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‘Tamil 4th most popular among Indians in US
A survey has revealed that in the United States, Tamil is the fourth most widely spoken language at home, after Telugu, Punjabi and Bangla, among people whose first language is not English.
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The United States Census Bureau, in its five-year estimates (2012-2016), has found that 3,21,695 people, between the age of five and older, speak Telugu and 2,80,867 speak Punjabi at home while Bangla and Tamil speakers number 2,59,204 and 2,38,699, respectively.
The report titled 2012-2016 American Community Survey, also revealed that 48 per cent of Punjabi speakers are mostly concentrated in California while 38.6 percent of Bangla speakers lived in New York.
While for both Telugu and Tamil languages, the highest concentration of speakers lived in California, followed by Texas and New Jersey (the number of persons who spoke Tamil in Texas and New Jersey are not statistically different).
The findings also showed that between 2012 and 2016, 21.1 percent (63,172,059) of the population aged five and older, spoke a language other than English at home, an increase from 20.3 percent in the 2007-2011.
The survey features more than 40 social, economic, housing and demographic topics, including homeowner rates and costs, health insurance and educational attainment.
“The American Community Survey allows us to track incremental changes across our nation on how people live and work, year-to-year,” said David Waddington, chief of the Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division.
“It’s our country’s only source of small area estimates for socio-economic and demographic characteristics. These estimates help people, businesses and governments throughout the country better understand the needs of their populations, the markets in which they operate and the challenges and opportunities they face,” Waddington added.
Love for language
- Bangla and Tamil speakers number 2,59,204 and 2,38,699, respectively
- Highest concentration of Telugu and
- Tamil speakers lives in California, followed by Texas and New Jersey, says survey
- The survey also features more than 40 social, economic, housing and demographic topics, health insurance and educational attainment
- 3,21,695 people, between the age of five and older, speak Telugu
- 2,80,867 speak Punjabi at home
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