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Languages Spoken at Home: 2000
| Language or Language Group |
Persons 5 and Older |
% Persons 5 and Older |
% Speak Language Other Than English at Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speak only English | 66,834 | 68.8% | (NA) |
| Spanish or Spanish Creole | 6,619 | 6.8% | 21.8% |
| French or French Creole | 4,994 | 5.1% | 16.5% |
| Chinese | 3,604 | 3.7% | 11.9% |
| Portuguese or Portuguese Creole | 2,863 | 2.9% | 9.4% |
| Indic languages, incl. Hindi, Gujarthi & Ur |
1,847 | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Korean | 1,431 | 1.5% | 4.7% |
| Italian | 933 | 1.0% | 3.1% |
| African languages | 929 | 1.0% | 3.1% |
| Japanese | 873 | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| German | 818 | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Russian | 811 | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Arabic | 652 | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Greek | 507 | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Hebrew | 428 | 0.4% | 1.4% |
| Vietnamese | 264 | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Other Language Reported or Not Specified |
2,767 | 2.8% | 9.1% |
| Total Persons 5 Years and Over | 97,174 | ||
| Total Persons Speaking a Language other than English at Home: |
30,340 | ||
| Percent of all Persons 5 Years and Over | 31.2% | ||
| Source: U. S. Census, Decennial Census, SF3 data file, 2000. | |||
For More Information
For more information about socioeconomic and demographic statistics about Cambridge, please contact Cliff Cook, ccook@cambridgema.gov, Planning Information Manager, at 617/349-4656. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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