Where Is Korean Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

1,101,931 people in the United States speak Korean at home (ACS 2024), and 555,961 of them (50%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Korean-speaking populations are in California, New York, New Jersey and Texas.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	356,231	191,282	54%
2	New York	89,558	46,509	52%
3	New Jersey	79,256	41,754	53%
4	Texas	70,237	33,596	48%
5	Virginia	57,773	28,462	49%
6	Washington	53,958	27,998	52%
7	Georgia	53,299	27,620	52%
8	Illinois	41,402	20,671	50%
9	Maryland	37,292	18,001	48%
10	Pennsylvania	25,469	12,831	50%
11	Massachusetts	18,654	6,955	37%
12	Florida	17,487	8,512	49%
13	Michigan	16,978	7,973	47%
14	North Carolina	15,733	7,459	47%
15	Hawaii	14,640	8,615	59%
16	Colorado	13,096	5,677	43%
17	Arizona	12,752	5,382	42%
18	Nevada	12,070	6,217	52%
19	Alabama	11,347	6,834	60%
20	Oregon	10,311	4,675	45%
21	Ohio	9,850	3,964	40%
22	Tennessee	7,324	3,397	46%
23	Indiana	7,233	3,015	42%
24	Missouri	7,140	2,818	39%
25	Connecticut	6,719	2,852	42%
26	Utah	4,913	1,699	35%
27	Minnesota	4,733	1,922	41%
28	South Carolina	4,445	1,413	32%
29	Kentucky	3,703	1,889	51%
30	Wisconsin	3,599	1,284	36%
31	Alaska	3,583	2,098	59%
32	Oklahoma	3,413	1,297	38%
33	Kansas	3,333	1,188	36%
34	Iowa	3,141	1,319	42%
35	Louisiana	2,270	890	39%
36	District of Columbia	2,208	605	27%
37	New Mexico	2,138	770	36%
38	Idaho	1,763	857	49%
39	New Hampshire	1,740	942	54%
40	Arkansas	1,719	800	47%
41	Delaware	1,702	963	57%
42	Rhode Island	1,330	469	35%
43	Nebraska	1,127	411	36%
44	Mississippi	1,091	526	48%
45	North Dakota	1,029	516	50%
46	West Virginia	666	343	52%
47	Maine	599	173	29%
48	Montana	583	97	17%
49	South Dakota	465	160	34%
50	Vermont	446	156	35%
51	Wyoming	298	67	22%
52	Puerto Rico	85	38	45%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

356,231

191,282

54%

89,558

46,509

52%