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Spanish spoken at home: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: 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: 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: 13.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 10.4 %
RI 14.4 %
DE 8.1 %
CT 13.1 %
NJ 17.7 %
MD 10.3 %
MA 10.3 %
VT 1.3 %
NH 2.6 %

Lowest: 1.2 to 3 %
Group 2: 3 to 5.8 %
Group 3: 5.8 to 8.9 %
Group 4: 8.9 to 13.1 %
Highest: 13.1 to 28.5 %

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	28.5
2	Texas	27.6
3	New Mexico	24
4	Florida	23.4
5	Nevada	20.2
6	Arizona	18.9
7	New Jersey	17.7
8	New York	15.1
9	Illinois	14.5
10	Rhode Island	14.4
11	Connecticut	13.1
12	Utah	12
13	Colorado	11.4
14	District of Columbia	10.4
15	Maryland	10.3
15	Massachusetts	10.3
17	North Carolina	9.5
17	Oregon	9.5
19	Nebraska	9.4
20	Washington	9.3
21	Georgia	8.9
22	Kansas	8.6
23	Virginia	8.2
24	Delaware	8.1
24	Oklahoma	8.1
26	Idaho	7.9
27	Arkansas	6.1
28	Indiana	6
29	Pennsylvania	5.9
29	South Carolina	5.9
31	Tennessee	5.8
32	Wisconsin	5.2
33	Iowa	5.1
34	Louisiana	4.9
35	Minnesota	4.5
36	Alabama	4.2
37	Kentucky	3.8
38	Wyoming	3.6
39	Michigan	3.3
40	Alaska	3.1
41	Missouri	3
42	Ohio	2.9
43	South Dakota	2.8
44	Mississippi	2.6
44	New Hampshire	2.6
44	North Dakota	2.6
47	Hawaii	2.1
48	Montana	1.4
48	West Virginia	1.4
50	Vermont	1.3
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: 2025.

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

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