Tbh 21.6% of Americans being bilingual is way better than I would have guessed. It makes sense that Europeans speak more languages. If each of our states spoke different languages rather than English being a national language, I’d imagine our numbers would be a lot higher.
Looking at the source data: this relates to people whose primary language isn’t English. I’d love to see a comparison to people who speak English as a first language.
Tbh 21.6% of Americans being bilingual is way better than I would have guessed. It makes sense that Europeans speak more languages. If each of our states spoke different languages rather than English being a national language, I’d imagine our numbers would be a lot higher.
https://preply.com/en/blog/bilingualism-statistics/
Looking at the source data: this relates to people whose primary language isn’t English. I’d love to see a comparison to people who speak English as a first language.
Just a screenshot from your source: lol wut
Those COVID lockups caused a population boom that the Boomers can’t even fathom