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| Title | MLA Language Map: Thirty Most Commonly Spoken Languages in the US |
| Body | Data from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS) about the thirty languages most commonly spoken in the United States are now available at the Data Center of the MLA Language Map (http://www.mla.org/map_data ). The new data, compared with data from Census 2000, provide a snapshot of recent changes in American language communities. The data at mid-decade reveal significant developments in American language communities. The number of speakers of English in the United States, for instance, has grown to 216,078,959, an increase since 2000 of 655,404, or .3 %, while during the same period, the number of speakers of Spanish has grown to 32,252,890, an increase of 4,152,165, or 14.8 %. Tracking changes in the numbers of Spanish speakers by state suggests that these developments are not uniform; at the same time that sizable increases are registered in such states as California, Texas, Delaware, and North Carolina, relative stability in numbers is noted in New York, New Jersey, and New Mexico, and significant decreases are recorded for Vermont, the District of Columbia, and Montana. The numbers of speakers of French, German, and Italian have each decreased nationwide by 200,000 and more; the numbers of speakers of Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese have each increased by more than 100,000. Russian speakers in the United States have increased in number by more than 125,000. Regional increases in the number of Chinese speakers are suggestive: the largest increase in Chinese (up by 26,130) is reported in the South, while increases of approximately half that size are reported in the Northeast (12,047) and the Midwest (14,202); in the West, however, the numbers of speakers of Chinese are relatively stable. Access the latest MLA Language Map at http://www.mla.org/map_main . |
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| Inputdate | 2008-02-10 03:41:10 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2008-02-10 03:41:10 |
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| Publishdate | 2008-02-11 00:00:00 |
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