Among Hispanics, Share Who Speak Spanish and Share Who Speak Only English at Home, Actual and Projected, Hispanics 1980 2020 (% among Hispanics ages 5 and older) 80 75
A growing share of Hispanic households speaks only English at home. Overall, the number of Hispanics (31 million) that speaks English has been growing, as is the share that speaks only English at home. U.S. Census Bureau projections show that by 2020, one-third of Hispanics ages 5 and older will speak only English at home, up from 25% today.
Among Hispanics, Share Who Speak Spanish and  | Share Who Speak Only English at Home, Actual and  | Projected, Hispanics 1980 2020  | (% among Hispanics ages 5 and older)  | 90  | Spanish spoken  | at home  | 80 75  | 70  | 70  | 66  | 60  | 50  | 40  | 30  | 23  | 29  | 20  | Only English  | spo ken at home  | 10  | 1980  | 1990  | 2000  | 2011 2015 2020  | Notes: Projections for 2010 to 2020 indicated by bro ken line  | Source: For Community 1980 through Survey 2011, Pew 2010 Research 2020 Center tabulations ofcensus U.S data and  | American Bureau's 2008 Community population Survey proje data; 2010 shown to 2020 projections Jennifer Ortman based on U.S Hyon Census Shin,  | Bureau's "Language 2008 Projections: population 20 proje 10 ctions 2020 as shown in projections Jennifer Ortman and Hyon B. Shin,  | "Language Projections: population 20 proje 10 /socdemo/lanquade to 2020  | http.1/Jww.ccunsus "Language Projections: .qov/hhes 20 10 /socdemo/lanquade to 2020 /data/acs /Ortman Shin ASA2011  | aper.pdf  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 