US language data · 2024 ACS 5-year

Hmong speakers in the United States

238,570 people in the United States speak Hmong at home (ACS 2024), and 96,794 of them (41%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Hmong-speaking populations are in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Carolina.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	75,831	33,698	44%
2	Minnesota	71,858	28,755	40%
3	Wisconsin	39,624	15,022	38%
4	North Carolina	9,363	2,939	31%
5	Oklahoma	6,316	2,333	37%
6	Michigan	5,623	2,467	44%
7	Georgia	3,399	1,308	38%
8	Alaska	3,295	1,849	56%
9	Colorado	2,613	1,221	47%
10	Oregon	2,490	802	32%
11	Washington	2,222	1,027	46%
12	Texas	2,032	598	29%
13	Kansas	1,807	630	35%
14	Arkansas	1,536	540	35%
15	South Carolina	1,258	448	36%
16	Missouri	1,152	442	38%
17	Massachusetts	918	393	43%
18	Florida	860	391	45%
19	Iowa	839	301	36%
20	Pennsylvania	698	258	37%
21	Utah	513	195	38%
22	Rhode Island	494	125	25%
23	Arizona	452	37	8%
24	Tennessee	397	226	57%
25	Montana	347	176	51%
26	Ohio	293	55	19%
27	Nevada	269	114	42%
28	Illinois	241	51	21%
29	New York	233	51	22%
30	Virginia	216	25	12%
31	Maryland	213	32	15%
32	Hawaii	211	29	14%
33	Nebraska	176	59	34%
34	Indiana	153	89	58%
35	South Dakota	126	71	56%
36	Alabama	116	1	1%
37	New Mexico	109	0	0%
38	Connecticut	89	14	16%
39	Louisiana	47	1	2%
40	Kentucky	45	21	47%
41	Idaho	28	0	0%
42	New Jersey	28	0	0%
43	District of Columbia	20	0	0%
44	Maine	14	0	0%
45	North Dakota	6	0	0%

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