The table compares the number of high school students in one school district in the USA who spoke different languages at home in 2008 and 2014.
Overall, Spanish was by far the most widely spoken home language in both years, and it also experienced the most dramatic growth. Meanwhile, several languages saw a decline in the number of speakers, including Korean and Vietnamese.
In 2008, Spanish speakers accounted for 15,110 students; this figure almost doubled to 28,816 by 2014, making it the largest group. Chinese also experienced a remarkable rise, increasing from 1,875 to 4,670 students. Arabic and Nepalese speakers grew significantly as well, rising from 430 to 1,302 and from 95 to 439 respectively. The number of Hindi speakers also increased moderately, reaching 512 in 2014.
In contrast, Vietnamese speakers dropped sharply from 2,557 to 1,467, while Korean decreased slightly from 3,029 to 2,735. Russian and Tagalog remained relatively stable, with only small changes. Polish was the only language that saw a noticeable decline, falling from 110 to just 82 speakers.
