Where Is Telugu Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

509,713 people in the United States speak Telugu at home (ACS 2024), and 90,388 of them (18%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Telugu-speaking populations are in Texas, California, New Jersey and Virginia.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	Texas	86,183	14,375	17%
2	California	76,092	11,269	15%
3	New Jersey	42,514	7,375	17%
4	Virginia	25,958	3,917	15%
5	North Carolina	25,058	5,548	22%
6	Georgia	24,972	4,360	17%
7	Illinois	24,426	4,153	17%
8	Washington	19,666	3,817	19%
9	Florida	17,422	3,431	20%
10	Pennsylvania	16,745	3,130	19%
11	Michigan	16,511	3,588	22%
12	Ohio	15,482	3,254	21%
13	Maryland	12,564	1,982	16%
14	Massachusetts	12,507	2,589	21%
15	New York	10,369	1,866	18%
16	Arizona	9,476	1,650	17%
17	Missouri	7,853	1,676	21%
18	Minnesota	6,241	1,329	21%
19	Tennessee	5,438	1,192	22%
20	Indiana	5,144	1,114	22%
21	Connecticut	4,592	714	16%
22	Colorado	4,239	804	19%
23	Kansas	4,150	819	20%
24	Oregon	3,853	647	17%
25	Wisconsin	3,715	538	14%
26	South Carolina	3,447	638	19%
27	Iowa	2,411	678	28%
28	Arkansas	2,406	543	23%
29	Kentucky	2,261	521	23%
30	Delaware	2,051	464	23%
31	Nevada	1,998	503	25%
32	Nebraska	1,919	311	16%
33	New Hampshire	1,724	382	22%
34	Utah	1,620	231	14%
35	Alabama	1,542	192	12%
36	Rhode Island	1,387	137	10%
37	Louisiana	1,229	90	7%
38	Oklahoma	1,229	189	15%
39	New Mexico	567	77	14%
40	Idaho	523	30	6%
41	Mississippi	412	77	19%
42	North Dakota	345	38	11%
43	West Virginia	330	37	11%
44	Wyoming	236	22	9%
45	District of Columbia	209	0	0%
46	South Dakota	201	34	17%
47	Vermont	180	0	0%
48	Maine	98	0	0%
49	Hawaii	71	5	7%
50	Puerto Rico	56	0	0%
51	Montana	47	8	17%
52	Alaska	44	44	100%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

86,183

14,375

17%

76,092

11,269

15%