Where Is Spanish Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

45,856,144 people in the United States speak Spanish at home (ACS 2024), and 19,564,884 of them (43%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Spanish-speaking populations are in California, Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	10,513,931	4,107,223	39%
2	Texas	7,932,949	3,034,861	38%
3	Florida	4,801,213	2,076,728	43%
4	Puerto Rico	2,986,236	2,346,102	79%
5	New York	2,772,893	1,235,249	45%
6	Illinois	1,681,635	659,015	39%
7	New Jersey	1,514,828	698,739	46%
8	Arizona	1,344,168	436,583	32%
9	Georgia	890,264	379,474	43%
10	North Carolina	876,033	367,905	42%
11	Pennsylvania	686,810	289,487	42%
12	Washington	665,921	257,922	39%
13	Virginia	649,137	266,943	41%
14	Massachusetts	646,141	283,213	44%
15	Colorado	613,290	218,947	36%
16	Nevada	600,083	235,380	39%
17	Maryland	562,050	259,582	46%
18	New Mexico	491,462	144,429	29%
19	Connecticut	439,949	181,410	41%
20	Oregon	365,276	137,684	38%
21	Indiana	353,025	143,205	41%
22	Tennessee	348,679	168,866	48%
23	Utah	345,046	122,660	36%
24	Oklahoma	305,840	116,958	38%
25	Michigan	298,830	104,105	35%
26	Ohio	294,716	115,162	39%
27	Wisconsin	276,721	107,057	39%
28	South Carolina	262,999	113,786	43%
29	Minnesota	227,636	89,118	39%
30	Kansas	223,357	91,513	41%
31	Louisiana	201,847	98,013	49%
32	Alabama	187,711	80,254	43%
33	Arkansas	176,128	76,692	44%
34	Missouri	169,451	60,199	36%
35	Nebraska	156,178	68,754	44%
36	Idaho	147,208	51,778	35%
37	Kentucky	146,717	68,047	46%
38	Rhode Island	141,693	62,266	44%
39	Iowa	140,635	59,207	42%
40	Delaware	76,483	33,644	44%
41	Mississippi	73,687	32,025	43%
42	District of Columbia	60,423	21,522	36%
43	New Hampshire	34,831	12,345	35%
44	Hawaii	27,778	6,335	23%
45	Wyoming	26,551	9,185	35%
46	Alaska	22,437	5,926	26%
47	South Dakota	22,332	9,997	45%
48	West Virginia	19,863	5,609	28%
49	North Dakota	16,618	4,904	30%
50	Montana	15,285	4,082	27%
51	Maine	13,107	3,343	26%
52	Vermont	8,063	1,451	18%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

10,513,931

4,107,223

39%

7,932,949

3,034,861

38%