Is speaking Spanish beneficial in the USA?

[MrOracle]

You'll have limited opportunities to speak Spanish with people in Manhattan - it's different in the other boroughs though - but Manhattan is so expensive a place to live that you don't have a lot of non-English-speakers living there. Plenty come in to the city to work, but if they don't speak English, they likely will be in lower-end jobs (cooks, janitors, maintenance, etc.) that you won't encounter often. There's going to be a few exceptions, of course.

Certainly in other parts of the country, Spanish would be much more valuable. Florida and any states that border Mexico (California, for example, where I'm from) will have plenty of Spanish speakers, but most Spanish speakers from the NYC area are Puerto Ricans, and tend to speak English as well.

[IAMNathanael]

I'd say it is. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the usa. I'm not sure exactly how up to date this graph is but it should give you some idea I think

[marrk]

I’m in Michigan and during my student teaching parent conferences, it came in handy. Also, when I worked at a retail store, these Mexican and Cuban ladies would come in all the time and not speak much English so I was able to help them a lot better than the others who worked there.

[Anonymous]

It’s definitely beneficial to learn Spanish. America is a large boiling pot where majority of cultures have an opportunity. Almost every state a large part of the community speaks a different language and that language is Spanish.

[REALSTEEL]

absolutely i wish i did now i regret it being bi lingual is a definitely a HUGE PLUS! abd will get you a lot farther in life

[007kingifrit]

no, everyone will speak English. 90% of the people you meet will have no Spanish at all. the only exception will be lower class workers in the back rooms of places you won't be going

[kkirk4442]

I speak some Spanish, and it has been helpful many times.

[LeeannaDD]

If you speak and read English there's almost no extra benefit to knowing Spanish

[Lovecoffeeeum]

Maybe if you apply to the right places im fluent in Spanish but i didn't go to college I only used it when i need it. Maybe one day ill get a great easy job.

[chriscdi]

depends where you live id say, places like alabama and shit im sure isn't as useful like in miami for example, more hispanics than whites here

[sheikalana]

Could be since there are so many Hispanic people in the USA.

[Anonymous]

A lot of Puerto Ricans there, so could benefit. However, the biggest impact states would be along the southern border, especially Florida, California, and Texas. However, even here in Wisconsin we have Spanish speakers.

[volleyball_bigirl]

In some areas if you don’t know Spanish it’s a bad thing

[Avicenna]

You don’t need it in Manhattan, but it is always nice to be able to speak to someone in their language if you can.

[spartan55]

Knowing Spanish can benefit you anywhere in the US.

[Exterminatore]

You don’t really need in in Manhattan. In other parts of the U. S. it’s very helpful.

[OddBeMe]

Yes and it’s a great skill to learn. You’ll always have a job.

[dragoblack]

It's a second language for the united states, especially with Mexico being our neighbor country. French is 3rd with northwestern part of united states and Alaska bordering french Canadian territory

[Missycloak]

You should come to Canada. You would have an advantage here.

[BCA6010]

It's more useful in Florida or close proximity to the southern border. Can't hurt regardless though.

[MountAverage]

How would that not be beneficial?

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Yes. Definitely.