Where Is Ilocano Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

483,389 people in the United States speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages at home (ACS 2024), and 174,229 of them (36%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Ilocano-speaking populations are in California, Hawaii, Washington and Texas.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	117,869	41,333	35%
2	Hawaii	117,184	50,118	43%
3	Washington	35,253	11,878	34%
4	Texas	23,800	6,843	29%
5	Utah	15,312	3,421	22%
6	New York	12,586	4,464	35%
7	Nevada	11,416	4,010	35%
8	Florida	9,552	3,084	32%
9	Illinois	9,152	2,872	31%
10	Oregon	8,933	2,970	33%
11	Alaska	7,901	2,272	29%
12	Arkansas	7,831	3,954	50%
13	Arizona	7,735	2,222	29%
14	Virginia	7,528	2,199	29%
15	North Carolina	7,237	3,310	46%
16	New Jersey	6,269	1,866	30%
17	Maryland	6,246	2,094	34%
18	Georgia	5,654	1,868	33%
19	Colorado	5,610	2,130	38%
20	Oklahoma	5,374	1,845	34%
21	Missouri	5,179	1,949	38%
22	Pennsylvania	5,119	2,319	45%
23	Iowa	4,597	2,504	54%
24	Massachusetts	3,724	969	26%
25	Ohio	3,466	1,154	33%
26	Michigan	3,159	1,069	34%
27	Indiana	2,871	903	31%
28	Kentucky	2,824	1,337	47%
29	Minnesota	2,421	727	30%
30	Tennessee	2,269	712	31%
31	Kansas	2,253	567	25%
32	Wisconsin	2,106	505	24%
33	Idaho	1,835	699	38%
34	Alabama	1,583	466	29%
35	South Carolina	1,258	398	32%
36	Connecticut	1,230	417	34%
37	Nebraska	1,096	330	30%
38	New Hampshire	1,035	454	44%
39	Louisiana	990	243	25%
40	New Mexico	910	385	42%
41	Mississippi	891	216	24%
42	Montana	800	118	15%
43	District of Columbia	568	301	53%
44	North Dakota	560	125	22%
45	West Virginia	459	150	33%
46	Wyoming	401	111	28%
47	Maine	372	101	27%
48	Vermont	283	22	8%
49	South Dakota	262	81	31%
50	Rhode Island	258	38	15%
51	Delaware	168	106	63%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

California

117,869

41,333

35%

Hawaii

117,184

50,118

43%