Where Is Tagalog Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

1,778,053 people in the United States speak Tagalog (incl. Filipino) at home (ACS 2024), and 540,737 of them (30%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Tagalog-speaking populations are in California, Texas, Nevada and Illinois.

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#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	773,155	253,929	33%
2	Texas	93,293	22,163	24%
3	Nevada	89,719	27,043	30%
4	Illinois	85,343	21,796	26%
5	New Jersey	79,742	21,586	27%
6	New York	78,053	20,833	27%
7	Florida	73,920	18,829	25%
8	Washington	64,247	20,491	32%
9	Hawaii	60,236	28,059	47%
10	Virginia	47,619	12,351	26%
11	Maryland	35,177	9,888	28%
12	Arizona	28,866	7,035	24%
13	Pennsylvania	19,249	5,400	28%
14	North Carolina	17,490	4,250	24%
15	Alaska	17,356	6,830	39%
16	Michigan	16,539	4,886	30%
17	Georgia	16,422	4,476	27%
18	Ohio	14,913	4,386	29%
19	Indiana	10,993	3,171	29%
20	Oregon	10,981	2,458	22%
21	Missouri	9,785	3,425	35%
22	South Carolina	9,777	2,901	30%
23	Connecticut	9,311	2,991	32%
24	Tennessee	9,277	2,228	24%
25	Colorado	9,203	2,455	27%
26	Minnesota	9,059	2,682	30%
27	Massachusetts	7,961	1,725	22%
28	Utah	7,545	1,626	22%
29	Wisconsin	7,335	2,562	35%
30	New Mexico	6,185	1,577	25%
31	Louisiana	5,955	1,681	28%
32	Kentucky	5,185	1,496	29%
33	Oklahoma	4,957	1,494	30%
34	Kansas	4,732	1,259	27%
35	Alabama	4,392	1,322	30%
36	Arkansas	3,860	1,359	35%
37	Iowa	3,479	1,172	34%
38	Delaware	3,260	768	24%
39	Nebraska	2,758	691	25%
40	Mississippi	2,720	761	28%
41	North Dakota	2,632	867	33%
42	Idaho	2,439	635	26%
43	Rhode Island	2,211	633	29%
44	New Hampshire	1,882	349	19%
45	Montana	1,597	295	18%
46	Maine	1,570	434	28%
47	South Dakota	1,453	672	46%
48	District of Columbia	1,349	348	26%
49	West Virginia	1,234	161	13%
50	Wyoming	845	203	24%
51	Vermont	748	92	12%
52	Puerto Rico	44	13	30%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

California

773,155

253,929

33%

Texas

93,293

22,163

24%