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U.S. states ranked by language spoken at home and foreign-born share: Spanish

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.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 13.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 9.3 %
RI 14.2 %
DE 8 %
CT 13 %
NJ 17.9 %
MD 10.1 %
MA 9.9 %
VT 1.4 %
NH 2.7 %

Lowest: 1.2 to 3 %
Group 2: 3 to 5.4 %
Group 3: 5.4 to 9.1 %
Group 4: 9.1 to 13 %
Highest: 13 to 28.8 %

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	28.8
2	Texas	28.2
3	New Mexico	24.8
4	Florida	23.4
5	Nevada	20.9
6	Arizona	19.1
7	New Jersey	17.9
8	New York	15
9	Rhode Island	14.2
10	Illinois	14.1
11	Connecticut	13
12	Utah	11.6
13	Colorado	11.3
14	Maryland	10.1
15	Massachusetts	9.9
16	District of Columbia	9.3
16	Nebraska	9.3
18	Georgia	9.2
18	North Carolina	9.2
18	Oregon	9.2
21	Washington	9.1
22	Kansas	8.4
22	Oklahoma	8.4
24	Idaho	8.3
25	Virginia	8.2
26	Delaware	8
27	Arkansas	6.6
28	Pennsylvania	6
29	Indiana	5.8
29	Tennessee	5.8
31	South Carolina	5.4
32	Wisconsin	5.2
33	Louisiana	5.1
34	Iowa	4.8
35	Minnesota	4.5
36	Wyoming	4.3
37	Alabama	4
38	Kentucky	3.7
39	Michigan	3.4
40	Alaska	3.1
41	Missouri	3
42	Mississippi	2.9
42	Ohio	2.9
44	North Dakota	2.8
44	South Dakota	2.8
46	New Hampshire	2.7
47	Hawaii	2.3
48	Montana	1.5
49	Vermont	1.4
49	West Virginia	1.4
51	Maine	1.2

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 spoken at home and foreign-born share: Spanish (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-spoken-at-home-and-foreign-born-share-spanish/

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