Where Is Bengali Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

430,106 people in the United States speak Bengali at home (ACS 2024), and 178,570 of them (42%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Bengali-speaking populations are in New York, California, Michigan and New Jersey.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New York	163,045	86,471	53%
2	California	35,076	10,067	29%
3	Michigan	29,564	15,262	52%
4	New Jersey	29,107	10,101	35%
5	Texas	27,389	8,133	30%
6	Virginia	17,721	6,641	37%
7	Florida	16,519	6,076	37%
8	Pennsylvania	14,295	6,151	43%
9	Georgia	12,317	4,621	38%
10	Maryland	10,453	3,141	30%
11	Massachusetts	10,104	3,121	31%
12	Illinois	7,308	2,008	27%
13	Connecticut	5,731	2,290	40%
14	North Carolina	4,836	956	20%
15	Washington	4,730	799	17%
16	Ohio	4,727	1,060	22%
17	Arizona	3,574	1,121	31%
18	Minnesota	3,250	872	27%
19	Oregon	2,281	463	20%
20	Indiana	2,276	614	27%
21	Missouri	2,109	705	33%
22	Kansas	2,050	607	30%
23	Louisiana	2,042	832	41%
24	Tennessee	2,000	561	28%
25	Delaware	1,900	386	20%
26	Colorado	1,785	539	30%
27	Oklahoma	1,520	834	55%
28	Wisconsin	1,452	291	20%
29	Nevada	1,333	493	37%
30	Alabama	1,240	491	40%
31	Iowa	907	349	38%
32	Mississippi	838	405	48%
33	South Carolina	802	306	38%
34	New Mexico	759	314	41%
35	North Dakota	643	290	45%
36	District of Columbia	598	151	25%
37	Kentucky	586	266	45%
38	Arkansas	523	59	11%
39	Nebraska	435	272	63%
40	New Hampshire	430	92	21%
41	West Virginia	413	45	11%
42	Rhode Island	357	25	7%
43	Utah	316	37	12%
44	South Dakota	180	74	41%
45	Maine	139	56	40%
46	Hawaii	117	39	33%
47	Vermont	116	0	0%
48	Alaska	108	67	62%
49	Idaho	87	7	8%
50	Montana	9	0	0%
51	Wyoming	9	9	100%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

163,045

86,471

53%

35,076

10,067

29%