How many U.S. residents age 5+ spoke a language other than English at home in 2019?
Answer67,802,345
That is about 22% of the population age 5 and over.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Language Use in the United States: 2019 (ACS-50) (2019) census.gov
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After Spanish, which language had the most U.S. home speakers in 2019 — and how many?
AnswerChinese: 3,494,544
Tagalog (including Filipino) had 1,763,585 speakers.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Language Use in the United States: 2019 (ACS-50) (2019) census.gov
Into how many potential language categories does the Census Bureau code write-in answers?
Answerover 1,000
The most detailed published tables use 42 categories.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Language Use in the United States: 2019 (ACS-50) (2019) census.gov
By what percent did the number of non-English speakers at home grow from 1980 to 2019?
Answer194.0%
The group grew from 23.1 million to 67.8 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Language Use in the United States: 2019 (ACS-50) (2019) census.gov
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