id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8261 Spanish language in the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 9938 1299 61 There are more Spanish-speakers in the United States than speakers of French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Hawaiian, varieties of Chinese, and Native American languages combined. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 boosted immigration from Latin American countries, and in 1968, Congress passed the Bilingual Education Act.[16] Most of these one million Cuban Americans settled in southern and central Florida, while other Cubans live in the Northeastern United States; most are fluent in Spanish. Some states, such as Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas provide bilingual legislated notices and official documents in Spanish and English and in other commonly-used languages. The Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua EspaƱola (North American Academy of the Spanish Language) tracks the developments of the Spanish spoken in the United States and the influences of English.[citation needed] An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8261.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8261.txt