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Most Common Languages in Each County

Under ORS 251.167, the Secretary of State must create and make publicly available a list of the ten most commonly spoken languages in each county, other than English. The list must be updated at least every five years.

Sources: American Community Survey estimated number of limited English proficient (LEP) individuals five years and older who self-evaluate their ability to speak English as “less than very well.” Data analysis by the Population Research Center at Portland State University, 2024.

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: ​83​
Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,311 
Chinese- estimated number of speakers: 1,049 
Korean - estimated number of speakers: 366
Thai - estimated number of speakers: 135 
French – estimated number of speakers: 131 
Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers. ​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 7,017
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 1,935
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 970
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 929
Ukrainian - estimated number of speakers: 694
Korean – estimated number of speakers: 592
Arabic – estimated number of speakers: 406
Japanese – estimated number of speakers: 347
Thai - estimated number of speakers: 298
German - estimated number of speakers: 267 ​

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 677
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 292
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 532
Chinese- estimated number of speakers: 206
Tagalog- estimated number of speakers: 118
Vietnamese- estimated number of speakers: 102
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 153
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 441
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 3,243
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 156
German - estimated number of speakers: 119
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 112
Italian - estimated number of speakers: 102
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 718
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 154
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 62
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish- estimated number of speakers: 68
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 66
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 2,855
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 4,474
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 222
Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 185
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 113
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,038
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 863
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,584
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 268
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 4,972
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 990
French - estimated number of speakers: 280
Japanese - estimated number of speakers: 201
Korean - estimated number of speakers: 267
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 207
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 173
Italian - estimated number of speakers: 136
Khmer - estimated number of speakers: 122
​ Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 121

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,154
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 2,954
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 143
Punjabi - estimated number of speakers: 103
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 2,171
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 28,476
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 909
Marshallese - estimated number of speakers: 654
Chinese- estimated number of speakers: 591
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 358
Burmese - estimated number of speakers: 214
Italian - estimated number of speakers: 206
Korean- estimated number of speakers: 192
Ukrainian - estimated number of speakers: 163
​ Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 160

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,680
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 21,133
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 9,653
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 5,965
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 4,121
Ukrainian - estimated number of speakers: 1,744
Arabic - estimated number of speakers: 1,225
Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 848
Iu Mien - estimated number of speakers: 807
Nepali - estimated number of speakers: 705
​ Somali - estimated number of speakers: 681

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 2,102
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 151
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 142
German - estimated number of speakers: 139
Hindi - estimated number of speakers: 133
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 10
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,011
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 5,319
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 107
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 60
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,322
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 23,623
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 4,118
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 3,107
Korean - estimated number of speakers: 2,532
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 1,226
Arabic - estimated number of speakers: 1,053
Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 1,005
Farsi - estimated number of speakers: 847
Japanese - estimated number of speakers: 817
​ Khmer - estimated number of speakers: 661

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 13
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 4,729
German - estimated number of speakers: 143
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 126
Chinese- estimated number of speakers: 125
​ Other languages are estimated to have fewer than 100 speakers.