Where Is Polish Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

509,126 people in the United States speak Polish at home (ACS 2024), and 183,009 of them (36%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Polish-speaking populations are in Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Florida.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	Illinois	164,756	70,088	43%
2	New York	73,781	29,249	40%
3	New Jersey	60,965	24,441	40%
4	Florida	27,335	8,614	32%
5	Connecticut	27,194	11,282	41%
6	California	23,233	5,656	24%
7	Pennsylvania	16,506	5,808	35%
8	Michigan	16,220	4,410	27%
9	Massachusetts	13,769	4,447	32%
10	Texas	9,953	1,768	18%
11	Arizona	6,420	1,572	24%
12	Wisconsin	5,639	1,635	29%
13	Colorado	5,542	976	18%
14	Ohio	5,535	1,022	18%
15	Indiana	5,194	1,238	24%
16	Washington	5,170	1,050	20%
17	North Carolina	4,398	865	20%
18	Maryland	4,191	850	20%
19	Virginia	3,564	927	26%
20	Georgia	3,361	797	24%
21	Nevada	2,887	1,008	35%
22	Minnesota	2,509	509	20%
23	South Carolina	2,408	492	20%
24	Rhode Island	1,988	572	29%
25	Tennessee	1,925	385	20%
26	Missouri	1,467	484	33%
27	Oregon	1,316	368	28%
28	New Hampshire	1,107	195	18%
29	Delaware	966	383	40%
30	Oklahoma	862	231	27%
31	Utah	821	195	24%
32	Maine	720	169	23%
33	Kentucky	659	141	21%
34	Nebraska	601	206	34%
35	New Mexico	580	183	32%
36	Vermont	578	88	15%
37	Idaho	476	23	5%
38	Louisiana	447	9	2%
39	Alaska	444	54	12%
40	Kansas	440	53	12%
41	Arkansas	432	103	24%
42	Hawaii	430	135	31%
43	District of Columbia	424	34	8%
44	Iowa	407	29	7%
45	Alabama	360	67	19%
46	Mississippi	320	56	18%
47	Montana	257	85	33%
48	West Virginia	197	19	10%
49	Wyoming	150	0	0%
50	South Dakota	124	35	28%
51	North Dakota	98	3	3%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

164,756

70,088

43%

73,781

29,249

40%