Where Is Gujarati Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

466,000 people in the United States speak Gujarati at home (ACS 2024), and 149,078 of them (32%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Gujarati-speaking populations are in New Jersey, California, Illinois and Texas.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New Jersey	83,883	31,081	37%
2	California	55,307	13,368	24%
3	Illinois	48,504	18,786	39%
4	Texas	47,661	14,499	30%
5	Georgia	26,648	9,249	35%
6	Florida	25,155	6,986	28%
7	Pennsylvania	22,388	8,314	37%
8	New York	20,343	6,121	30%
9	North Carolina	14,657	5,070	35%
10	Massachusetts	12,762	3,755	29%
11	Virginia	10,407	2,866	28%
12	Michigan	10,073	2,555	25%
13	Maryland	9,539	2,796	29%
14	Ohio	9,498	2,798	29%
15	Connecticut	7,697	2,602	34%
16	South Carolina	7,023	2,528	36%
17	Tennessee	7,023	2,247	32%
18	Indiana	5,821	1,434	25%
19	Washington	5,777	868	15%
20	Arizona	4,528	1,128	25%
21	Minnesota	2,956	926	31%
22	Kentucky	2,857	1,191	42%
23	Delaware	2,732	1,133	41%
24	Alabama	2,656	1,022	38%
25	Missouri	2,388	798	33%
26	Colorado	2,164	603	28%
27	Wisconsin	1,798	578	32%
28	Louisiana	1,701	644	38%
29	Nevada	1,564	653	42%
30	Oregon	1,275	353	28%
31	Utah	990	184	19%
32	Kansas	985	378	38%
33	New Hampshire	960	86	9%
34	Iowa	908	139	15%
35	Oklahoma	789	173	22%
36	Mississippi	699	198	28%
37	New Mexico	681	203	30%
38	Arkansas	665	158	24%
39	District of Columbia	596	6	1%
40	North Dakota	471	184	39%
41	Nebraska	339	147	43%
42	Rhode Island	280	29	10%
43	West Virginia	250	92	37%
44	Vermont	134	5	4%
45	Montana	102	52	51%
46	Idaho	95	23	24%
47	Alaska	89	35	39%
48	Wyoming	66	31	47%
49	South Dakota	58	0	0%
50	Maine	35	0	0%
51	Hawaii	23	3	13%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

83,883

31,081

37%

55,307

13,368

24%