Where Is Ukrainian or other Slavic languages Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

440,589 people in the United States speak Ukrainian or other Slavic languages at home (ACS 2024), and 175,390 of them (40%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Ukrainian or other Slavic languages-speaking populations are in Illinois, California, New York and Washington.

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#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	Illinois	54,284	24,860	46%
2	California	54,132	22,099	41%
3	New York	50,648	23,441	46%
4	Washington	37,170	18,910	51%
5	Florida	28,200	10,179	36%
6	New Jersey	25,688	10,230	40%
7	Pennsylvania	21,410	9,615	45%
8	Ohio	17,036	7,462	44%
9	Michigan	16,130	5,606	35%
10	Texas	14,041	3,395	24%
11	Massachusetts	9,755	3,154	32%
12	Oregon	9,143	4,306	47%
13	Connecticut	7,757	2,902	37%
14	North Carolina	7,480	2,817	38%
15	Virginia	7,454	2,007	27%
16	Maryland	6,793	1,908	28%
17	Georgia	6,344	2,004	32%
18	South Carolina	6,057	2,333	39%
19	Colorado	5,361	1,801	34%
20	Minnesota	5,249	2,073	39%
21	Arizona	5,111	960	19%
22	Indiana	4,554	1,131	25%
23	Missouri	4,162	1,245	30%
24	Nevada	3,496	1,097	31%
25	Wisconsin	3,471	1,033	30%
26	Tennessee	3,468	1,137	33%
27	Kentucky	2,941	1,196	41%
28	Idaho	2,535	1,125	44%
29	Nebraska	2,059	584	28%
30	Utah	1,770	453	26%
31	Oklahoma	1,608	578	36%
32	Alaska	1,347	632	47%
33	Iowa	1,315	433	33%
34	New Hampshire	1,144	153	13%
35	South Dakota	1,138	299	26%
36	Alabama	1,045	326	31%
37	District of Columbia	1,018	91	9%
38	Louisiana	1,011	228	23%
39	Kansas	1,009	343	34%
40	Hawaii	930	205	22%
41	Delaware	825	167	20%
42	Maine	802	61	8%
43	New Mexico	687	57	8%
44	Rhode Island	529	99	19%
45	West Virginia	525	105	20%
46	Montana	431	145	34%
47	Arkansas	415	60	14%
48	Vermont	362	74	20%
49	North Dakota	322	142	44%
50	Wyoming	264	103	39%
51	Mississippi	163	26	16%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

Illinois

54,284

24,860

46%

California

54,132

22,099

41%