Where Is German Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

858,790 people in the United States speak German at home (ACS 2024), and 128,195 of them (15%) speak English less than "very well".

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

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	91,233	9,684	11%
2	Texas	64,141	11,716	18%
3	Florida	61,027	7,017	11%
4	New York	49,555	6,912	14%
5	Ohio	39,737	9,284	23%
6	Pennsylvania	37,819	8,055	21%
7	Indiana	33,131	7,602	23%
8	Illinois	30,649	4,146	14%
9	Michigan	30,618	4,595	15%
10	Wisconsin	27,067	5,871	22%
11	Washington	25,113	2,758	11%
12	Georgia	23,188	2,311	10%
13	Virginia	22,734	2,389	11%
14	North Carolina	22,352	3,298	15%
15	Colorado	21,622	1,882	9%
16	Missouri	18,209	4,724	26%
17	New Jersey	17,505	2,332	13%
18	Arizona	17,329	2,065	12%
19	Massachusetts	16,379	1,125	7%
20	Minnesota	16,204	3,196	20%
21	Maryland	14,657	1,710	12%
22	Oregon	13,190	1,808	14%
23	South Carolina	12,948	1,564	12%
24	Kentucky	12,379	2,406	19%
25	Tennessee	11,894	1,722	14%
26	Iowa	10,026	1,561	16%
27	Kansas	9,573	1,533	16%
28	Alabama	9,107	1,396	15%
29	Oklahoma	8,827	1,195	14%
30	Utah	8,353	1,023	12%
31	Connecticut	7,737	714	9%
32	Nevada	7,337	783	11%
33	Montana	6,655	1,390	21%
34	South Dakota	6,258	1,061	17%
35	New Mexico	5,557	507	9%
36	Idaho	4,761	759	16%
37	Nebraska	4,596	697	15%
38	North Dakota	4,445	914	21%
39	Arkansas	4,305	522	12%
40	New Hampshire	3,930	541	14%
41	Hawaii	3,537	442	12%
42	Louisiana	3,446	552	16%
43	Maine	3,159	423	13%
44	Mississippi	2,500	410	16%
45	Alaska	2,434	208	9%
46	District of Columbia	2,168	97	4%
47	Delaware	2,140	599	28%
48	West Virginia	1,957	295	15%
49	Vermont	1,834	100	5%
50	Wyoming	1,780	75	4%
51	Rhode Island	1,292	138	11%
52	Puerto Rico	396	88	22%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

91,233

9,684

11%

64,141

11,716

18%