Language variation in the US

Because America is a land of many nations. This has affected the use of language in the country. First, look at this interactive map of the population variety and the different people who live in the United states. This data is retrieved from the 2010 US census:
You can hover over the states to see the change in population density and nationalities.

http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map

Interestingly, some of those people have either very little knowledge/don't speak English language!
Check out this table to see the language that are spoken in America:

Distribution of Speakers of Specific Non-English Languages Across Metropolitan Areas: 2007 

This has also contributed to the existence of "hybrid" (mixed) versions of English that combine the American identity with the original nationality of the citizens. Examples include African-American, Chinese-American, Mexican-American, and so on. 


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References:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/acs/appendix.html
http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/maps/map3.aspx?g=0&mapi=SE0012