Florida allows voter initiatives to change the state’s constitution. In 1988, this state passed this amendment to their state constitution making English the state’s official language.

Official English Law in Florida

FLORIDA CONSTITUTION,
ARTICLE II, SECTION 9 (1988)
(a) English is the official language of the state of Florida.
(b) The legislature shall have the power to enforce this section by appropriate legislation.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN FLORIDA

11,569,739	English
3,473,864	All languages other than English combined
2,476,528	Spanish or Spanish Creole
208,487	French Creole
129,118	French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
89,656	German
67,257	Italian
55,014	Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
38,442	Tagalog
35,071	Chinese
32,418	Arabic
30,962	Vietnamese
24,850	Polish
23,041	Greek
19,729	Russian
18,225	Yiddish
16,702	Korean
15,360	Hebrew
12,218	Hungarian
11,654	Serbo-Croatian
11,196	Japanese
10,847	Gujarathi
10,480	Urdu
10,467	Scandinavian languages
8,615	Hindi
7,263	African languages
6,916	Thai
6,804	Persian
4,088	Laotian
2,935	Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
2,866	Other Native North American languages
2,364	Armenian
71	Navajo
52	Miao, Hmong