3. Most Commonly Spoken
Languages in the United States
Language Number of People Speaking (2007)
English 225.5 million
Spanish (including Creole) 34.5 million
Chinese 2.5 million
French (including Creole) 2.0 million
Tagalog (Philippines) 1.5 million
Vietnamese 1.2 million
German 1.1 million
Korean 1.1 million