Where Is Swahili or other languages of Central Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

343,883 people in the United States speak Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa at home (ACS 2024), and 110,995 of them (32%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Swahili or other languages of Central-speaking populations are in Texas, Massachusetts, California and Georgia.

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#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	Texas	43,351	12,073	28%
2	Massachusetts	19,199	4,178	22%
3	California	18,442	3,810	21%
4	Georgia	17,858	4,463	25%
5	Washington	16,938	4,408	26%
6	New York	14,784	5,634	38%
7	Maryland	14,725	3,033	21%
8	Minnesota	13,678	4,185	31%
9	Arizona	12,800	4,833	38%
10	Michigan	11,570	4,910	42%
11	Ohio	11,503	4,613	40%
12	Kentucky	11,502	7,385	64%
13	Pennsylvania	10,603	4,130	39%
14	North Carolina	9,464	2,957	31%
15	Illinois	8,620	2,587	30%
16	Tennessee	7,904	4,090	52%
17	Iowa	7,896	4,220	53%
18	Virginia	7,852	1,857	24%
19	Indiana	7,657	2,777	36%
20	Missouri	7,454	2,844	38%
21	Florida	7,394	2,592	35%
22	New Jersey	6,841	1,086	16%
23	Kansas	4,940	1,742	35%
24	Colorado	4,541	1,955	43%
25	Utah	4,051	1,607	40%
26	Wisconsin	3,068	1,144	37%
27	Alabama	2,996	594	20%
28	Nebraska	2,970	1,258	42%
29	New Hampshire	2,773	929	34%
30	Connecticut	2,730	832	30%
31	Nevada	2,458	919	37%
32	Delaware	2,441	405	17%
33	Oregon	2,372	630	27%
34	South Carolina	2,338	586	25%
35	Idaho	2,310	1,090	47%
36	Oklahoma	2,228	506	23%
37	Maine	2,101	792	38%
38	North Dakota	1,722	576	33%
39	South Dakota	1,637	647	40%
40	New Mexico	1,437	293	20%
41	Rhode Island	1,291	491	38%
42	Louisiana	1,230	253	21%
43	District of Columbia	958	142	15%
44	Mississippi	725	328	45%
45	Alaska	560	138	25%
46	Hawaii	517	138	27%
47	Arkansas	449	65	14%
48	Vermont	323	47	15%
49	Montana	318	205	64%
50	West Virginia	261	15	6%
51	Wyoming	73	3	4%
52	Puerto Rico	30	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

Texas

43,351

12,073

28%

Massachusetts

19,199

4,178

22%