Here are some quick numbers about Spanish speakers and Latinos in the U.S.

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• Spanish is the second-most spoken language in the United States and the most common non-English language spoken in the U.S.

• The U.S. has the second-largest population of Spanish speakers in the world!

• 13 percent of the U.S. population speaks Spanish at home.

• In 2020, the total economic output from U.S. Latinos was almost $2.8 trillion, and showed rapid growth from 2010 to 2020.

• As of 2022, U.S. Latinos collective buying power was approximately $1.72 trillion.

• Spanish was the home language of 3.9 million English Learner (EL) public school students in Fall 2019 in the U.S.

• 💡This makes up 75.7 percent of all EL students and 7.9 percent of all public school students

• 12 U.S. states had a public school EL population of 10 percent or more.

• The percentage of Latinos is growing in states such as North and South Dakota, Tennessee, Ohio, Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Virginia and states throughout New England.

Sources:

2022 LDC U.S. Latino GDP report

National Center for Education Statistics

Forbes

University of Houston