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Health Workforce Languages Spoken Data

Published by Department of Health Care Access and Information | State of California | Metadata Last Checked: February 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-11-07T01:00:43.052311
This dataset contains statistically weighted estimates of the languages spoken by 47 key health workforce professions actively licensed in California as of December 3rd, 2024. These metrics can be compared by US Census Bureau language group, Medi-Cal Threshold Language, workforce category, license type, region, county and age.

Resources

9 resources available

  • 2024 Health Workforce Language Age Data

    XLSX
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  • 2024 Health Workforce MediCal Threshold Data

    XLSX
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  • DP02 2023 ACS 5 YR Census Language Data

    XLSX
    Download

  • Health Workforce Languages Spoken Data Dictionaries

    XLSX
    Download

  • 2024 Health Workforce Language Detail Data

    XLSX
    Download

  • 2024 Response Rate Data

    XLSX
    Download

  • 2024 Health Workforce Language Concordance Data

    .XLSX
    Download

  • 2023 Health Workforce Languages Spoken Dashboard Data

    ZIP
    Download

  • All resource data

    ZIP
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Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel public
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "Department of Health Care Access and Information, Office of Health Workforce Development",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:WorkforceData@hcai.ca.gov"
}
description This dataset contains statistically weighted estimates of the languages spoken by 47 key health workforce professions actively licensed in California as of December 3rd, 2024. These metrics can be compared by US Census Bureau language group, Medi-Cal Threshold Language, workforce category, license type, region, county and age.
distribution 
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    "title": "2024 Health Workforce Language Concordance Data",
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    "title": "2023 Health Workforce Languages Spoken Dashboard Data",
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identifier 4e984855-e716-4154-8ba7-535b7a163320
issued 2023-12-11T16:22:08.876717
keyword 
                                            [
  "Health Workforce",
  "Languages",
  "RDC",
  "Research Data Center",
  "department of health care access and information"
]
license http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
modified 2025-11-07T01:00:43.052311
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "Department of Health Care Access and Information",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
                                            [
  "Health and Human Services"
]
title Health Workforce Languages Spoken Data

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