Americans Speak Over 350 Languages At Home, Census Data Shows

More than 60 million Americans over the age of five speak a language other than English in their home. Americans speak more than 350 languages in their homes according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. Findings from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey show more than 60 million Americans over the age of five speak a language other than English in their home. Spanish is by far the most common language and is spoken in the home by 37 million people.

Those who speak Spanish at home also tend to learn English, with more than half reporting they had learned the language. Speakers of Asian languages were less proficient in English: only 40 percent of the 1.4 million Vietnamese speakers and 44.7 percent of the 2.9 million Chinese-speakers speaking English “very well.”

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