In a Growing Market, Why Spanish Can Be A Key To Your Business Growth
This was published by [https://multilingual.com/] on December 14, 2022
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Those who use a language other than English as their primary language nearly tripled in the last four decades,
- Over 41 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home
- In 1989 it was 10%, that is how rapidly it is growing.
- Linguistic data like this is a useful way for organizations of both the private and public sectors to gauge the need for language access across the nation.
According to a report byย the US Census Bureau, individuals who primarily speak a language other than English at home make up about 22% of US residents now (that is, 67.8 million people), compared to just 10% (23.1 million) in 1980.
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While the number of people who primarily use English has also grown since 1980, that growth has been less marked.
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And the number of foreign language speakers nearly tripled in four decades, the number of English speakers grew by just around 25%.
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