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Languages Spoken Among U.S. Immigrants, 2014

Language % of immigrants
English only 16%
Spanish 44%
Chinese 6%
Hindi 5%
Filipino/Tagalog 4%
Vietnamese 3%
French 3%
Korean 2%
All other 18%

Note: Languages spoken by at least 2% of the immigrant population are shown. Hindi includes related languages such as Urdu and Bengali.

Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of the 2014 American Community Survey (IPUMS)

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