Where Is Serbo-Croatian Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

253,661 people in the United States speak Serbo-Croatian at home (ACS 2024), and 82,113 of them (32%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Serbo-Croatian-speaking populations are in Illinois, New York, California and Florida.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	Illinois	32,478	11,337	35%
2	New York	27,711	9,840	36%
3	California	20,456	4,639	23%
4	Florida	18,797	5,895	31%
5	Missouri	13,760	5,465	40%
6	Texas	10,771	3,004	28%
7	New Jersey	10,603	3,010	28%
8	Ohio	9,570	3,351	35%
9	Michigan	9,473	3,474	37%
10	Iowa	7,349	3,363	46%
11	Pennsylvania	7,280	2,022	28%
12	Arizona	7,273	2,026	28%
13	Washington	7,005	2,153	31%
14	Georgia	6,970	2,038	29%
15	Connecticut	5,370	1,925	36%
16	Indiana	5,239	1,791	34%
17	Massachusetts	5,046	1,642	33%
18	Kentucky	4,874	1,766	36%
19	Virginia	4,253	1,165	27%
20	Wisconsin	3,944	1,213	31%
21	Nevada	3,884	1,318	34%
22	North Carolina	3,701	1,242	34%
23	Utah	3,121	974	31%
24	Minnesota	2,831	1,112	39%
25	Colorado	2,715	883	33%
26	Tennessee	2,636	781	30%
27	Maryland	2,053	494	24%
28	Oregon	2,012	600	30%
29	South Carolina	1,486	46	3%
30	Idaho	1,407	558	40%
31	New Hampshire	1,280	562	44%
32	North Dakota	972	363	37%
33	Vermont	943	396	42%
34	Nebraska	922	182	20%
35	Alabama	708	126	18%
36	Louisiana	588	131	22%
37	New Mexico	564	43	8%
38	Maine	542	190	35%
39	South Dakota	495	197	40%
40	Alaska	486	331	68%
41	Kansas	440	188	43%
42	Oklahoma	371	42	11%
43	District of Columbia	305	48	16%
44	Delaware	254	60	24%
45	Hawaii	228	24	11%
46	West Virginia	155	39	25%
47	Mississippi	132	8	6%
48	Rhode Island	98	25	26%
49	Arkansas	74	31	42%
50	Wyoming	23	0	0%
51	Montana	13	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

32,478

11,337

35%

27,711

9,840

36%