# Counties in California by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `language_other_than_english_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Imperial County | 75.3 |
| 2 | Monterey County | 56.3 |
| 3 | Santa Clara County | 55.2 |
| 4 | Los Angeles County | 55.1 |
| 5 | Colusa County | 53.1 |
| 6 | Merced County | 52.7 |
| 7 | Tulare County | 50.2 |
| 8 | Alameda County | 47.2 |
| 9 | Orange County | 46.4 |
| 10 | San Mateo County | 45.8 |
| 11 | Madera County | 45.7 |
| 12 | Kern County | 45.7 |
| 13 | San Bernardino County | 44.3 |
| 14 | San Benito County | 44.1 |
| 15 | Fresno County | 43.7 |
| 16 | San Francisco County | 43.6 |
| 17 | San Joaquin County | 43 |
| 17 | Stanislaus County | 43 |
| 19 | Riverside County | 42.4 |
| 20 | Kings County | 42 |
| 21 | Santa Barbara County | 40.5 |
| 22 | Glenn County | 39.8 |
| 23 | Ventura County | 38.4 |
| 24 | Contra Costa County | 37.5 |
| 25 | San Diego County | 37.3 |
| 26 | Sutter County | 36.9 |
| 27 | Yolo County | 36.3 |
| 28 | Napa County | 34.2 |
| 29 | Sacramento County | 33.7 |
| 30 | Santa Cruz County | 33.6 |
| 31 | Solano County | 31.5 |
| 32 | Sonoma County | 27 |
| 33 | Yuba County | 25.4 |
| 34 | Marin County | 23.9 |
| 35 | Mendocino County | 22.1 |
| 36 | Mono County | 22.1 |
| 37 | Tehama County | 21.2 |
| 38 | Lake County | 19.7 |
| 39 | Inyo County | 19.3 |
| 40 | Lassen County | 18.2 |
| 41 | San Luis Obispo County | 17.5 |
| 42 | Placer County | 16.6 |
| 43 | Butte County | 16.6 |
| 44 | Alpine County | 15.9 |
| 45 | Modoc County | 14 |
| 46 | Del Norte County | 12.7 |
| 47 | El Dorado County | 12.1 |
| 48 | Humboldt County | 11.1 |
| 49 | Mariposa County | 10.7 |
| 50 | Amador County | 10.5 |
| 51 | Siskiyou County | 9.7 |
| 52 | Sierra County | 9.7 |
| 53 | Nevada County | 9.1 |
| 54 | Calaveras County | 8.8 |
| 55 | Plumas County | 8.2 |
| 56 | Shasta County | 7.8 |
| 57 | Tuolumne County | 7.2 |
| 58 | Trinity County | 6.5 |