Where Is Nepali Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

482,962 people in the United States speak Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages at home (ACS 2024), and 158,565 of them (33%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Nepali-speaking populations are in California, Texas, Ohio and New York.

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#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	64,547	14,903	23%
2	Texas	61,086	17,224	28%
3	Ohio	37,398	19,189	51%
4	New York	35,186	16,741	48%
5	Pennsylvania	27,292	13,107	48%
6	New Jersey	25,860	4,775	18%
7	Virginia	21,104	7,108	34%
8	Maryland	17,018	5,604	33%
9	Massachusetts	16,767	5,055	30%
10	Illinois	15,268	4,649	30%
11	North Carolina	15,170	4,569	30%
12	Georgia	12,691	3,419	27%
13	Florida	12,254	3,363	27%
14	Washington	11,184	2,411	22%
15	Michigan	11,134	2,705	24%
16	Colorado	8,740	4,042	46%
17	Minnesota	6,803	1,460	21%
18	Kentucky	6,802	3,610	53%
19	Arizona	6,651	2,027	30%
20	Connecticut	5,895	1,215	21%
21	Wisconsin	5,516	1,979	36%
22	Oregon	5,125	1,711	33%
23	Tennessee	4,555	1,137	25%
24	Indiana	4,241	817	19%
25	Nebraska	4,215	2,046	49%
26	Iowa	4,074	1,958	48%
27	Missouri	3,372	765	23%
28	Utah	3,090	1,163	38%
29	Kansas	2,654	1,033	39%
30	Oklahoma	2,594	776	30%
31	New Hampshire	2,518	1,146	46%
32	South Carolina	2,494	763	31%
33	Louisiana	2,193	666	30%
34	Nevada	1,997	860	43%
35	Alabama	1,989	484	24%
36	Idaho	1,798	889	49%
37	Vermont	1,752	1,067	61%
38	South Dakota	1,516	406	27%
39	New Mexico	1,201	271	23%
40	North Dakota	1,065	256	24%
41	Mississippi	1,056	191	18%
42	Arkansas	1,033	163	16%
43	Delaware	843	99	12%
44	Rhode Island	786	75	10%
45	District of Columbia	684	44	6%
46	West Virginia	636	232	36%
47	Hawaii	555	184	33%
48	Alaska	254	76	30%
49	Wyoming	113	74	65%
50	Montana	107	24	22%
51	Puerto Rico	50	32	64%
52	Maine	36	2	6%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

California

64,547

14,903

23%

Texas

61,086

17,224

28%