United States
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
A presidential executive order of 1 March 2025 designated English as the official language of the United States. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 18.4%
- people aged 65 or older
- 62.8M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 23.1%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 23.3 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 27.2%
- women 33.4%, men 19.6%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 3.2%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2020; UN, 2015 census
Languages
156 languages, 134 of them endangered
- AchumawiCritically endangered
- AhtnaCritically endangered
- ArikaraCritically endangered
- CaddoCritically endangered
- Coeur d'AleneCritically endangered
- Columbia-MosesCritically endangered
- Dena'inaCritically endangered
- HänCritically endangered
- Hawaiʻi Sign LanguageCritically endangered
- HidatsaCritically endangered
- HupaCritically endangered
- KawaiisuCritically endangered
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- KiowaCritically endangered
- KoyukonCritically endangered
- KutenaiCritically endangered
- Lower TananaCritically endangered
- MonoCritically endangered
- MunseeCritically endangered
- Nez PerceCritically endangered
- Northern HaidaCritically endangered
- Northern PaiuteCritically endangered
- Northern YokutsCritically endangered
- OnondagaCritically endangered
- PawneeCritically endangered
- Plains Indian Sign LanguageCritically endangered
- PotawatomiCritically endangered
- SenecaCritically endangered
- TanacrossCritically endangered
- TeninoCritically endangered
- TlingitCritically endangered
- TsimshianCritically endangered
- Tule-Kaweah YokutsCritically endangered
- UmatillaCritically endangered
- Upper KuskokwimCritically endangered
- Upper TananaCritically endangered
- Walla WallaCritically endangered
- Western AbnakiCritically endangered
- YakamaCritically endangered
- YuchiCritically endangered
- Afro-Seminole CreoleSeverely endangered
- AlutiiqSeverely endangered
- ArapahoSeverely endangered
- BlackfootSeverely endangered
- CahuillaSeverely endangered
- CayugaSeverely endangered
- Central Sierra MiwokSeverely endangered
- ComancheSeverely endangered
- Deg XinagSeverely endangered
- Gwich’inSeverely endangered
- HalkomelemSeverely endangered
- HawaiianSeverely endangered
- IpaiSeverely endangered
- KarukSeverely endangered
- KashayaSeverely endangered
- KoasatiSeverely endangered
- Louisiana CreoleSeverely endangered
- MaricopaSeverely endangered
- MenomineeSeverely endangered
- MichifSeverely endangered
- MojaveSeverely endangered
- MuscogeeSeverely endangered
- Neo-MandaicSeverely endangered
- North Alaskan InupiaqSeverely endangered
- Omaha–PoncaSeverely endangered
- OttawaSeverely endangered
- Plains CreeSeverely endangered
- Salish–Spokane–KalispelSeverely endangered
- Sauk-FoxSeverely endangered
- Seward Peninsula InupiaqSeverely endangered
- ShawneeSeverely endangered
- Southern Sierra MiwokSeverely endangered
- TimbishaSeverely endangered
- WashoSeverely endangered
- AlabamaDefinitely endangered
- AleutDefinitely endangered
- AssiniboineDefinitely endangered
- Belizean CreoleDefinitely endangered
- Cajun FrenchDefinitely endangered
- Central Alaskan Yup'ikDefinitely endangered
- Central OjibwaDefinitely endangered
- Central Siberian YupikDefinitely endangered
- CherokeeDefinitely endangered
- CheyenneDefinitely endangered
- ChickasawDefinitely endangered
- ChippewaDefinitely endangered
- CocopahDefinitely endangered
- Colorado River NumicDefinitely endangered
- CrowDefinitely endangered
- DakotaDefinitely endangered
- Eastern KeresDefinitely endangered
- El Nayar CoraDefinitely endangered
- Guelavía ZapotecDefinitely endangered
- Havasupai-Walapai-YavapaiDefinitely endangered
- HopiDefinitely endangered
- HulauláDefinitely endangered
- JemezDefinitely endangered
- JicarillaDefinitely endangered
- KickapooDefinitely endangered
- KumeyaayDefinitely endangered
- LakotaDefinitely endangered
- Malecite-PassamaquoddyDefinitely endangered
- Mescalero-ChiricahuaDefinitely endangered
- Mi'kmaqDefinitely endangered
- MikasukiDefinitely endangered
- Mixtepec MixtecDefinitely endangered
- MohawkDefinitely endangered
- NubiDefinitely endangered
- OkanaganDefinitely endangered
- OneidaDefinitely endangered
- PicurisDefinitely endangered
- PingelapeseDefinitely endangered
- PurépechaDefinitely endangered
- QuechanDefinitely endangered
- Rio Grande TewaDefinitely endangered
- ShoshoniDefinitely endangered
- Southern TiwaDefinitely endangered
- TaosDefinitely endangered
- Western ApacheDefinitely endangered
- Western Highland PurepechaDefinitely endangered
- Western KeresDefinitely endangered
- WinnebagoDefinitely endangered
- ZuniDefinitely endangered
- ChoctawVulnerable
- Copala TriquiVulnerable
- Estetla MixtecVulnerable
- GullahVulnerable
- O'odhamVulnerable
- Pennsylvania GermanVulnerable
- PiedmonteseVulnerable
- Scottish CantVulnerable
- Silacayoapan MixtecVulnerable
- YaquiVulnerable
- Yatzachi ZapotecVulnerable
- Zoogocho ZapotecVulnerable
- American Sign Language
- Angloromani
- Cajonos Zapotec
- Eastern Yiddish
- English
- Fiji Hindi
- French
- Guinea-Bissau Creole
- Hawaiian Pidgin
- Hutterite German
- Judaeo-Spanish
- Krio
- Mezquital Otomi
- Navajo
- Spanish
- Standard Indonesian
- Yalálag Zapotec
- Cusabo
- Keresan Sign Language
- Pamunkey
- Pidgin Chinook Jargon
- Pidgin Hawaiian
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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