Where Is Urdu Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

533,546 people in the United States speak Urdu at home (ACS 2024), and 146,423 of them (27%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Urdu-speaking populations are in Texas, New York, California and Illinois.

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	Texas	93,419	24,443	26%
2	New York	74,584	28,030	38%
3	California	61,218	16,374	27%
4	Illinois	59,876	15,300	26%
5	New Jersey	37,291	9,387	25%
6	Virginia	35,592	9,411	26%
7	Maryland	22,096	7,162	32%
8	Florida	17,555	3,951	23%
9	Georgia	14,638	3,708	25%
10	Pennsylvania	14,185	3,621	26%
11	Michigan	13,949	3,289	24%
12	North Carolina	10,006	2,728	27%
13	Massachusetts	9,080	2,090	23%
14	Washington	7,881	1,474	19%
15	Ohio	7,647	1,794	23%
16	Connecticut	7,202	2,681	37%
17	Indiana	5,288	1,336	25%
18	Missouri	4,289	1,206	28%
19	Arizona	3,341	678	20%
20	Louisiana	2,935	941	32%
21	Minnesota	2,619	620	24%
22	Wisconsin	2,480	441	18%
23	Tennessee	2,456	623	25%
24	Delaware	2,253	512	23%
25	Nevada	1,931	589	31%
26	Kentucky	1,782	306	17%
27	Alabama	1,757	316	18%
28	Oklahoma	1,750	452	26%
29	Kansas	1,728	469	27%
30	Colorado	1,573	300	19%
31	Utah	1,424	418	29%
32	South Carolina	1,306	238	18%
33	Arkansas	1,239	297	24%
34	Oregon	1,188	238	20%
35	Iowa	1,051	283	27%
36	District of Columbia	690	37	5%
37	Mississippi	610	79	13%
38	Rhode Island	551	47	9%
39	New Mexico	459	76	17%
40	New Hampshire	437	49	11%
41	Nebraska	394	118	30%
42	Idaho	388	77	20%
43	West Virginia	338	58	17%
44	North Dakota	221	26	12%
45	Alaska	203	31	15%
46	Vermont	160	57	36%
47	South Dakota	158	18	11%
48	Hawaii	144	5	3%
49	Maine	108	24	22%
50	Montana	50	2	4%
51	Wyoming	26	13	50%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

93,419

24,443

26%

74,584

28,030

38%