Usage of Danish Language
Danish Americans who continue to speak the Danish language number about 30,000. According to the US Census Bureau, in 2000, 33,400 people spoke Danish at home; that figure was down to 29,467 5 years later (2005 American Community Survey). This decrease rate was about 11.8%.
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