Does Immigration Open Up Positions for Teachers to Teach Spanish?
Demographic Trends
- Demographically, Spanish speakers are a force to be reckoned with. Latin American immigrant couples in the U.S. have more than twice as many children as native-born American couples. In addition, Latin America continues to contribute significant numbers of immigrants to North America. If these trends continue, people of Latin American origins will make up 50 percent of the American population by 2050. While not all Hispanics speak Spanish, many of them do, and rapid Hispanic immigration will increase the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S.