According to Worldway immigration experts, a report released by the Center for Immigration Studies indicates that from 2010 to 2013, the number of residents across the United States who do not speak English at home reached a historic high of 61.75 million, accounting for 20.8% of the total U.S. population. It is worth noting that during these 3 years, the number of residents in the U.S. speaking Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic saw the largest increases.
According to reports from the official website of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS.ORG), between 2010 and 2013, the U.S. added 2.2 million residents who do not speak English. Additionally, from 1990 to 2013, the total number of U.S. residents who do not speak English at home increased by approximately 30 million.
Among the 61.75 million residents who do not speak English, 34.53 million are immigrants, and 27.22 million were born in the United States. This shows that residents who do not speak English are not limited to immigrants; the proportion of native-born residents who do not speak English at home is also quite high, reaching 44%.
Among all residents who do not speak English, the number of Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic speakers increased the most. Between 2010 and 2013, the number of Spanish speakers increased by 1.4 million, an increase of 4%; the number of Chinese speakers increased by 220,000, an increase of 8%; and the number of Arabic speakers increased by 188,000, an increase of 22%.
2013, in addition to English, there were 7 languages spoken by more than 1 million residents across the U.S. These languages are: Spanish (38.4 million), Chinese (3.029 million), Tagalog (1.6 million), Vietnamese (1.4 million), French (1.3 million), Korean (1.1 million), and Arabic (1.1 million). Interestingly, in 2010, there were still over 1.06 million German speakers in the U.S., but by 2013, this number had dropped to 984,600.
Data shows that from 2000 to 2013, the number of Chinese speakers in the U.S. increased by 1 million. In 2000, there were 2.0221 million Chinese speakers in the U.S., and by 2013, this number reached 3.029 million.
