Arabic speakers in the US
| |
Year
|
Speakers
|
---|---|
1910a | 32,868
|
1920a | 57,557
|
1930a | 67,830
|
1940a | 50,940
|
1960a | 49,908
|
1970a | 73,657
|
1980a | 251,409
|
1990[1] | 355,150
|
2000[2] | 614,582
|
2010[3] | 864,961
|
2014[4] | 1,117,304
|
^a Foreign-born population only[5][6] |
State | Arabic speakers |
---|---|
California | 158,398
|
Michigan | 101,470
|
New York | 86,269
|
Texas | 54,340
|
Illinois | 53,251
|
New Jersey | 51,011
|
Virginia | 36,683
|
Florida | 34,698
|
Ohio | 33,125
|
Arabic is the fastest-growing foreign language taught at U.S. colleges and universities, a trend mirrored at the University of Iowa.[7]
Arabic in 2006 became the 10th most-studied language in the United States.[7]
In 2013, Arabic was ranked the 8th place on the list of enrollments in higher education in the USA.[8][citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Detailed Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for Persons 5 Years and Over --50 Languages with Greatest Number of Speakers: United States 1990". United States Census Bureau. 1990. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- ^ "Language Spoken at Home: 2000". United States Bureau of the Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ^ a b Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". Archived from the original on February 12, 2020.
- ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
- ^ "Mother Tongue of the Foreign-Born Population: 1910 to 1940, 1960, and 1970". United States Census Bureau. March 9, 1999. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ "Language Spoken at Home for the Foreign-Born Population 5 Years and Over: 1980 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. March 9, 1999. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ a b Heldt, Diane (March 25, 2010). "Arabic is fastest-growing language at U.S. colleges". The Gazette. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
- ^ Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2013 David Goldberg, Dennis Looney, and Natalia Lusin, Web publication, February 2015