Where Is Russian Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

1,020,336 people in the United States speak Russian at home (ACS 2024), and 422,612 of them (41%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Russian-speaking populations are in New York, California, Florida and Washington.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New York	227,300	120,180	53%
2	California	180,186	76,033	42%
3	Florida	74,440	29,963	40%
4	Washington	64,638	26,329	41%
5	New Jersey	51,142	18,191	36%
6	Pennsylvania	49,194	24,308	49%
7	Illinois	46,897	19,090	41%
8	Massachusetts	36,221	13,911	38%
9	Texas	34,804	10,557	30%
10	Maryland	21,675	7,021	32%
11	Oregon	21,067	8,022	38%
12	Virginia	17,870	5,029	28%
13	Colorado	17,645	6,364	36%
14	Ohio	17,071	7,203	42%
15	North Carolina	15,174	5,201	34%
16	Georgia	14,989	4,571	30%
17	Minnesota	13,851	5,159	37%
18	Michigan	11,288	4,492	40%
19	Connecticut	11,161	3,376	30%
20	South Carolina	10,549	4,293	41%
21	Arizona	7,633	2,109	28%
22	Missouri	7,233	2,660	37%
23	Wisconsin	5,875	1,757	30%
24	Nevada	5,574	1,839	33%
25	Utah	5,090	1,268	25%
26	Indiana	4,018	1,238	31%
27	Tennessee	3,889	867	22%
28	Idaho	3,780	733	19%
29	Alaska	3,427	1,006	29%
30	Oklahoma	3,021	728	24%
31	Kentucky	2,855	771	27%
32	Rhode Island	2,669	794	30%
33	Kansas	2,491	1,117	45%
34	New Hampshire	2,488	783	31%
35	Iowa	2,381	574	24%
36	Alabama	2,145	466	22%
37	District of Columbia	2,112	223	11%
38	Nebraska	2,082	565	27%
39	Louisiana	1,867	587	31%
40	Hawaii	1,708	582	34%
41	Montana	1,537	346	23%
42	Delaware	1,492	368	25%
43	South Dakota	1,460	455	31%
44	Maine	1,279	293	23%
45	New Mexico	1,062	321	30%
46	Vermont	949	231	24%
47	Arkansas	705	187	27%
48	Mississippi	631	125	20%
49	Wyoming	623	64	10%
50	North Dakota	574	161	28%
51	West Virginia	449	90	20%
52	Puerto Rico	75	11	15%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

227,300

120,180

53%

180,186

76,033

42%