326000 PEOPLE IN THE USA SPEAK GREEK

According to the American Community Survey 2009, endorsed by the United States Census Bureau, the main languages by number of speakers older than five are:

1. English – 229 million
2. Spanish – 35 million
3. Chinese languages – 2.6 million + (mostly Cantonese speakers, with a growing group of Mandarin speakers)
4. Tagalog – 1.5 million + (Most Filipinos may also know other Philippine languages, e.g. Ilokano, Pangasinan, Bikol languages, and Visayan languages)
5. French – 1.3 million
6. Vietnamese – 1.3 million
7. German – 1.1 million (High German) + German dialects like Hutterite German, Texas German, Pennsylvania German, Plautdietsch
8. Korean – 1.0 million
9. Russian – 881,000
10. Arabic – 845,000
11. Italian – 754,000
12. Portuguese – 731,000
13. Polish – 594,000
14. French Creole – 659,000
15. Hindi – 561,000
16. Japanese – 445,000
17. Persian – 397,000
18. Urdu – 356,000
19. Gujarati – 341,000
20. Greek – 326,000
21. Serbo-Croatian - 269,000
22. Armenian – 243,000
23. Hebrew - 222,000
24. Cambodian - 202,000

Additionally, modern estimates indicate that American Sign Language is signed by as many as 500,000 Americans.