US language data · 2024 ACS 5-year

Hebrew speakers in the United States

225,597 people in the United States speak Hebrew at home (ACS 2024), and 33,100 of them (15%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Hebrew-speaking populations are in New York, California, Florida and New Jersey.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New York	58,772	11,141	19%
2	California	44,036	7,168	16%
3	Florida	23,007	3,315	14%
4	New Jersey	21,290	2,476	12%
5	Massachusetts	9,500	1,267	13%
6	Texas	8,244	829	10%
7	Maryland	6,595	798	12%
8	Pennsylvania	5,397	590	11%
9	Illinois	5,215	419	8%
10	Georgia	4,772	533	11%
11	Washington	4,164	517	12%
12	Nevada	3,132	746	24%
13	Ohio	2,905	428	15%
14	Arizona	2,852	374	13%
15	Michigan	2,576	275	11%
16	Connecticut	2,432	150	6%
17	Colorado	2,389	149	6%
18	Oregon	1,863	263	14%
19	Virginia	1,829	200	11%
20	North Carolina	1,766	145	8%
21	Tennessee	1,463	190	13%
22	Minnesota	1,078	128	12%
23	Missouri	1,064	115	11%
24	Wisconsin	977	174	18%
25	South Carolina	894	93	10%
26	District of Columbia	818	42	5%
27	Louisiana	775	38	5%
28	Oklahoma	637	36	6%
29	Indiana	596	37	6%
30	New Hampshire	399	38	10%
31	Iowa	375	130	35%
32	Kentucky	368	44	12%
33	Utah	368	29	8%
34	Hawaii	334	16	5%
35	Idaho	318	41	13%
36	New Mexico	285	16	6%
37	Arkansas	256	22	9%
38	Alabama	238	9	4%
39	Kansas	213	16	8%
40	Rhode Island	208	0	0%
41	Nebraska	191	35	18%
42	Vermont	182	0	0%
43	Delaware	164	12	7%
44	South Dakota	161	9	6%
45	Maine	156	0	0%
46	Mississippi	108	32	30%
47	Montana	84	0	0%
48	Puerto Rico	58	15	26%
49	Wyoming	57	0	0%
50	Alaska	31	0	0%
51	North Dakota	5	0	0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates, table B16001 (population aged 5 and over).