Spanish Facts

According to the latest United States census information,approxaimately 28 million people speak Spanish at home in The United States. Does that make the United States a Spanish-speaking country? It depends on your definition of "Spanish-speaking." The entire population of Ecuador is almost 14 million. The population of Chile is just over 16 million. The population of Venezuela is about 26 million... in other words, there are more Spanish speakers in the United States than citizens on each of these three Spanish-speaking countries.