美國講阿拉伯語人數自2000年以來翻了近一番

Census Bureau data analyzed by researchers finds that there are now more than 1.2 million U.S. residents who speak Arabic at home. In the year 2000, there were only about 614,000 Arabic speakers in the country, representing a near 50 percent increase in the total in less than two decades.

legal immigration to the U.S. from Islamic nations, such as Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Somalia has skyrocketed since 2010. For example, immigration from Afghanistan to the U.S. has increased 84 percent in the last seven years.

As media reported, nearly half of residents in America's top five largest cities speak a foreign language at home. In Los Angeles, California, nearly 60 percent of residents speak a foreign language at home.

In 2000, there were about 28.1 million U.S. residents who spoke Spanish at home. Today, there are more than 41 million U.S. residents who speak Spanish at home, an increase of more than 40 percent.

There are now more than 66.5 million residents in the U.S. that speak a language other than English at home. This number is expected to continue to increase should there be no reforms made to reduce the flow of mass legal immigration to the country.

Every year, the U.S. admits more than 1.5 million legal immigrants. In 2017, the foreign-born population boomed to a 108-year record high, making up nearly 14 percent of the total U.S. population. By 2023, researchers estimate that the legal and illegal immigrant population of the U.S. will make up nearly 15 percent of the entire U.S. population.研究人員根據人口普查數據分析發現，目前有超過120萬美國居民在家裏說阿拉伯語，而2000年美國只有大約614,000名講阿拉伯語的人，這個數字在不到20年的時間裏增加了近50％。

自2010年以來，從阿富汗、敘利亞、沙特阿拉伯、伊拉克和索馬里等伊斯蘭國家來美的合法移民人數激增。例如過去7年中，美國的阿富汗移民增加了84％。

媒體報道說，美國前五大城市中有近一半的居民在家裏說英語之外的語言。在加利福尼亞州的洛杉磯，有近60％的居民在家裏說外語。

2000年，美國大約有2810萬居民在家講西班牙語。今天這個人數超過4100萬人，增幅超過40％。

美國現有超過6650萬居民在家裏說英語以外的語言。如果不做出減少大量合法移民涌入美國的移民改革，預計這一數字將繼續增加。

美國每年接納超過150萬名合法移民。 2017年，美國的在外國出生人口達到108年來的最高紀錄，佔美國總人口的近14％。研究人員估計，到2023年，研究人員估計美國合法和非法移民人口將佔美國總人口的近15％。