Spoken languages in the US

Most Spoken Languages in the U.S.

By Lissa Poirot on April 28, 2020

In the United States, 121,520,180 households speak English, and of those, 94,970,700 households only speak English. That means more than 26 million people speak a second language at home. 

Additionally, 8 percent of the U.S. population is considered limited-English proficient, meaning they more commonly speak another language. In fact, you may be surprised to learn there are 20 different languages commonly spoken across our 50 states.

Read on to discover the 20 most spoken languages in the U.S., as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau./.../