Where Is Thai Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

292,976 people in the United States speak Thai, Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages at home (ACS 2024), and 148,909 of them (51%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Thai-speaking populations are in California, Texas, Florida and Washington.

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#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	75,359	39,978	53%
2	Texas	21,957	11,197	51%
3	Florida	15,185	8,319	55%
4	Washington	13,599	6,737	50%
5	Illinois	11,012	5,832	53%
6	New York	10,307	5,651	55%
7	Virginia	9,421	4,247	45%
8	Minnesota	7,808	3,743	48%
9	Massachusetts	7,357	3,738	51%
10	Tennessee	7,300	3,278	45%
11	Nevada	7,260	3,854	53%
12	Georgia	6,977	3,161	45%
13	North Carolina	6,636	3,550	53%
14	Iowa	6,374	3,020	47%
15	Pennsylvania	5,400	2,991	55%
16	Ohio	5,237	2,281	44%
17	Oregon	4,892	2,475	51%
18	Arizona	4,742	1,933	41%
19	Maryland	4,682	2,218	47%
20	Connecticut	4,596	2,505	55%
21	Arkansas	4,420	2,468	56%
22	Kansas	4,246	2,285	54%
23	Colorado	4,078	2,056	50%
24	Michigan	3,913	1,772	45%
25	Wisconsin	3,799	1,815	48%
26	Hawaii	3,204	1,921	60%
27	New Jersey	2,967	1,358	46%
28	Utah	2,908	1,301	45%
29	Rhode Island	2,856	1,385	48%
30	Indiana	2,597	1,403	54%
31	Oklahoma	2,474	1,331	54%
32	Louisiana	2,404	1,252	52%
33	Missouri	2,387	1,244	52%
34	South Carolina	1,980	1,111	56%
35	Alabama	1,704	825	48%
36	Alaska	1,545	734	48%
37	Idaho	1,493	618	41%
38	Nebraska	1,476	754	51%
39	Kentucky	1,084	465	43%
40	New Hampshire	883	412	47%
41	Vermont	634	241	38%
42	South Dakota	511	142	28%
43	Mississippi	504	284	56%
44	New Mexico	496	153	31%
45	Maine	465	243	52%
46	West Virginia	417	111	27%
47	District of Columbia	372	144	39%
48	North Dakota	298	90	30%
49	Delaware	275	136	49%
50	Montana	226	87	38%
51	Wyoming	213	60	28%
52	Puerto Rico	46	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

California

75,359

39,978

53%

Texas

21,957

11,197

51%