USA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. residents speak more than 350 languages. Among those who report speaking a language other than English, nearly two-thirds speak Spanish. And the languages spoken by U.S. residents are not evenly distributed geographically around the country. In many regions, English is the only language spoken by more than 95% of the population; in other parts of the country, a language other than English is the primary language for more than half the population.
Florida
On the 2nd April 1513 a Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce De Leon, first discovered Florida and over the next 2 centuries the Spanish and the French settled the region, increasing the Spanish and French language. In 1763 the Spanish traded it to a British colony, which began populating Florida with more English speakers. However, the Spanish retook it in 1783, where Native Americans and runaway slaves began to populate it.
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Due to the First Seminole war which ended in 1819 , the Spanish ceded Florida to the Americans which took effect in 1821 once again increasing the English language.
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By 1858, most of the Native Americans, had been forcibly removed due to the Indian Removal Act that was signed in the 1830.
After 1868 when slavery ended, agriculture and tourism grew, but the African american population migrated to the North, reducing the the English language slightly while also increasing the foreign languages as well because of the increased tourism.
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After the Cuban Revolution in 1959 the French, Spanish, and English Language increased due to an increase in Latin American immigrants, such as Haitians, Jamaicans, Colombians and Venezuelans and The Mariel Boatlife in 1980, which allowed Cubans to migrate to the US through Florida, increasing the Spanish language.
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To conclude, due to all of these crucial historical events Florida has now become an English dominant state with a vast amount of Spanish speakers.
Cape Coral
Because Cape Coral was only founded by Jack and Leonard Rosen in 1957, this is the reason for Cape Coral being an English dominant city because of where its discovery falls into the historical timeline of Florida.
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During this time the Cuban Revolution was happening and by the time Cape Coral grew from a none populous city to what it is now, a lot of latin americans had migrated to Florida anyway, which was aleady an English dominant state. and because of the Rosen brothers developing Cape Coral as a planned community where they sold their properties to veterans and retirees which were already english speakers.
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USA
Cape Coral
Florida
17,326,463
78.1%
180,113
English
291,525,618
English
71.3%
79.7%
21.3%
5,176,068
18.1%
41,742
Spanish
12.6%
46,988,115
Spanish
5.2%
1,263,641
2.5%
5,765
European
1.5%
5,486,680
European
1.6%
388,813
1%
2,306
Asian
3.6%
13,168,033
Asian
0.6%
145,805
0.3%
692
2.6%
9,510,246
Other
Other
To conclude, Cape Coral is mostly an English speaking city. But due to the recent event of a hurricane hitting Cape Coral on the 28th September 2022, these figures could drastically be effected with a lot of people having to evacuate Cape Coral. This could effect the language diversity in Cape Coral depending on the people that evacuates the city. But also, the Language diversity of Florida in general, as some people may evacuate to other states or countries instead of just another city in Florida.