The United States of America has the second-largest population of Spanish speakers. Learn how to serve this growing population.
According to the US Census Bureau, Spanish is spoken by more than 559 million people globally. Of those, 460 million are native speakers, making Spanish the language with the second largest population of native speakers in the world. Mandarin holds the top title.
In the U.S., 13 percent of the population speaks Spanish at home, earning it the title of the most common non-English language spoken. The U.S. also has the 2nd largest population of Spanish speakers in the world; Mexico has the largest.
And the way the data is trending, by 2050, one in three people in the U.S. will speak Spanish (this data includes bilingual people who also speak English).
With such compelling data about the number of Spanish speakers, it’s no wonder governments, organizations, and brands are working to make sure they are including them.
https://cervantesobservatorio.fas.harvard.edu/en/about/spanish-in-united-states
