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Majority of Latinos speak English or are bilingual

62 percent of Latinos speak English or are bilingual, according to an analysis of the Pew Research Center’s 2013 National Survey of Latinos.

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The majority of English-speaking Hispanics in the United States are bilingual, according to an analysis of the Pew Research Center’s 2013 National Survey of Latinos, which revealed the following findings:

  • 62 percent of Latinos speak English or are bilingual
  • 36 percent are bilingual, 25 percent mainly use English and 38 percent mainly use Spanish
  • Among those who speak English, 59 percent are bilingual
  • 50 percent of children of immigrant parents are bilingual, compared to 35 percent of Latino immigrants, and 23 percent of Latinos with U.S. born parents
  • 42 percent of Latinos ages 18 to 29 are bilingual. That share falls to about a third among Hispanics ages 30 to 49 and ages 50 to 64, but rises again, to 40 percent, among those ages 65 and older
  • Spanish is the most spoken non-English language in the U.S. with 35.8 million Hispanic speakers plus 2.6 million non-Hispanic
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