Distribution of Linguistics in the US

United States or America as it is popularly known as is a Federal State. It consists of fifty states and a federal district. Out of the fifty states, 43 states have predominantly Spanish speaking people. But can we really know which language is spoken majorly in each state? The answer is yes!

Recently, the American Community Survey published a data representing the distribution of languages spoken in entire United States other than English and Spanish.According to the data it is evident that there are only 7 states in the US where Spanish is not spoken as the native language. For Example French language is spoken as the first language in Louisiana, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire German is spoken in North Dakota, Italian language is spoken in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,Yupik in Alaska, Tagalog is spoken in California and Nevada, Vietnamese is spoken in Texas, French Creole in Florida, Korean in Georgia,German in Utah and Colorado, German in Montana, Vietnamese in Washington. American Community Survey also came out with maps showing the distribution of Native American language,Indo-Aryan language, African language and Scandinavian language in each state.

The map given above shows the distribution of various languages across United States. It clearly signifies that Spanish is not the first language of most of the US states. All the maps individually create an interesting and rich portrait of the linguistic and cultural character of the United Nations.