Ranking of languages spoken at home in the U.S. in 2018
This graph shows the top 10 spoken languages other than English in the United States. In 2018, around 41.5 million people in the U.S. spoke Spanish at home.
The distribution of the U.S. population by ethnicity can be accessed here.
A ranking of the most spoken languages across the world can be accessed here.
The distribution of the U.S. population by ethnicity can be accessed here.
A ranking of the most spoken languages across the world can be accessed here.
Languages spoken (at home) other than English in the United States by number of speakers in 2018
| Language | Number of speakers |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 41,460,427 |
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) | 3,471,604 |
| Tagalog (incl. Filipino) | 1,760,468 |
| Vietnamese | 1,542,473 |
| Arabic | 1,259,118 |
| French (incl. Cajun) | 1,232,173 |
| Korean | 1,086,335 |
| Russian | 919,279 |
| German | 889,651 |
| Hindi | 874,314 |
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US Census Bureau. (September 26, 2019). Languages spoken (at home) other than English in the United States by number of speakers in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 15, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/183483/ranking-of-languages-spoken-at-home-in-the-us-in-2008/
US Census Bureau. "Languages spoken (at home) other than English in the United States by number of speakers in 2018." Chart. September 26, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 15, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183483/ranking-of-languages-spoken-at-home-in-the-us-in-2008/
US Census Bureau. (2019). Languages spoken (at home) other than English in the United States by number of speakers in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 15, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183483/ranking-of-languages-spoken-at-home-in-the-us-in-2008/
US Census Bureau. "Languages Spoken (at Home) Other than English in The United States by Number of Speakers in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183483/ranking-of-languages-spoken-at-home-in-the-us-in-2008/
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