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Number of People in the U.S. Speaking a Language Other than
English at Home2000 Census
In the United States, there is a surprising number of people speaking a lanugage other than English at home—more than 46 million as of the 2000 Census. Spanish/Spanish Creole is the most spoken, with more than 28 million speakers, but French, Chinese, German, and Tagalog are common as well.
| Language |
Persons 5 years old
and over who
speak language |
|
Population, 5 years and over
|
262,375,152
|
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Speak only English
|
215,423,557
|
|
Speak other language
|
46,951,595
|
|
Spanish or Spanish Creole
|
28,101,052
|
|
Other Indo-European languages
|
10,017,989
|
| French (incl. Patois,
Cajun) |
1,643,838 |
| French Creole |
453,368 |
| Italian |
1,008,370 |
| Portuguese or Portuguese
Creole |
564,630 |
| German |
1,383,442 |
| Yiddish |
178,945 |
| Other West Germanic
languages |
251,135 |
| Scandinavian languages |
162,252 |
| Greek |
365,436 |
| Russian |
706,242 |
| Polish |
667,414 |
| Serbo-Croatian |
233,865 |
| Other Slavic languages |
301,079 |
| Armenian |
202,708 |
| Persian |
312,085 |
| Gujarathi |
235,988 |
| Hindi |
317,057 |
| Urdu |
262,900 |
| Other Indic languages |
439,289 |
| Other Indo-European
languages |
327,946 |
|
Asian and Pacific Island languages
|
6,960,065
|
| Chinese |
2,022,143 |
| Japanese |
477,997 |
| Korean |
894,063 |
| Mon-Khmer, Cambodian |
181,889 |
| Miao, Hmong |
168,063 |
| Thai |
120,464 |
| Laotian |
149,303 |
| Vietnamese |
1,009,627 |
| Other Asian languages |
398,434 |
| Tagalog |
1,224,241 |
| Other Pacific Island
languages |
313,841 |
|
Other languages
|
1,872,489
|
| Navajo |
178,014 |
| Other Native North American
languages |
203,466 |
| Hungarian |
117,973 |
| Arabic |
614,582 |
| Hebrew |
195,374 |
| African languages |
418,505 |
| Other and unspecified |
144,575 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000,
Summary File 3, Table PCT 10, released Feb. 25, 2003.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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