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Spanish-speaking households with limited English: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Share of Spanish-speaking 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: 18.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 12.5 %
RI 22.6 %
DE 26.8 %
CT 20.9 %
NJ 24.6 %
MD 18.3 %
MA 25 %
VT 2.7 %
NH 12.9 %

Lowest: 2.1 to 14.3 %
Group 2: 14.3 to 16 %
Group 3: 16 to 18.4 %
Group 4: 18.4 to 22.5 %
Highest: 22.5 to 33.7 %

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	South Dakota	33.7
2	Delaware	26.8
2	Louisiana	26.8
4	Massachusetts	25
5	Florida	24.9
6	New Jersey	24.6
7	New York	23.7
8	Nebraska	23.6
9	Kentucky	23.3
10	Rhode Island	22.6
11	Tennessee	22.5
12	Kansas	22.4
13	Pennsylvania	21.7
13	South Carolina	21.7
15	Connecticut	20.9
16	Mississippi	19.8
17	Iowa	18.9
18	Maine	18.8
18	Nevada	18.8
20	North Carolina	18.4
20	North Dakota	18.4
22	Maryland	18.3
23	Texas	17.7
24	Arkansas	17.6
25	Wisconsin	17.5
26	Ohio	17.4
27	Wyoming	17.3
28	Illinois	17.2
29	Alaska	16.8
30	Oklahoma	16.6
31	Washington	16
32	California	15.8
32	Indiana	15.8
34	Alabama	15.6
35	Georgia	15.4
36	Missouri	15.1
36	Oregon	15.1
38	Virginia	14.8
39	New Mexico	14.7
40	Arizona	14.4
41	Utah	14.3
42	Michigan	13.9
43	Colorado	13.1
44	Minnesota	12.9
44	New Hampshire	12.9
46	District of Columbia	12.5
46	Idaho	12.5
48	West Virginia	6
49	Hawaii	5.1
50	Vermont	2.7
51	Montana	2.1

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 Spanish-speaking 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-spanish-speaking-households-that-are-limited-english-speaking/

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