Where Is Khmer Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

197,452 people in the United States speak Khmer at home (ACS 2024), and 105,362 of them (53%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Khmer-speaking populations are in California, Massachusetts, Washington and Texas.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	70,350	36,406	52%
2	Massachusetts	22,795	11,999	53%
3	Washington	15,709	8,727	56%
4	Texas	12,474	7,252	58%
5	Pennsylvania	9,690	6,922	71%
6	Minnesota	6,917	3,704	54%
7	Florida	5,183	2,584	50%
8	Virginia	4,737	2,575	54%
9	Georgia	4,302	1,926	45%
10	Rhode Island	3,734	1,858	50%
11	New York	3,339	1,795	54%
12	Ohio	3,273	1,777	54%
13	North Carolina	3,194	1,227	38%
14	Illinois	3,044	1,750	57%
15	Michigan	2,122	1,337	63%
16	Connecticut	2,095	1,182	56%
17	Arizona	1,922	935	49%
18	Oregon	1,908	759	40%
19	Maryland	1,884	977	52%
20	Colorado	1,842	939	51%
21	Kentucky	1,552	940	61%
22	Utah	1,536	912	59%
23	New Jersey	1,401	576	41%
24	Kansas	1,347	890	66%
25	Tennessee	1,197	521	44%
26	Nevada	1,066	612	57%
27	Missouri	1,001	545	54%
28	Indiana	994	360	36%
29	South Carolina	981	486	50%
30	Maine	851	434	51%
31	Iowa	845	342	40%
32	Wisconsin	650	207	32%
33	Louisiana	631	357	57%
34	Alabama	456	293	64%
35	New Hampshire	408	144	35%
36	Hawaii	395	212	54%
37	Arkansas	389	198	51%
38	Oklahoma	372	184	49%
39	Nebraska	187	141	75%
40	Delaware	148	97	66%
41	Alaska	109	30	28%
42	Vermont	84	13	15%
43	New Mexico	71	63	89%
44	Montana	63	58	92%
45	Mississippi	50	20	40%
46	Wyoming	42	30	71%
47	Idaho	39	39	100%
48	West Virginia	33	21	64%
49	District of Columbia	25	6	24%
50	South Dakota	15	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

70,350

36,406

52%

22,795

11,999

53%