U.S. Linguistic Diversity Increases

Posted by Gale Petersen  June 11, 2010

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/c...

This fascinating Census Bureau Press Release summarizes the diversity of language in the U.S. with a link to the full report for those who want to read more. It starts off by telling us, “The number of people 5 and older who spoke a language other than English at home has more than doubled in the last three decades and at a pace four times greater than the nation's population growth . . . ”

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