Where Is Persian Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

517,451 people in the United States speak Persian (incl. Farsi, Dari) at home (ACS 2024), and 194,481 of them (38%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Persian-speaking populations are in California, Texas, Virginia and New York.

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#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	234,187	91,794	39%
2	Texas	43,774	15,924	36%
3	Virginia	37,590	14,317	38%
4	New York	29,802	11,871	40%
5	Maryland	17,419	6,715	39%
6	Washington	16,825	6,396	38%
7	Georgia	11,278	3,717	33%
8	Florida	11,057	3,185	29%
9	Illinois	9,769	3,349	34%
10	Massachusetts	8,895	2,783	31%
11	Arizona	8,813	3,191	36%
12	Pennsylvania	6,880	2,168	32%
13	New Jersey	6,577	2,049	31%
14	Nevada	6,011	2,631	44%
15	Ohio	5,742	1,899	33%
16	Michigan	5,453	2,286	42%
17	Colorado	5,413	1,953	36%
18	North Carolina	5,385	1,814	34%
19	Oregon	5,152	1,906	37%
20	Indiana	3,472	969	28%
21	Minnesota	3,100	1,287	42%
22	Tennessee	3,024	1,066	35%
23	Utah	2,956	1,052	36%
24	Connecticut	2,901	632	22%
25	Oklahoma	2,635	844	32%
26	Missouri	2,392	1,096	46%
27	Nebraska	1,944	842	43%
28	Wisconsin	1,774	732	41%
29	Louisiana	1,743	973	56%
30	Kentucky	1,666	462	28%
31	Kansas	1,624	479	29%
32	District of Columbia	1,603	231	14%
33	South Carolina	1,528	567	37%
34	New Mexico	1,340	421	31%
35	Idaho	1,243	799	64%
36	Iowa	1,167	374	32%
37	Alabama	1,041	279	27%
38	Maine	876	440	50%
39	Hawaii	585	19	3%
40	Rhode Island	462	131	28%
41	New Hampshire	432	269	62%
42	Delaware	363	187	52%
43	North Dakota	307	94	31%
44	Vermont	254	7	3%
45	Arkansas	250	40	16%
46	West Virginia	214	50	23%
47	South Dakota	160	114	71%
48	Mississippi	146	21	14%
49	Alaska	111	56	50%
50	Montana	86	0	0%
51	Wyoming	30	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

California

234,187

91,794

39%

Texas

43,774

15,924

36%