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Language spoken at home and foreign-born share by state

Share of people 5 and over speaking a language other than English at home, by language group (S1601), and foreign-born share of the total population (derived from B05002: foreign-born ÷ total).

Reference period: 2024
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey — ACS 1-year estimates, Tables S1601 and B05002
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

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United States	23	13.9	4.1	3.7	1.3	39.1	14.8
Alabama	6.4	4	0.9	1	0.5	39.2	4.5
Alaska	14.2	3.1	2.1	4.9	4.1	28.7	7.7
Arizona	25.9	19.1	1.9	2.5	2.3	32.8	13.4
Arkansas	8.8	6.6	0.7	1.3	0.2	43.8	5.8
California	45.3	28.8	5.2	10.1	1.2	39.5	27.6
Colorado	16.7	11.3	2.5	1.9	1	34.3	10.6
Connecticut	23.7	13	6.9	2.5	1.3	37.9	15.9
Delaware	16.2	8	4.2	2.5	1.5	34.7	11.6
District of Columbia	21.3	9.3	5.2	3	3.8	31.7	15.5
Florida	32	23.4	6	1.8	0.9	42.3	23.1
Georgia	16.3	9.2	3	2.9	1.2	36.8	11.9
Hawaii	25.1	2.3	1.4	20.6	0.8	42.6	18.6
Idaho	11.4	8.3	1.5	1.1	0.5	34.1	6.3
Illinois	24.5	14.1	5.8	3.3	1.3	37.8	15.4
Indiana	11.2	5.8	2.9	1.6	0.9	39.2	7
Iowa	9.7	4.8	2.1	1.8	1	41.8	6.3
Kansas	12.6	8.4	1.4	2.1	0.7	40.3	7.8
Kentucky	7.5	3.7	1.9	1	0.8	44.8	5.2
Louisiana	9	5.1	2.1	1.3	0.4	41	5.2
Maine	6.3	1.2	3.5	0.8	0.8	26.4	4.7
Maryland	21.8	10.1	4.7	4	3	37.9	17.1
Massachusetts	25.8	9.9	9.6	4.6	1.8	40.1	18.7
Michigan	11.1	3.4	3.1	1.9	2.6	36.1	7.7
Minnesota	13.1	4.5	2	3.4	3.2	37.6	9
Mississippi	4.6	2.9	0.6	0.8	0.3	37.4	2.7
Missouri	7.4	3	2.2	1.5	0.7	33.9	4.9
Montana	4.5	1.5	1.5	0.4	0.9	18.8	2.1
Nebraska	14	9.3	2.1	1.6	1	45.7	9
Nevada	31	20.9	2.5	6.7	1	38	19.9
New Hampshire	8.1	2.7	3.3	1.7	0.4	29.7	5.9
New Jersey	34.3	17.9	9.1	5.2	2.2	40.4	25
New Mexico	31.4	24.8	1	1.2	4.3	31.3	10
New York	31.6	15	9.2	5.4	2	45.4	23.3
North Carolina	14.4	9.2	2.3	2.1	0.8	37.5	9.9
North Dakota	7	2.8	1.8	1.2	1.2	29.6	5.3
Ohio	8.7	2.9	3.3	1.3	1.2	36.2	5.5
Oklahoma	12	8.4	1.2	1.8	0.7	38.1	6.6
Oregon	15.4	9.2	2.7	2.9	0.6	37.7	10
Pennsylvania	13.1	6	4	2.2	0.9	39.5	8.3
Rhode Island	23.6	14.2	5.6	2.4	1.4	45	15.7
South Carolina	9	5.4	2	1.1	0.4	39	6.4
South Dakota	7	2.8	1.8	0.9	1.5	36.7	4.1
Tennessee	9.3	5.8	1.5	1.1	0.9	42.7	6.5
Texas	35.7	28.2	2.7	3.5	1.3	37.1	18.4
Utah	16.5	11.6	2	2.3	0.6	37.2	9.8
Vermont	5.8	1.4	3.1	1.1	0.2	25.7	4.5
Virginia	18.2	8.2	4.2	3.9	1.9	35.7	13.5
Washington	22.3	9.1	4.7	7	1.6	36.2	16.1
West Virginia	2.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.2	31.7	2.1
Wisconsin	9.6	5.2	2.1	1.8	0.5	35.2	5.5
Wyoming	6.4	4.3	1.1	0.7	0.3	32.2	3.5