	49.1	-0.4 pts
129	Moreno Valley, CA	48.9	-0.6 pts
130	Millbrae, CA	48.8	+1.1 pts
131	La Habra, CA	48.5	+0.4 pts
132	Hollister, CA	48.4	+0.8 pts
133	Chino Hills, CA	48.1	-0.7 pts
134	Chino, CA	47.6	+1.1 pts
135	Covina, CA	47.6	-2.3 pts
136	Atwater, CA	47.5	+0.7 pts
137	San Jacinto, CA	47.5	+4.4 pts
138	Adelanto, CA	47.3	-0.9 pts
139	Merced, CA	46.7	-1.6 pts
140	San Bruno, CA	46.6	-2.8 pts
141	Eastvale, CA	46.5	+0.4 pts
142	Riverside, CA	46.4	+0.1 pts
142	Tulare, CA	46.4	+0.3 pts
144	Fullerton, CA	46.4	+0.4 pts
145	Highland, CA	46.3	-0.6 pts
145	Stockton, CA	46.3	+0.8 pts
147	Lathrop, CA	46.3	-0.9 pts
148	Fountain Valley, CA	46.1	+1.2 pts
149	Loma Linda, CA	46	+0.1 pts
150	Lompoc, CA	45.7	-0.2 pts
151	Gilroy, CA	45.5	-0.9 pts
152	Seaside, CA	45.1	-1.2 pts
153	San Mateo, CA	45.1	+1.6 pts
154	Corona, CA	45	+0.5 pts
155	San Ramon, CA	45	+1.3 pts
156	Redwood City, CA	44.9	-0.5 pts
157	Blythe, CA	44.8	+0.9 pts
158	Tracy, CA	44.8	+2.1 pts
159	Long Beach, CA	44.7	-0.5 pts
160	Hercules, CA	44.7	-1.3 pts
161	El Cajon, CA	44.2	+0.2 pts
162	La Mirada, CA	44.1	+0.6 pts
163	Bakersfield, CA	43.6	+0.9 pts
164	San Francisco, CA	43.4	+0.5 pts
165	American Canyon, CA	43.3	+0.1 pts
166	Pleasanton, CA	43.1	+0.7 pts
167	Signal Hill, CA	43	+4.7 pts
168	Cypress, CA	42.9	+0.5 pts
168	Escondido, CA	42.9	+2.2 pts
170	Fresno, CA	42.9	-0.3 pts
171	Turlock, CA	42.8	+0.3 pts
172	Beverly Hills, CA	42.6	+0.6 pts
173	Pasadena, CA	42.6	-0.6 pts
174	Victorville, CA	42.5	+2 pts
175	Monrovia, CA	42.2	-2.2 pts
176	Lake Elsinore, CA	42.1	-1.2 pts
177	Chowchilla, CA	41.9	+0.2 pts
178	Imperial Beach, CA	41.8	-2.1 pts
179	Whittier, CA	41.8	+0.7 pts
180	Burbank, CA	41.4	+0.4 pts
181	Torrance, CA	41.2	+0.1 pts
182	Vista, CA	40.9	+0.1 pts
183	Palo Alto, CA	40.3	+1.1 pts
184	Woodland, CA	40	-0.3 pts
185	Oakland, CA	39.9	+1.2 pts
186	Campbell, CA	39.5	+2.1 pts
187	Placentia, CA	38.9	-0.3 pts
188	Concord, CA	38.6	+0.4 pts
188	Lemon Grove, CA	38.6	+0.8 pts
190	San Diego, CA	38.5	-0 pts
191	Menlo Park, CA	38.5	+1.5 pts
192	Vallejo, CA	38.5	+0.8 pts
193	Yuba City, CA	38.5	+0.7 pts
194	Lomita, CA	38.3	-0.2 pts
195	West Sacramento, CA	38.2	-0.9 pts
196	Orange, CA	38.1	-0.3 pts
197	Modesto, CA	37.8	+0.4 pts
198	Marina, CA	37.7	+0.9 pts
199	San Rafael, CA	37.5	+2.9 pts
200	Albany, CA	37.5	+1.6 pts
201	Belmont, CA	37.4	+2.4 pts
202	Emeryville, CA	37.4	+2.2 pts
203	Antioch, CA	37.2	+1.2 pts
204	Los Altos, CA	37.2	+2.9 pts
205	Galt, CA	37	+2.2 pts
206	El Cerrito, CA	37	-0.6 pts
207	Costa Mesa, CA	36.8	-0.1 pts
208	Pinole, CA	36.6	+1.3 pts
209	Hesperia, CA	36.6	+0.5 pts
210	San Dimas, CA	36.3	+2.5 pts
211	Banning, CA	36.3	-1.5 pts
212	Lake Forest, CA	36.2	+2 pts
213	Rancho Cordova, CA	36.2	0 pts
214	Burlingame, CA	36.2	+0.2 pts
215	Culver City, CA	35.9	-0.2 pts
216	Carpinteria, CA	35.9	+1.2 pts
217	Lodi, CA	35.9	+0.3 pts
218	Aliso Viejo, CA	35.6	+1.9 pts
219	Sacramento, CA	35.6	-0.4 pts
220	Lakewood, CA	35.5	-0.4 pts
221	South Pasadena, CA	35.5	-0.4 pts
222	Santa Clarita, CA	35.4	+1 pts
223	Grand Terrace, CA	35.3	+4.8 pts
224	Hillsborough, CA	35.3	+0.1 pts
224	Napa, CA	35.3	+0.4 pts
226	Fairfield, CA	35	+1.3 pts
227	San Marcos, CA	35	-0.3 pts
228	Brea, CA	34.9	-0.8 pts
229	Goleta, CA	34.9	+1.1 pts
230	Elk Grove, CA	34.8	-0.4 pts
230	Hemet, CA	34.8	+1.3 pts
232	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	34.7	+0.4 pts
233	Visalia, CA	34.6	-0.9 pts
234	Alameda, CA	34.6	+0.7 pts
235	Morgan Hill, CA	34.4	+2.5 pts
236	Santa Rosa, CA	34.3	+0.6 pts
237	Hanford, CA	34	+1.3 pts
238	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	34	-0.6 pts
239	Suisun City, CA	33.9	+3.1 pts
240	Oceanside, CA	33.6	-0.1 pts
241	Laguna Hills, CA	33.6	-0.1 pts
242	Manteca, CA	33.4	+0.5 pts
243	Lancaster, CA	33.1	+1.1 pts
244	San Juan Capistrano, CA	33	-2.8 pts
245	Dixon, CA	32.8	+0.2 pts
246	Calabasas, CA	32.6	-0.5 pts
247	Half Moon Bay, CA	32.6	+0.1 pts
248	Lemoore, CA	32.2	+0.9 pts
249	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	32	-0 pts
250	California City, CA	31.8	+0.9 pts

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People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability: most people in this group also speak English. Spanish speakers are shown separately in spanish_at_home_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in California by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in California by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/california-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in California by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/california-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in California by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/california-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_cities_in_california_by_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in California by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/california-cities?period=2023. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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