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Language other than English: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: 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: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

Download full table CSV Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table S1601) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table B05002) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 22.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 20 %
RI 22.9 %
DE 15.6 %
CT 23.5 %
NJ 34 %
MD 22.2 %
MA 26.3 %
VT 5.5 %
NH 8.4 %

Lowest: 2.8 to 7.9 %
Group 2: 7.9 to 10.9 %
Group 3: 10.9 to 15.8 %
Group 4: 15.8 to 25 %
Highest: 25 to 44.9 %

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	44.9
2	Texas	35.4
3	New Jersey	34
4	New York	32.1
5	Florida	31.4
6	New Mexico	30.6
7	Nevada	30.2
8	Massachusetts	26.3
9	Arizona	25.3
10	Hawaii	25.1
11	Illinois	25
12	Connecticut	23.5
13	Rhode Island	22.9
14	Washington	22.5
15	Maryland	22.2
16	District of Columbia	20
17	Virginia	18.5
18	Utah	17
19	Colorado	16.9
20	Georgia	16.1
21	Oregon	15.8
22	Delaware	15.6
23	Alaska	15.4
24	North Carolina	14.7
25	Nebraska	13.8
26	Pennsylvania	13.3
27	Kansas	12.9
28	Minnesota	12.8
29	Oklahoma	11.6
30	Indiana	11.1
31	Idaho	10.9
31	Michigan	10.9
33	Iowa	10.2
34	Tennessee	9.6
35	Wisconsin	9.5
36	South Carolina	9.4
37	Ohio	8.9
38	Arkansas	8.8
39	Louisiana	8.4
39	New Hampshire	8.4
41	North Dakota	7.9
42	Kentucky	7.6
43	Missouri	6.9
44	Alabama	6.8
44	South Dakota	6.8
46	Maine	6.3
47	Vermont	5.5
48	Wyoming	5.4
49	Mississippi	4.7
50	Montana	4
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: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by language other than English (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables S1601 and B05002; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-language-other-than-english/

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