Where Is Arabic Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

1,423,391 people in the United States speak Arabic at home (ACS 2024), and 485,913 of them (34%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Arabic-speaking populations are in California, Michigan, New York and Texas.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	221,836	74,874	34%
2	Michigan	172,609	75,432	44%
3	New York	125,345	46,767	37%
4	Texas	122,762	33,701	27%
5	New Jersey	82,702	26,864	32%
6	Florida	76,456	20,900	27%
7	Illinois	72,625	22,373	31%
8	Virginia	63,341	18,254	29%
9	Ohio	48,086	16,023	33%
10	Pennsylvania	44,245	14,558	33%
11	Massachusetts	41,753	14,664	35%
12	Tennessee	33,139	15,270	46%
13	North Carolina	32,188	10,988	34%
14	Washington	26,433	8,779	33%
15	Arizona	25,085	8,035	32%
16	Maryland	22,051	7,238	33%
17	Georgia	18,744	4,299	23%
18	Minnesota	15,208	4,869	32%
19	Connecticut	14,071	5,344	38%
20	Indiana	14,071	6,252	44%
21	Colorado	13,130	4,085	31%
22	Louisiana	12,184	4,063	33%
23	Missouri	11,505	3,920	34%
24	Kentucky	10,362	3,982	38%
25	Iowa	9,704	3,801	39%
26	Oregon	9,432	3,153	33%
27	Wisconsin	8,009	2,310	29%
28	Nevada	7,237	2,369	33%
29	Alabama	7,026	2,137	30%
30	Nebraska	6,691	2,771	41%
31	Kansas	6,226	1,877	30%
32	Oklahoma	5,832	1,520	26%
33	Utah	5,501	1,504	27%
34	South Carolina	5,453	1,815	33%
35	Mississippi	3,745	1,578	42%
36	Delaware	3,369	1,279	38%
37	New Mexico	2,955	864	29%
38	Rhode Island	2,939	1,115	38%
39	New Hampshire	2,510	706	28%
40	Idaho	2,426	1,192	49%
41	West Virginia	2,406	664	28%
42	District of Columbia	2,265	427	19%
43	Arkansas	1,971	721	37%
44	Maine	1,936	923	48%
45	North Dakota	1,749	726	42%
46	Alaska	1,693	371	22%
47	South Dakota	679	136	20%
48	Hawaii	611	104	17%
49	Puerto Rico	422	136	32%
50	Vermont	418	156	37%
51	Montana	146	0	0%
52	Wyoming	109	24	22%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

221,836

74,874

34%

172,609

75,432

44%