The number of U.S. residents 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2015. Those who spoke Spanish at home constituted 13.3 percent of U.S. residents 5 and older. More than half (59 percent) of these Spanish speakers spoke English “very well.”

Spanish Language

40 million

Source: 2016 Language Spoken at Home Survey

72.4%

Percentage of Hispanics 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2016.
Source: 2016 Language Spoken at Home among Hispanics