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U.S. states ranked by language other than English

All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Language spoken at home and foreign-born share by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 23 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 21.3 %
RI 23.6 %
DE 16.2 %
CT 23.7 %
NJ 34.3 %
MD 21.8 %
MA 25.8 %
VT 5.8 %
NH 8.1 %

Lowest: 2.8 to 7.5 %
Group 2: 7.5 to 11.2 %
Group 3: 11.2 to 16.2 %
Group 4: 16.2 to 24.5 %
Highest: 24.5 to 45.3 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	California	45.3
2	Texas	35.7
3	New Jersey	34.3
4	Florida	32
5	New York	31.6
6	New Mexico	31.4
7	Nevada	31
8	Arizona	25.9
9	Massachusetts	25.8
10	Hawaii	25.1
11	Illinois	24.5
12	Connecticut	23.7
13	Rhode Island	23.6
14	Washington	22.3
15	Maryland	21.8
16	District of Columbia	21.3
17	Virginia	18.2
18	Colorado	16.7
19	Utah	16.5
20	Georgia	16.3
21	Delaware	16.2
22	Oregon	15.4
23	North Carolina	14.4
24	Alaska	14.2
25	Nebraska	14
26	Minnesota	13.1
26	Pennsylvania	13.1
28	Kansas	12.6
29	Oklahoma	12
30	Idaho	11.4
31	Indiana	11.2
32	Michigan	11.1
33	Iowa	9.7
34	Wisconsin	9.6
35	Tennessee	9.3
36	Louisiana	9
36	South Carolina	9
38	Arkansas	8.8
39	Ohio	8.7
40	New Hampshire	8.1
41	Kentucky	7.5
42	Missouri	7.4
43	North Dakota	7
43	South Dakota	7
45	Alabama	6.4
45	Wyoming	6.4
47	Maine	6.3
48	Vermont	5.8
49	Mississippi	4.6
50	Montana	4.5
51	West Virginia	2.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1601: Language Spoken at Home
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B05002: Place of Birth by Nativity and Citizenship Status. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by language other than English (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables S1601 and B05002; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-language-other-than-english/

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