Where Is French Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

1,229,146 people in the United States speak French (incl. Cajun) at home (ACS 2024), and 265,472 of them (22%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest French-speaking populations are in New York, California, Florida and Texas.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New York	134,079	31,407	23%
2	California	130,975	15,952	12%
3	Florida	106,740	24,867	23%
4	Texas	84,940	17,780	21%
5	Maryland	61,349	17,234	28%
6	Louisiana	60,276	7,757	13%
7	Massachusetts	45,396	8,807	19%
8	Georgia	39,616	8,338	21%
9	New Jersey	38,123	8,301	22%
10	Illinois	36,517	9,890	27%
11	Virginia	34,166	6,918	20%
12	Pennsylvania	33,267	9,470	28%
13	North Carolina	32,625	8,518	26%
14	Ohio	31,182	11,252	36%
15	Maine	30,737	5,989	19%
16	Washington	26,315	4,799	18%
17	Connecticut	22,350	4,071	18%
18	Michigan	20,857	4,560	22%
19	Colorado	20,561	4,979	24%
20	Arizona	18,878	2,847	15%
21	Minnesota	16,918	4,906	29%
22	New Hampshire	15,152	2,950	19%
23	Indiana	14,225	5,266	37%
24	Missouri	12,940	3,434	27%
25	Tennessee	12,903	2,551	20%
26	Oregon	12,030	1,459	12%
27	South Carolina	11,364	1,888	17%
28	Kentucky	10,482	4,185	40%
29	District of Columbia	10,192	1,735	17%
30	Iowa	9,074	4,784	53%
31	Wisconsin	8,457	1,760	21%
32	Rhode Island	8,247	1,650	20%
33	Utah	8,209	1,123	14%
34	Nevada	7,486	1,109	15%
35	Vermont	7,398	1,175	16%
36	Nebraska	6,178	2,172	35%
37	Oklahoma	5,527	1,067	19%
38	Alabama	5,513	823	15%
39	Delaware	4,402	1,123	26%
40	Kansas	4,261	1,062	25%
41	New Mexico	3,704	506	14%
42	Arkansas	3,697	397	11%
43	Idaho	3,682	535	15%
44	Hawaii	3,500	693	20%
45	Mississippi	3,468	824	24%
46	North Dakota	2,350	774	33%
47	Alaska	2,076	360	17%
48	Montana	1,877	389	21%
49	West Virginia	1,548	398	26%
50	Puerto Rico	1,199	448	37%
51	South Dakota	1,140	91	8%
52	Wyoming	998	99	10%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

134,079

31,407

23%

130,975

15,952

12%