Where Is Portuguese Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

1,021,123 people in the United States speak Portuguese at home (ACS 2024), and 369,414 of them (36%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Portuguese-speaking populations are in Massachusetts, Florida, New Jersey and California.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	Massachusetts	228,351	106,878	47%
2	Florida	180,522	66,718	37%
3	New Jersey	101,030	45,540	45%
4	California	96,749	26,702	28%
5	New York	52,232	14,295	27%
6	Connecticut	46,176	21,101	46%
7	Texas	42,463	9,406	22%
8	Rhode Island	30,524	11,337	37%
9	Georgia	26,424	8,194	31%
10	Pennsylvania	23,792	10,473	44%
11	Maryland	15,269	5,659	37%
12	Utah	15,051	2,533	17%
13	Virginia	14,546	3,532	24%
14	North Carolina	13,389	3,517	26%
15	Washington	12,895	3,693	29%
16	Illinois	10,914	2,301	21%
17	Colorado	9,715	1,774	18%
18	Michigan	9,622	2,723	28%
19	South Carolina	8,870	2,396	27%
20	Ohio	8,082	2,639	33%
21	Arizona	6,109	1,082	18%
22	New Hampshire	5,479	1,768	32%
23	Nevada	5,412	1,366	25%
24	Tennessee	5,273	1,172	22%
25	Louisiana	4,210	1,692	40%
26	Indiana	4,134	654	16%
27	Minnesota	3,650	805	22%
28	Wisconsin	3,492	722	21%
29	Oregon	3,489	571	16%
30	Alabama	3,386	975	29%
31	Missouri	3,296	742	23%
32	Maine	3,124	1,487	48%
33	Arkansas	2,155	622	29%
34	Idaho	2,078	341	16%
35	District of Columbia	2,054	275	13%
36	Kentucky	2,003	437	22%
37	Kansas	1,984	487	25%
38	Oklahoma	1,972	484	25%
39	Iowa	1,925	412	21%
40	Hawaii	1,867	431	23%
41	New Mexico	979	254	26%
42	Mississippi	869	153	18%
43	Vermont	737	189	26%
44	Delaware	716	201	28%
45	Nebraska	679	112	16%
46	Alaska	676	46	7%
47	West Virginia	635	144	23%
48	South Dakota	521	55	11%
49	North Dakota	488	33	7%
50	Puerto Rico	398	181	45%
51	Montana	384	59	15%
52	Wyoming	333	51	15%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

228,351

106,878

47%

180,522

66,718

37%