Is English currently the official language of the United States?

Question

Is there legislation/laws in place that legally declare english to be the officail language of the US? Or, is there no official language in this country currently?

Answer 1

English is the official language of the US as declared by its government. Spanish and Tagalog are the next languages widely used.

Answer 2

There is no official language of the United States.

Answer 3

No, the United States has never had an official national language --
There are groups that are tiring to have the government make English the law of the land.
But right now today, the answer to your question is NO.

Answer 4

Most people assume that English is the official language of the US, but that’s not true. The United States does not have an official language.

Answer 5

The United States has no official language. It has an unofficial language of English. I think it would be best to have English as the national language. It would save this country many millions of dollars and encourage those who don't speak the language to learn it.

Answer 6

Legislature has not deemed an official language in the US. If English had been deemed the official language then public high schools would not have ESL (English as a second lauguage) courses.

It is a huge issue in the US border states along the Mexican/US line.

Answer 7

Although there is currently a movement to make English the official language, as of right now, the U.S. does not have an official language.

Answer 8

There is no "official language" of the USA. But English is used most often.

Answer 9

English Only legislation first appeared in 1981 as a constitutional English Language Amendment. This proposal, if approved by a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate and ratified by three-quarters of state legislatures, would have banned virtually all uses of languages other than English by federal, state, and local governments. But the measure has never come to a Congressional vote, even in committee.

Since 1981, 22 states have adopted various forms of Official English legislation, in addition to four that had already done so. Subtracting Hawai'i (which is officially bilingual) and Alaska (whose English-only initiative has been declared unconstitutional) leaves a total of 24 states with active Official English laws.
State Official English Laws

Alabama (1990) – constitutional amendment adopted by voter initiative
Alaska (1998) – initiative statute; ruled unconstitutional in state superior court, March 22, 2002; full text of ruling
Arizona (2006) – constitutional amendment adopted by voter initiative. A more restrictive measure, approved by voters in 1988, was ruled unconstitutional by federal district and appellate courts, decisions vacated on March 3, 1997 by the U.S. Supreme Court; then overturned as unconstitutional by the Arizona Supreme Court on April 28, 1998; U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear English-only proponents' final appeal on January 11, 1999
Arkansas (1987) – statute
California (1986) – constitutional amendment adopted by voter initiative
Colorado (1988) – constitutional amendment adopted by voter initiative
Florida (1988) – constitutional amendment adopted by voter initiative, now deemed unconstitutional
Georgia (1996) – statute
Hawai`i (1978) – constitutional amendment declaring the state officially bilingual – recognizing English and Native Hawaiian as official languages
Iowa (2002) – statute
Illinois (1969) – statute repealing a 1923 declaration of "American" as the official state language and adopting English
Indiana (1984) – statute
Kentucky (1984) – statute
Mississippi (1987) – statute
Missouri (1998) – statute
Montana (1995) – statute
Nebraska (1923) – constitutional amendment
New Hampshire (1995) – statute
North Carolina (1987) – statute
North Dakota (1987) – statute
South Carolina (1987) – statute
South Dakota (1995) – statute
Tennessee (1984) – statute
Utah (2000) – initiative statute; appeal by ACLU dropped
Virginia (1981) – statute, revised in 1996
Wyoming (1996) – statute

English Plus Resolutions
New Mexico (1989)
Oregon (1989)
Rhode Island (1992)
Washington (1989)
Local Ordinances
Oakland, CA (2001) – city ordinance guarantees bilingual services where needed to provide equal access to local government
City OKs Historic Bilingual Law
Oakland Tribune, 25 April 2001
As you can see there is no official law. It deepends on your state!

Answer 10

it currently has no official language