What is the future of Spanish in the United States.?

1. Spanish is by far the most spoken non-English language.

2. Spanish use has grown, driven primarily by Hispanic immigration and population growth, it has become a part of many aspects of life in the U.S.

3. Spanish is spoken by more non-Hispanics.

4. About 1/3 of Hispanics will speak only English at home by 2020, up from 25% in 2010, according to Ortman and shin

5. Jennifer Ortman and Hyon B.Shin are U.S. Census Bureau Demographers.

6. In 1980 there was 11 million Spanish speakers (the number of Vietnamese speakers grew faster, up 599% over the same period.

7. 3/4 of all Hispanics ages 5 and older speak Spanish.

8. The share of Hispanics that speak Spanish reached 78% in the 2000's. As the share of Hispanics who speak Spanish falls

9. The Spanish Language in the U.S. is still unfolding. whether it follows the same pattern of decline in use as other non-english languages