Where Is Hindi Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

930,909 people in the United States speak Hindi at home (ACS 2024), and 156,921 of them (17%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Hindi-speaking populations are in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	217,810	38,092	17%
2	Texas	103,507	17,125	17%
3	New Jersey	94,063	14,429	15%
4	New York	56,703	12,918	23%
5	Illinois	46,102	7,733	17%
6	Washington	40,172	4,669	12%
7	Georgia	34,273	6,083	18%
8	Virginia	32,571	4,755	15%
9	Massachusetts	32,437	4,379	14%
10	Florida	31,808	5,846	18%
11	Pennsylvania	27,505	5,442	20%
12	North Carolina	24,679	4,379	18%
13	Ohio	21,323	3,782	18%
14	Michigan	20,783	3,524	17%
15	Maryland	19,880	3,834	19%
16	Arizona	14,361	1,996	14%
17	Connecticut	11,119	2,013	18%
18	Indiana	9,271	1,368	15%
19	Colorado	8,685	1,508	17%
20	Tennessee	8,447	1,072	13%
21	Missouri	7,493	971	13%
22	Minnesota	7,285	772	11%
23	Oregon	6,628	774	12%
24	Wisconsin	6,590	1,035	16%
25	South Carolina	4,608	385	8%
26	Kansas	3,532	647	18%
27	Nevada	3,528	451	13%
28	Delaware	3,322	759	23%
29	Kentucky	3,204	962	30%
30	Iowa	2,919	709	24%
31	Utah	2,687	222	8%
32	Alabama	2,487	510	21%
33	Oklahoma	2,415	482	20%
34	Louisiana	2,368	615	26%
35	Rhode Island	2,352	203	9%
36	Arkansas	1,918	245	13%
37	District of Columbia	1,862	234	13%
38	Nebraska	1,721	323	19%
39	New Hampshire	1,555	277	18%
40	Mississippi	1,298	223	17%
41	New Mexico	1,169	160	14%
42	West Virginia	904	221	24%
43	Idaho	816	150	18%
44	Hawaii	623	165	26%
45	Maine	565	187	33%
46	South Dakota	373	130	35%
47	Vermont	358	18	5%
48	North Dakota	287	38	13%
49	Alaska	282	38	13%
50	Puerto Rico	181	52	29%
51	Wyoming	60	16	27%
52	Montana	20	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

217,810

38,092

17%

103,507

17,125

17%