( The number of Italian, German and Polish speakers in the U.S. Whether it follows the same pattern of decline in use as other non-English languages, such as Italian, German or Polish, remains to be seen. The story of the Spanish language in the U.S. About a third (34%) of Hispanics will speak only English at home by 2020, up from 25% in 2010, according to Ortman and Shin. The share of Hispanics that speak Spanish reached 78% in the 2000s.Īs the share of Hispanics who speak Spanish falls, the share that speaks only English at home is expected to rise. However, that share is projected to fall to about two-thirds in 2020.
Today, three-fourths of all Hispanics ages 5 and older speak Spanish. births rather than the arrival of new immigrants to Hispanic population growth. Ortman and Shin provide two other projections, both of which highlight the changing demographics of the nation’s Hispanic population and the rising importance of U.S. Most of these Spanish speakers will be Hispanic, with Ortman and Shin projecting between 37.5 million and 41 million Hispanic Spanish speakers by 2020. Shin, the number of Spanish speakers is projected to rise through 2020 to anywhere between 39 million and 43 million, depending on the assumption one makes about immigration. Census Bureau Demographers Jennifer Ortman and Hyon B. homes than any other non-English language and Spanish language television networks frequently beat their English counterparts in television ratings.Īccording to a 2011 paper by U.S. For example, Spanish is spoken by more non-Hispanics in U.S. (The number of Vietnamese speakers grew faster, up 599% over the same period).Īs Spanish use has grown, driven primarily by Hispanic immigration and population growth, it has become a part of many aspects of life in the U.S. It is also one of the fastest-growing, with the number of speakers up 233% since 1980, when there were 11 million Spanish speakers.
With more than 37 million speakers, Spanish is by far the most spoken non-English language in the U.S.
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