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Languages spoken among U.S. immigrants, 2018


Languages spoken among U.S. immigrants, 2018
% of immigrants ages 5 and older who speak ___ at home
Language% of immigrants
English only17%
Spanish42%
Chinese6%
Hindi5%
Filipino/Tagalog4%
French3%
Vietnamese3%
Dravidian2%
Arabic2%
All other17%

Note: Languages spoken by at least 2.0% of the immigrant population are shown. Hindi includes related languages such as Urdu and Bengali. Dravidian is family of languages which includes; Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.

Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of the 2018 American Community Survey (IPUMS).

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