Where Is Greek Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

254,916 people in the United States speak Greek at home (ACS 2024), and 55,696 of them (22%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Greek-speaking populations are in New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and California.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New York	59,605	16,124	27%
2	Illinois	24,354	5,821	24%
3	Massachusetts	19,743	4,954	25%
4	California	19,668	3,322	17%
5	Florida	18,774	3,644	19%
6	New Jersey	18,610	4,718	25%
7	Pennsylvania	12,075	2,802	23%
8	Michigan	7,611	1,293	17%
9	Connecticut	7,399	1,862	25%
10	Ohio	7,340	1,452	20%
11	Texas	7,150	1,202	17%
12	Maryland	6,621	1,231	19%
13	Virginia	5,726	611	11%
14	North Carolina	5,676	1,158	20%
15	Indiana	3,041	471	15%
16	Arizona	2,588	375	14%
17	New Hampshire	2,532	414	16%
18	South Carolina	2,475	548	22%
19	Georgia	2,469	519	21%
20	Washington	2,205	285	13%
21	Wisconsin	2,035	293	14%
22	Colorado	1,848	199	11%
23	Nevada	1,527	201	13%
24	Delaware	1,286	268	21%
25	Tennessee	1,149	130	11%
26	Missouri	1,086	177	16%
27	Oregon	1,064	237	22%
28	Utah	956	208	22%
29	Alabama	828	138	17%
30	Minnesota	809	48	6%
31	District of Columbia	746	96	13%
32	Louisiana	712	195	27%
33	Rhode Island	580	124	21%
34	New Mexico	547	45	8%
35	Iowa	414	24	6%
36	Kentucky	414	111	27%
37	Maine	386	49	13%
38	Oklahoma	374	41	11%
39	Nebraska	334	38	11%
40	Hawaii	318	61	19%
41	Idaho	268	20	7%
42	West Virginia	260	0	0%
43	Mississippi	241	96	40%
44	Montana	230	4	2%
45	Vermont	224	5	2%
46	Kansas	221	14	6%
47	Arkansas	169	40	24%
48	Alaska	84	0	0%
49	Wyoming	80	0	0%
50	South Dakota	53	17	32%
51	North Dakota	11	11	100%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

59,605

16,124

27%

24,354

5,821

24%