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)

Feedback and questions are welcome:

contact sbauckus@international.ucla.edu