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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 five most commonly spoken languages in each county, other than English, and that list must: (a) be based on the best available data; (b) include the estimated number of individuals in each county who speak each listed language; and (c) updated at least every 5 years. 

Sources: American Community Survey data, including estimated numbers of limited English proficient individuals who self-evaluate their ability to speak English as “less than very well,” and estimates from the Population Research Center at Portland State University, 2022.

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: ​116

Chinese- estimated number of speakers: 1,572​
Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,059
Korean - estimated number of speakers: 401
Arabic - estimated number of speakers: 183
Thai - estimated number of speakers: 169

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 8,229
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: ​1,649
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 830
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 793
Ukrainian - estimated number of speakers: 680

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 628​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 161

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 468​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 67​​

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: ​ 250

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: ​2,748
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 213
French - estimated number of speakers: 142
Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 134​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 650
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 154​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 25​

Spanish- estimated number of speakers: ​62​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 45​

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 3,140​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 5,063
Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 201
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 161
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 146​​

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,038​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 813​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,923​​

​Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 178​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 4,657​
Chinese ​- estimated number of speakers: 1,239
Japanese - estimated number of speakers: 333
Korean - estimated number of speakers: 241
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 176​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 791​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 2,828
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 128
Tagalog - estimated number of speakers: 112​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,916​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 27,066
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 1,263
Chinese- estimated number of speakers: 654
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 338​​
Marshallese - estimated number of speakers: 336

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,390​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 21,828
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 10,150
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 6,345
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 4,956
Ukrainian - estimated number of speakers: 1,854

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 2,079
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 180
Russian - estimated number of speakers: 148
Marshallese - estimated number of speakers: 148
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 134​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 5​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,030​​

Spanish​ - estimated number of speakers: 6,152​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 113

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 31​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 1,414​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 25,580
Vietnamese - estimated number of speakers: 4,063
Chinese - estimated number of speakers: 2,985
Korean - estimated number of speakers: 2,645
Arabic - estimated number of speakers: 1,297​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 9​​

Spanish - estimated number of speakers: 4,819
Chinese- estimated number of speakers: 235
German - estimated number of speakers: 139​