According to a study prepared by the platform specialized in providing data on migration and business, The Hispanic community represents about 17.8 percent of the population in the United States and increases year after year. Furthermore, according to data from the Pew Research Center, it is estimated that around 16,000,000 people have a limited understanding of the Spanish language. In that sense, California has a city where more than 60 percent speak this language.
The report, carried out by Thinkinworldalso highlights that In the entire United States there are 41,000,000 people who speak Spanish and that the vast majority of Latino adults are bilingual. Likewise, he mentions that This language became the most spoken foreign language in the country due to the large number of Hispanics and Latinos who emigrate. On the other hand, the platform assures that there are studies that predict that the United States will become the country with the most Spanish speakers by the year 2060.
The aforementioned study mentions that El Centro, California, is among the top 3 cities with the highest number of Spanish speakersonly below Hialeah, Florida, and Laredo, Texas, which have 93 and 90 percent Spanish speakers, respectively.
For its part, The Center has 74.6 percent of the population capable of speaking Spanish. That is, in total there are approximately 32,683 Spanish speakers, taking into account the total population of the city given by the United States Census Bureau in 2022.
In Los Angeles 48.5 percent of the population speaks Spanish.
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The 2 cities in California where the most Spanish is spoken
According to the analysis of Thinkinworld, Two cities in California manage to sneak into the top of the ranking of cities in the United States where the most Spanish is spoken. Los Angeles and Downtown They are those that stand out for their large percentage of Spanish speakers.
California, the US state with the highest number of immigrants
According to a study published in January 2024 by the Public Policy Institute of California, based on data from the United States Census Bureau, California is home to 10,400,000 immigrants and almost half (46 percent) of the children residing in this city have at least one immigrant parent.
The study also asserts, based on the American Community Survey One-Year Estimates, that The vast majority of immigrants in California were born in Latin America (49 percent) and 3.8 of them are Mexicana variable that is reflected in the number of Spanish speakers in the state.
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