Language Use

Chinese New Year: February 5, 2019

By mid-2019 the population of China is projected to be 4.22 times the U.S., 1.4B vs. 331.9M. Based on 2018 data, U.S. imports from China are 4.36 times exports.

Super Bowl LIII (53): February 3, 2019

Super Bowl LIII involves three top-10 metro areas by estimated population: #2 Los Angeles (Rams) vs. #10 Boston (New England Patriots) hosted by #9 Atlanta.

Geography Awareness Week: Nov. 11-17, 2018 & GIS Day: Nov. 14, 2018

The 2016 County Business Patterns program counted 7,645 surveying and mapping establishments in the U.S. with 47,171 employees and $2.7B annual payroll.

English-Speaking Ability of the Foreign-Born Population: 2012

This report examines English use at home and English-speaking ability among the foreign born.

School Enrollment in the United States: 2011

The publication School Enrollment in the United States: 2011 is CPS and ACS.

Language Use in the United States: 2011

This paper uses the American Community Survey and National Population Projections to examine the population speaking a language other than English in 2020.

Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English

The ACS 2009-2013 multi-year data are used to list all languages spoken in the United States that were reported during the sample period.

Detailed Language Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English

The ACS 2006-2008 multi-year data are used to list all languages spoken in the United States that were reported during the sample period.

A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers: 2000

These foreign born tables are from the 2000 A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers.

ACS Redesign of Language-Spoken-at-Home Data, 2016

This report describes the processes, decision points, and challenges involved in the 2016 ACS language data redesign.

Policy and Evaluation of the US Census Bureau’s Statistics on Language

This article examines how and why the U.S. Census Bureau asks about language.

Assessing the Validity of the ACS English-Ability Question

This study is a first step in attempting to assess the continued validity of the English-ability item on the American Community Survey.