Where Is Punjabi Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

333,955 people in the United States speak Punjabi at home (ACS 2024), and 130,218 of them (39%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Punjabi-speaking populations are in California, New York, Washington and New Jersey.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	160,441	66,422	41%
2	New York	37,150	17,298	47%
3	Washington	18,034	7,613	42%
4	New Jersey	17,162	5,827	34%
5	Texas	10,972	3,141	29%
6	Indiana	10,380	4,581	44%
7	Virginia	8,697	3,136	36%
8	Michigan	8,005	2,697	34%
9	Illinois	7,008	1,899	27%
10	Maryland	6,587	1,867	28%
11	Ohio	5,176	1,827	35%
12	Pennsylvania	5,028	2,025	40%
13	Massachusetts	3,772	1,135	30%
14	Florida	3,222	704	22%
15	North Carolina	2,988	600	20%
16	Georgia	2,914	915	31%
17	Arizona	2,586	468	18%
18	Nevada	2,475	516	21%
19	Connecticut	2,171	977	45%
20	Wisconsin	2,118	808	38%
21	Oregon	1,738	576	33%
22	Missouri	1,487	627	42%
23	Colorado	1,475	543	37%
24	Mississippi	1,275	598	47%
25	Kansas	1,187	320	27%
26	Utah	1,115	429	38%
27	Tennessee	1,095	298	27%
28	Minnesota	1,005	210	21%
29	South Carolina	907	114	13%
30	Louisiana	755	431	57%
31	Oklahoma	679	119	18%
32	Delaware	608	263	43%
33	Alabama	535	83	16%
34	Arkansas	522	252	48%
35	Iowa	508	173	34%
36	Kentucky	415	145	35%
37	New Hampshire	357	217	61%
38	Nebraska	311	55	18%
39	New Mexico	196	14	7%
40	Rhode Island	185	113	61%
41	Idaho	161	0	0%
42	Vermont	124	0	0%
43	District of Columbia	96	46	48%
44	North Dakota	75	15	20%
45	Hawaii	72	35	49%
46	Wyoming	71	71	100%
47	South Dakota	38	11	29%
48	Montana	32	4	12%
49	West Virginia	30	0	0%
50	Maine	15	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

160,441

66,422

41%

37,150

17,298

47%