National polling data indicates that the overwhelming majority of Americans, including Hispanics, support making English the official language. 

• An August 2014 Rasmussen poll found that 83% of Americans support making English the official language of the United States. [17]
• A 2010 poll found that 87% of Americans support making English the official language of the United States. [11]
• 78% of Hispanics believe English should be the official language of government operations. [2]
• 82% of Americans support legislation that would require the federal government to conduct business solely in English. [3]
• 67% of likely U.S. Voters think election ballots should be printed only in English. [16]
• 83% of Americans believe new immigrants should learn English. [1]
• 77% of Americans believe it is crucial for immigrants living in the United States to speak English. [12]
• 79% of Republicans and 59% of Democrats reject the idea that all Americans should know multiple languages. Among unaffiliated voters, 68% say their fellow citizens do not need to know a language other than English. [14]

Government should do more to preserve the role of English.

• 92% of Americans believe that preserving English as our common language is vital to maintaining our unity; 69% agree that the United States is at risk of becoming ‘disunited’ by language. [4]
• 78% of Americans believe that the government should do more to help immigrants learn English; More Americans also believe that Congress and the President aren’t doing enough to preserve America’s unity in the English language (60%-26%).  [4]
• 79% of Americans believe immigrants should be required to learn English before they are granted citizenship; only 14% disagree. [5]
• 68% of Americans oppose bilingual or multilingual election ballots. [6]

Most immigrants say learning English is essential.

• 91% of foreign-born Latino immigrants agree that learning English is essential to succeed in the U.S., according to a 2002 Kaiser Family Foundation poll. [7]
• A 2002 Carnegie/Public Agenda poll found that by more than a 2-1 margin immigrants themselves say the U.S. should expect new immigrants to learn English. [8]

Most immigrants reject bilingual education.

• The 2002 Carnegie/Public Agenda poll found that 73% of immigrants believe schools should teach English as quickly as possible. 63% said that they believe that all teaching should be done in English, while only 32% supported allowing some teaching in their native languages. [8]
• Nearly two-thirds of Hispanic adults –65 percent — favor making English the nation’s official language. [9]
• 68% of Hispanics say that the goal of bilingual education programs should be to make sure that students learn English well. [13]

Most young Americans want English as the official language.

• 72% of young adults favor a law making English the official language of the United States. [10]

Most Americans reject the idea that requiring people to speak English is racist.

• Just 12% of voters believe that requiring employees to speak English is a form of racism or bigotry. Seventy-nine percent (79%) reject that notion and believe the requirement is not racist or bigoted. [11]

Most U.S. voters believe if you move to America, you should adopt American culture.

• 73% of voters believe that those who move to America should adopt American culture.  Again, this level of support has remained largely consistent for years. [15]

Support for official English is across partisan lines.

• 80% of whites, blacks and those of other racial and ethnic backgrounds agree that requiring people to speak English is not a form of racism or bigotry. [11a]