Where Is Japanese Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

462,435 people in the United States speak Japanese at home (ACS 2024), and 178,379 of them (39%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Japanese-speaking populations are in California, Hawaii, New York and Washington.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	133,419	54,519	41%
2	Hawaii	36,889	16,337	44%
3	New York	34,092	14,640	43%
4	Washington	26,918	8,553	32%
5	Texas	23,095	8,912	39%
6	New Jersey	13,099	5,328	41%
7	Illinois	12,943	4,882	38%
8	Michigan	12,847	6,043	47%
9	Florida	12,222	4,069	33%
10	Oregon	11,238	2,886	26%
11	Ohio	10,876	5,535	51%
12	Georgia	10,715	3,955	37%
13	Virginia	9,965	3,197	32%
14	Massachusetts	8,608	2,472	29%
15	Maryland	8,540	3,260	38%
16	North Carolina	8,337	3,113	37%
17	Arizona	7,952	2,833	36%
18	Nevada	6,673	2,467	37%
19	Pennsylvania	6,418	2,309	36%
20	Colorado	5,893	1,399	24%
21	Utah	5,718	1,299	23%
22	Indiana	5,663	2,648	47%
23	Kentucky	4,458	2,348	53%
24	Minnesota	4,437	1,434	32%
25	Tennessee	4,345	1,840	42%
26	Missouri	3,869	1,488	38%
27	South Carolina	3,332	1,206	36%
28	Connecticut	3,281	959	29%
29	Wisconsin	2,768	922	33%
30	Alabama	2,528	1,300	51%
31	Kansas	2,064	496	24%
32	Oklahoma	2,015	596	30%
33	Louisiana	1,783	508	28%
34	Idaho	1,777	277	16%
35	Alaska	1,494	461	31%
36	New Mexico	1,275	306	24%
37	Nebraska	1,204	338	28%
38	Iowa	1,189	407	34%
39	Mississippi	1,100	500	45%
40	District of Columbia	1,054	362	34%
41	Arkansas	935	440	47%
42	West Virginia	807	300	37%
43	Delaware	805	202	25%
44	New Hampshire	794	134	17%
45	Rhode Island	762	177	23%
46	Maine	672	162	24%
47	Vermont	437	109	25%
48	South Dakota	325	98	30%
49	North Dakota	288	228	79%
50	Wyoming	269	41	15%
51	Montana	218	84	39%
52	Puerto Rico	30	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

133,419

54,519

41%

36,889

16,337

44%