United States List of countries where Spanish is an official language

spanish has been spoken in united states several centuries in southwest , florida, once part of new spain. however, today tiny minority of spanish speakers in trace language times; overwhelming majority of speakers come recent immigration. in northern new mexico , southern colorado has spanish maintained speaking communities uninterruptedly since colonial times. spanish studied foreign language in united states schools , spoken native tongue 41 million people, plus additional 11 million fluent second-language speakers. though not official, spanish has special status education in u.s. state of new mexico. on 50 million native speakers , second language speakers, united states has second largest spanish-speaking population in world after mexico. spanish increasingly used alongside english nationwide in business , politics. in united states, language regulated north american academy of spanish language.