1 in 5 US residents doesn't speak English at home

WASHINGTON - More than one in five American residents now speaks a language other than English at home, according to a new research based on 2016 US Census Bureau data.

The research, conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies, shows that a record 65.5 million United States residents aged 5 years and older don't speak English at home, representing the largest percentage rise since 2010 among languages with more than 400,000 speakers for Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Persian, Haitian, and Gujarati.

Among them, 26.1 million (39.8 percent) told the US Census Bureau that they speak English less than very well. This figure is based entirely on the subjective opinion of the respondents.