US language data · 2024 ACS 5-year
Navajo speakers in the United States
145,635 people in the United States speak Navajo at home (ACS 2024), and 39,026 of them (27%) speak English less than "very well".
The largest Navajo-speaking populations are in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
| # | State | Speakers | Limited English | Share LEP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | 75,037 | 18,058 | 24% | |
| 2 | New Mexico | 57,560 | 18,021 | 31% | |
| 3 | Utah | 5,931 | 1,759 | 30% | |
| 4 | Colorado | 1,450 | 468 | 32% | |
| 5 | California | 878 | 177 | 20% | |
| 6 | Texas | 636 | 80 | 13% | |
| 7 | Nevada | 485 | 12 | 2% | |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 364 | 46 | 13% | |
| 9 | Montana | 318 | 20 | 6% | |
| 10 | Washington | 289 | 106 | 37% | |
| 11 | Idaho | 282 | 20 | 7% | |
| 12 | Oregon | 277 | 34 | 12% | |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 250 | 7 | 3% | |
| 14 | North Carolina | 219 | 5 | 2% | |
| 15 | Minnesota | 184 | 2 | 1% | |
| 16 | Alabama | 169 | 0 | 0% | |
| 17 | New York | 167 | 78 | 47% | |
| 18 | Louisiana | 131 | 0 | 0% | |
| 19 | Illinois | 118 | 20 | 17% | |
| 20 | Kansas | 106 | 7 | 7% | |
| 21 | Wyoming | 106 | 0 | 0% | |
| 22 | Florida | 82 | 36 | 44% | |
| 23 | North Dakota | 76 | 4 | 5% | |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 76 | 0 | 0% | |
| 25 | Nebraska | 53 | 0 | 0% | |
| 26 | Virginia | 50 | 25 | 50% | |
| 27 | Hawaii | 41 | 2 | 5% | |
| 28 | Missouri | 32 | 2 | 6% | |
| 29 | Indiana | 31 | 0 | 0% | |
| 30 | Ohio | 30 | 0 | 0% | |
| 31 | Arkansas | 29 | 0 | 0% | |
| 32 | Maine | 27 | 21 | 78% | |
| 33 | South Dakota | 24 | 3 | 12% | |
| 34 | Tennessee | 22 | 0 | 0% | |
| 35 | Alaska | 21 | 0 | 0% | |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 20 | 0 | 0% | |
| 37 | Georgia | 19 | 0 | 0% | |
| 38 | Massachusetts | 13 | 13 | 100% | |
| 39 | Michigan | 12 | 0 | 0% | |
| 40 | South Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0% | |
| 41 | Iowa | 7 | 0 | 0% | |
| 42 | District of Columbia | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates, table B16001 (population aged 5 and over).