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Other-language households with limited English: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Share of other-language households that are limited English-speaking (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Limited English-speaking households by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 12.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 12.3 %
RI 6.3 %
DE 5.9 %
CT 13.8 %
NJ 10.5 %
MD 8.4 %
MA 11 %
VT 0 %
NH 5.3 %

Lowest: 0 to 6.3 %
Group 2: 6.3 to 10.9 %
Group 3: 10.9 to 12.8 %
Group 4: 12.8 to 18.7 %
Highest: 18.7 to 36.6 %

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	Kentucky	36.6
2	Maine	29.3
3	Colorado	23
4	Kansas	21.8
5	Tennessee	21.1
6	Michigan	20.4
7	North Dakota	20.1
8	Wisconsin	19.5
9	Louisiana	19.4
10	Minnesota	19.3
11	Nevada	18.7
12	Indiana	18.3
13	Nebraska	18.2
14	Iowa	17.2
15	Washington	16.6
16	Utah	16.2
17	Idaho	15.5
18	Connecticut	13.8
18	Missouri	13.8
20	Hawaii	13.2
21	Oregon	12.8
22	Ohio	12.6
23	New York	12.5
24	District of Columbia	12.3
25	California	11.6
26	Pennsylvania	11.5
27	New Mexico	11.3
28	North Carolina	11.2
29	Florida	11.1
30	Massachusetts	11
31	Montana	10.9
32	South Carolina	10.6
33	Arizona	10.5
33	New Jersey	10.5
35	Virginia	10.4
36	Texas	9.9
37	Illinois	9.6
38	Alaska	9.4
39	Maryland	8.4
40	Alabama	7.1
41	Rhode Island	6.3
42	Georgia	6.1
42	Oklahoma	6.1
44	Delaware	5.9
45	New Hampshire	5.3
46	Mississippi	2.9
47	South Dakota	1.8
48	Arkansas	0
48	Vermont	0
48	West Virginia	0
48	Wyoming	0

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1602: Limited English Speaking Households. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of other-language households that are limited English-speaking (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1602; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-other-language-households-that-are-limited-english-speaking/

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