Tutorial #1 Generating Tables from the American Community Survey/U.S. Census Bureau on Language and Origin Susie Bauckus National Heritage Language Resource Center
Tutorial #1
Generating Tables from the American Community
Survey/U.S. Census Bureau on Language and Origin
Susie Bauckus National Heritage Language Resource Center
June 25, 2014
Note: use this tutorial to find any table (see our
Demographics web page to find a list of relevant
tables) except for Table 1 (detailed languages) or
“Quick Facts”
Let’s say we want to know about LOTEs spoken in Los Angeles County, Alhambra,
and Glendale, California
To start: go to the American Community Survey’s portal:
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t
Type in B16001 (Languages Spoken at Home) or B5006 for (Place of Birth for the
Foreign Born).
Type in as many geographies as you want; press enter or “GO” after
each one
You can see your search terms here
Important: if your geographies have fewer than 300,000 people, only the 5-year estimates will give results. If your target geographies have higher populations, try any estimate.
Check the appropriate box(s) for the estimate(s) you want to see
Important: if your geographies have fewer than 300,000 people, only the 5-year estimates will give results. if your geographies are larger, you can try any estimate.
Check table/s you want and Click “view” or on table title
Table B16001 includes figures on how speakers rate their English abilities
African languagesArabicArmenianChineseFrench (incl. Patois, Cajun)French CreoleGermanGreekGujaratiHebrewHindiHmongHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanLaotianMon-Khmer, CambodianNavajoPersian
PolishPortuguese or Portuguese CreoleRussianScandinavian languagesSerbo-CroatianSpanish or Spanish CreoleSpeak only EnglishTagalogThaiUrduVietnameseYiddishOther Asian languagesOther Indic languagesOther Indo-European languagesOther Native North American languagesOther Pacific Island languages
39 Languages/groups Included in Table B16001:
Other language/origin-related tables:• DP02 (Selected Social
Characteristics)• B05006 (Place of Birth for the
Foreign Born)• B04001, B04002, B04003 (First,
Second, and Any Ancestry Reported, respectively)