US has more Spanish speakers than Spain

The United States now has more Spanish speakers ཧthan Spain — and the second most in ♎the world, according to a new study.

A report published by the renowned Instituto Cervantes research center says there are now an , which is second only to Mexico’s 121 million.

In co🙈mparison, Colombia is made up of 48 million Spanish speakers and Spain only has 46 million.

The report also found that there are now around 559 million Spanish speakers worldwide. About 470 mil✅lion of those people are native speakers.

Data obtained from the US Census Office suggests th💛at the US will have an estimated 138 million Spanish speakers by 2050 — wꦏhich would make it the biggest Spanish-speaking nation on Earth.

There are currently 41 million native Spanish speakers living in the US today — and another 11.6 million people who are bilingual💫, many of whom are the children of Spanish-speaking immigrants, the report says.

An estimated 18.2 percent of New Y𓂃orkers can speak Spanish, accordi🉐ng to the .

New Mexico is home to the highest population of Spanish-speakers in the country, with 47 percent. California and Texas are next in line with 38 percent, followed by Arizona (30 percent), Nevada (27.3 percent) 🤡and Florida (23.2 percent).

The lowest concentrations of Spanish-speaking Americans are located in West Virginiꦛa (1.3 percent), Maine (1.4 percent) and Vermont (1.6 percent).

The Instituto Cervantes is a worldwide organization that is d⛎evoted to the study and teaching of Spanish language and culture.