This dataset includes the primary spoken language of eligible individuals who selected and enrolled in a Covered California Qualified Health Plan (QHP) and identified their primary spoken language as English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Russian, Farsi, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, or Hmong, by reporting period. Covered California data is from the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System (CalHEERS) and includes those who selected and enrolled in a QHP, and paid their first premium. This dataset is part of public reporting requirements set forth by the California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.

This dataset includes the primary written language of eligible individuals who selected and enrolled in a Covered California Qualified Health Plan (QHP) and identified their primary written language as English, Spanish, Traditional Chinese character, Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Tagalog, Farsi, Arabic, Cambodian, Armenian, or Hmong, by reporting period. Covered California reported data is from the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System (CalHEERS) and includes those who selected and enrolled in a QHP, and paid their first premium. This dataset is part of public reporting requirements set forth by the California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.

This dataset includes the primary spoken language of applicants for Insurance Affordability Programs (IAPs) who identified their primary spoken language as English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Armenian, Arabic, Mandarin, Korean, Tagalog, Russian, Farsi, Hmong, or Cambodian by reporting period. The primary spoken language data is from the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System (CalHEERS) and includes data from applications submitted directly to CalHEERS, to Covered California, and County Human Services Agencies through the Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) eHIT interface. This dataset is part of public reporting requirements set forth by the California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.

This dataset includes the primary written language of applicants for Insurance Affordability Programs (IAPs) who identified their primary written language as English, Spanish, Traditional Chinese character, Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Tagalog, Farsi, Arabic, Cambodian, Armenian, or Hmong by reporting period. The primary written language data is from the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System (CalHEERS) and includes data from applications submitted directly to CalHEERS, to Covered California, and to County Human Services Agencies through the Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) eHIT interface. This dataset is part of public reporting requirements set forth by the California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.

This dataset includes the primary language of newly Medi-Cal eligible individuals who identified their primary language as English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Other Non-English, Armenian, Russian, Farsi, Korean, Tagalog, Other Chinese Languages, Hmong, Cambodian, Portuguese, Lao, French, Thai, Japanese, Samoan, Other Sign Language, American Sign Language (ASL), Turkish, Ilacano, Mien, Italian, Hebrew, and Polish, by reporting period. The primary language data is from the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS) and includes eligible individuals without prior Medi-Cal eligibility. This dataset is part of the public reporting requirements set forth in California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.

This dataset includes the primary language of newly Medi-Cal eligible individuals who identified their primary language as English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Other Non-English, Armenian, Russian, Farsi, Korean, Tagalog, Other Chinese Languages, Hmong, Cambodian, Portuguese, Lao, French, Thai, Japanese, Samoan, Other Sign Language, American Sign Language (ASL), Turkish, Ilacano, Mien, Italian, Hebrew, and Polish, by reporting period. The primary language data is from the Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System (MEDS) and includes eligible individuals without prior Medi-Cal eligibility. This dataset is part of the public reporting requirements set forth in California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5.

The dataset contains combined counts for hospital discharges, emergency room encounters, and ambulatory surgeries by preferred language spoken at each facility. The nearly 100 languages collected in the patient-level data were combined into eight geographical or cultural groups: English Language, Spanish Language, Asian/Pacific Islander Languages, Middle Eastern Languages, European Languages, African Languages, Latin American Languages, Native American Languages, and Sign Language. See the Preferred Language Spoken Language List below to see the exact separation of languages.

This dataset contains statistically weighted estimates of the languages spoken by 47 key health workforce professions actively licensed in California as of July 1st, 2023. These metrics can be compared by US Census Bureau language group, workforce category, license type, time since license issue date (in years), and CHIS region.