Appendix III
Which Language do People in the United States Speak when They are at Home?
| Language |
1990
|
1980
|
| English |
198,600,798
|
192,672,829
|
| Spanish |
17,339,172
|
11,549,333
|
| French |
1,702,176
|
1,572,275
|
| German |
1,547,099
|
1,606,743
|
| Italian |
1,308,648
|
1,633,279
|
| Chinese |
1,249,213
|
631,737
|
| Tagalog |
843,251
|
451,962
(Philippine Islands) |
| Polish |
723,483
|
826,150
|
| Korean |
626,478
|
275,712
|
| Vietnamese |
507,069
|
203,268
|
| Portuguese |
429,860
|
361,101
|
| Japanese |
427,657
|
342,205
|
| Greek |
388,260
|
410,462
|
| Arabic |
355,150
|
225,597
|
| Hindi |
331,484
|
129,968
(India) |
| Russian |
241,798
|
174,623
|
| Yiddish |
213,064
|
320,380
(Jewish in Eastern Europe) |
| Thai |
206,266
|
89,052
(Thailand) |
| Persian |
201,865
|
109,293
(Iran) |
| French Creole |
187,658
|
24,885
(Hait, mixture of French and African) |
| Armenian |
149,694
|
102,301
|
| Navaho |
148,530
|
123,169
(American Indian) |
| Hungarian |
147,902
|
180,083
|
| Hebrew |
144,292
|
99,166
(Israel) |
| Dutch |
142,684
|
146,429
(Holland) |
| Mon-Khmer |
127,441
|
16,417
(Southeast Asia) |
| Gujarathi |
102,418
|
36,865
(India) |
| Ukrainian |
96,568
|
122,300
|
| Czech |
92,485
|
123,059
|
| Pennsylvania Dutch |
83,525
|
68,202
(German dialect in Pennsylvania) |
| Miao |
81,877
|
16,189
(Southeast Asia) |
| Norwegian |
80,723
|
113,227
|
| Slovak |
80,388
|
87,941
|
| Swedish |
77,511
|
100,886
|
| Serbocroatian |
70,964
|
83,216
(Serbia and Croatia) |
| Kru |
65,848
|
24,506
(West Africa) |
| Romanian |
65,265
|
32,502
|
| Lithuanian |
55,781
|
73,234
|
| Finnish |
54,350
|
69,386
|
| Panjabi |
50,005
|
19,298
(India) |
| Formosan |
46,044
|
13,661
(Taiwan, near China) |
| Croatian |
45,206
|
42,479
|
| Turkish |
41,876
|
27,459
|
Note: there was a small change in the system of counting.
In 1980, people three years old and older were counted.
In 1990, people five years old and older were counted.