English Proficiency on the Rise Among Latinos

*As the number of U.S. born Latinos rises, so does the number of Latinos with English proficiency. 33.2 million Latinos speak English proficiently, that’s 68% of all Latinos ages 5 and older. VL

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U.S. Born Driving Language Changes

By Jens Krogstad, Renee Stepler and Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center

[tweet_dis]A record 33.2 million Hispanics in the U.S. speak English proficiently[/tweet_dis], according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.¹ In 2013, this group made up 68% of all Hispanics ages 5 and older, up from 59% in 2000.

At the same time that the share of Latinos who speak English proficiently is growing, the share that speaks Spanish at home has been declining over the last 13 years. [pullquote]the share that speaks Spanish at home has been declining over the last 13 years. [/pullquote][tweet_dis]In 2013, 73% of Latinos ages 5 and older said they speak Spanish at home, down from 78% who said the same in 2000.[/tweet_dis] Despite this decline, a record 35.8 million Hispanics speak Spanish at home, a number that has continued to increase as the nation’s Hispanic population has grown.

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