Where Is Tamil Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

346,611 people in the United States speak Tamil at home (ACS 2024), and 51,375 of them (15%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Tamil-speaking populations are in California, Texas, New Jersey and Illinois.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	64,927	7,749	12%
2	Texas	51,013	8,160	16%
3	New Jersey	27,905	3,872	14%
4	Illinois	15,375	2,598	17%
5	Georgia	14,654	1,919	13%
6	Washington	14,321	2,231	16%
7	Florida	13,379	1,989	15%
8	Virginia	13,069	1,457	11%
9	Pennsylvania	11,238	1,758	16%
10	New York	11,087	2,776	25%
11	North Carolina	11,082	1,455	13%
12	Massachusetts	11,025	1,565	14%
13	Michigan	10,285	1,661	16%
14	Arizona	8,265	993	12%
15	Maryland	7,852	1,258	16%
16	Connecticut	7,599	1,429	19%
17	Ohio	7,483	1,255	17%
18	Minnesota	6,527	1,048	16%
19	Indiana	5,280	510	10%
20	Wisconsin	3,072	358	12%
21	Iowa	2,891	762	26%
22	Missouri	2,795	427	15%
23	Colorado	2,763	363	13%
24	Oregon	2,470	302	12%
25	South Carolina	2,307	545	24%
26	Tennessee	2,004	283	14%
27	Arkansas	1,579	250	16%
28	Delaware	1,499	87	6%
29	Kentucky	1,254	186	15%
30	Nebraska	1,218	351	29%
31	Nevada	1,172	260	22%
32	Rhode Island	1,147	144	13%
33	New Hampshire	1,093	84	8%
34	Utah	1,079	205	19%
35	Oklahoma	1,035	160	15%
36	Kansas	888	137	15%
37	District of Columbia	740	242	33%
38	Louisiana	461	27	6%
39	New Mexico	430	48	11%
40	Alabama	409	54	13%
41	Alaska	405	4	1%
42	West Virginia	323	112	35%
43	Mississippi	319	66	21%
44	North Dakota	216	93	43%
45	Hawaii	199	100	50%
46	Vermont	191	15	8%
47	Idaho	124	13	10%
48	Maine	73	14	19%
49	Montana	48	0	0%
50	South Dakota	41	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

64,927

7,749

12%

51,013

8,160

16%