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Spanish was the official administrative language of California through the Spanish and Mexican eras, until 1848. Following the U.S. Conquest of California and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the U.S Government initially guaranteed the rights of the Spanish-speaking citizens in the Mexican Cession.
Spanish is the state's second most spoken language. Areas with especially large Spanish speaking populations include the Los Angeles metropolitan area, San Bernardino, Riverside, [6] the California-Mexico border counties of San Diego and Imperial (largest percentage in all of CA), and the San Joaquin Valley.
Metropolitan area Total population People age 5 or older Spanish speakers 5 or older [2] [dubious – discuss] Spanish speakers as % of pop. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA
When Laura Pantoja immigrated to Santa Ana from Mexico City in the early 1990s, she could choose from about a dozen local newspapers in her native language.
The proportion of the population which is Hispanic increased at least slightly in every state. Growth was slowest in the states with large historical Mexican American and Hispano populations including New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Colorado where relative growth in population proportion was 5% or less compared to 15% nationally.
About 44% of California households speak languages other than English at home — more than double the national average of 21.5%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Spanish is the state's second most widely spoken language. Areas with especially large Spanish speaking populations include the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the California-Mexico border counties of San Diego and Imperial, and the San Joaquin Valley. Nearly 43% of Californian residents speak a language other than English at home, a proportion ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. United States Spanish US Spanish Español estadounidense Pronunciation [espaˈɲol estaðowniˈðense] Native to United States Speakers 43.4 million (2023) Language family Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Castillian Spanish United States ...