In 2060, almost five and a half centuries after the arrival of Juan Ponce de León in what is now Florida, the United States will be the second country with the most Spanish speakersaccording to data released this Friday by the Hispanic Council.
Regarding Spanish Language Day, which is celebrated this Sunday, the Hispanic Council cited figures from the Cervantes Institute to point out that 57 million people speak that language in the US.
This Sunday, April 23, International Spanish Language Day is celebrated.
From @HispanicCouncil We tell you 10 facts about the use of Spanish in the US, where there are already more Spanish speakers than in Spain.
1. In 2060 the US will be the 2nd country in the world with the most Spanish speakers. pic.twitter.com/4k3Sz7UBgP
– Daniel Urena (@danielurena) April 21, 2023
According to the Census, Hispanics in the United States are almost 19% of the population and, according to the report, by 2060, 27.5% of the US population will be of Hispanic origin, points out a report from efe.
“In less than four decades, the United States will be the second country in the world with the largest number of Spanish-speakers, just behind Mexico,” said the Madrid-based Hispanic Council.
“The Hispanic community is not homogeneous, nor is its relationship with Spanish,” he added. “English is the most widely spoken language throughout the United States.”
However, seven out of ten Hispanics use Spanish to communicate in the family environment, which “demonstrates that Spanish is a living language that Hispanics use for their cultural ties and for their professional projection.”
According to the Hispanic Council, there are 624 active Spanish-language media outlets in the US and 91% of high schools offer classes in Spanish. This country has, with more than eight million students, the largest number of Spanish students.
The seed of the Castilian language was planted in 1513 by the Spaniard Ponce de León, a native of Valladolid, and now there are more Spanish speakers in the United States than in Spain, the report added.
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Ten states, four territories and dozens of counties and municipalities have names in Spanish, the result of the Spanish colonial presence for more than 300 years.
The Hispanic Council specified that 26% of all Spanish-speakers in the United States are found in California, where the Hispanic population is close to 40% of the total, only surpassed by New Mexico, where the community of Hispanic origin represents almost half of the total of the population.
With information from Efe.
