Where Is Italian Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

520,256 people in the United States speak Italian at home (ACS 2024), and 124,136 of them (24%) speak English less than "very well".

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

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New York	125,371	35,895	29%
2	California	53,952	8,895	16%
3	New Jersey	52,139	14,586	28%
4	Florida	46,662	10,452	22%
5	Pennsylvania	30,268	7,483	25%
6	Massachusetts	26,270	6,366	24%
7	Illinois	24,057	6,219	26%
8	Connecticut	21,943	5,752	26%
9	Texas	14,233	2,834	20%
10	Michigan	13,358	3,808	29%
11	Ohio	11,245	2,381	21%
12	Virginia	9,247	1,897	21%
13	North Carolina	8,393	1,248	15%
14	Maryland	7,511	1,922	26%
15	Arizona	7,070	1,692	24%
16	Washington	5,782	882	15%
17	Georgia	5,572	654	12%
18	Rhode Island	4,260	1,077	25%
19	Colorado	3,960	798	20%
20	Nevada	3,852	1,285	33%
21	South Carolina	3,840	678	18%
22	Wisconsin	3,696	723	20%
23	Oregon	2,983	640	21%
24	Utah	2,906	403	14%
25	Tennessee	2,589	425	16%
26	Missouri	2,584	421	16%
27	Indiana	2,266	364	16%
28	Louisiana	2,200	354	16%
29	District of Columbia	1,837	227	12%
30	Minnesota	1,642	324	20%
31	Alabama	1,559	435	28%
32	Delaware	1,474	380	26%
33	Maine	1,464	171	12%
34	New Hampshire	1,447	165	11%
35	Oklahoma	1,366	335	25%
36	New Mexico	1,308	212	16%
37	West Virginia	1,298	205	16%
38	Iowa	995	108	11%
39	Mississippi	979	330	34%
40	Kentucky	973	98	10%
41	Idaho	863	190	22%
42	Vermont	774	46	6%
43	Hawaii	735	145	20%
44	Montana	663	99	15%
45	Kansas	627	130	21%
46	Nebraska	504	106	21%
47	Puerto Rico	427	136	32%
48	Wyoming	348	64	18%
49	Arkansas	278	77	28%
50	Alaska	275	0	0%
51	South Dakota	129	0	0%
52	North Dakota	82	19	23%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

125,371

35,895

29%

53,952

8,895

16%