Pros And Cons Of English As An Official Language

1. In 1980, 11.0% of American population spoke a language other than English, and in 1990, 13.8% of Americans spoke a language other than English. The rate of increase in people who spoke a language other than English rose by 38.1% in those years. In 2000, the people who spoke a language other than English in the United States were 17.9%. The rate from 1990 to 2000 increased by 47.7% in those years. People who were fluent bilinguals had a rating of 9.8%, and people who spoke a language other than English in 2000 were at a rating of 17.9%. People who speak a language other than English almost doubled the rating of people who are fluent bilinguals.
2. In the 1980s, English-only speakers were going down in these ten years. The amount of people who spoke English-only rose, but because of the people who speak another language other than English raised the overall amount of
In the United States, the topic of English being the country’s official language has been a debate amongst all ages and races for many years. People who only speak English believe that having their language set as the official language is the best way to go and that it will allow the country some more control and create fewer issues in the future. However, all the people who speak other languages believe that there should be no official language, or if there is at least have more than one. It is one of the greatest debates in America and it will continue to be until a decision is made. A table, by James Crawford, entitled Census Data on Language Use in the United States is a wonderful tool on making a decision to whether or not a person should support English being the official language or if it should not be. Due to the data on the table, English should not be the official language of the United States because throughout the years the amount of people who speak a language other than English are growing rapidly, and the amounts of people that only speak English are shrinking