5 LOS ANGELES COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE DISTRICT Student Profile Data Since its first college opened in1929, LACCD has served as an educator to more than 3 million students. The District’s nine colleges serve the diverse Los Angeles County area and have remained affordable, accessible, practical and the first access to higher education for millions of students. Students by Age (2017–2018) Students by Gender (2017–2018) Students by Ethnicity  (2017–2018) Primary Language Spoken  (Fall 2018) Source: Student Information System Diversity in Languages LACCD is one of the most diverse community college districts in the nation, with more than 50 languages spoken by our students. The chart at left highlights the primary languages used, but also spoken are: Vietnamese,Tagalog (Philippines), Chinese (Cantonese), Arabic, Japanese, French, Bengali, Portuguese,Amharic, Thai, Chinese (Other), Ukrainian, Hebrew, German, Urdu (Pakistan), Italian,Turkish, Hindi, Burmese, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Chinese (Shanghai), Indian (Hindi), Dutch, Serbian, Flemish, Bahasa (Indonesian), Bulgarian, Hungarian,Tamil (Ceylon),Afrikaans, Greek, Swahili, Punjabi, Swedish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Malay, Norwegian,Twi (Ghana), Indian (Kannada), Indian (Konkani),Kiswahili,Latvian,Lithuanian,Telugu,and Welsh. First Generation College Attendees  (2017–2018) According to a Spring 2017 LACCD student survey: 69% of students are low-income and 53% of students live at or below the poverty level. ** **Low income is150% of the Federal Poverty Level