English: 468,561 of Wisconsin citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.5%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Wisconsin was Spanish. 4.28% of the overall population of Wisconsin are native Spanish speakers. 0.78% speak Hmong and 0.61% speak German, the next two most common languages. When compared to other states, Wisconsin has a relatively high number of residents that are native Hmong speakers. In 2015, there were 44,895 native Hmong speakers living in Wisconsin, approximately 11.2 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.