Absolute numbers? what kind of intentionality disingenuous comparison is that? We have like 4x their population.

Try visiting France. Almost everyone in the major cities speaks English to a competent degree. Only like a quarter of Americans speak Spanish equivalently. I mean not even all Latin people speak Spanish in the US.

most people i know who grew up in california took at least a couple years of high school spanish.

i was a snot, i took german with the goth kids instead.