Where Is Vietnamese Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

1,562,584 people in the United States speak Vietnamese at home (ACS 2024), and 901,832 of them (58%) speak English less than "very well".

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

#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	California	562,956	333,873	59%
2	Texas	247,783	138,935	56%
3	Washington	73,188	43,044	59%
4	Florida	72,873	41,180	57%
5	Georgia	55,265	34,829	63%
6	Virginia	51,638	28,905	56%
7	Massachusetts	45,786	26,602	58%
8	Pennsylvania	37,935	22,861	60%
9	North Carolina	26,852	16,491	61%
10	Oregon	25,422	14,501	57%
11	Arizona	24,178	12,620	52%
12	Louisiana	22,288	12,040	54%
13	Illinois	21,981	11,248	51%
14	Minnesota	20,901	11,676	56%
15	New York	20,846	11,469	55%
16	Colorado	19,943	10,967	55%
17	Maryland	19,647	10,294	52%
18	New Jersey	19,135	10,847	57%
19	Michigan	16,159	8,775	54%
20	Oklahoma	15,905	9,919	62%
21	Ohio	13,052	6,586	50%
22	Missouri	12,449	7,475	60%
23	Kansas	12,367	7,846	63%
24	Nevada	11,920	6,622	56%
25	Tennessee	10,891	6,048	56%
26	Hawaii	9,901	6,301	64%
27	Utah	8,199	4,843	59%
28	Connecticut	8,073	4,303	53%
29	Alabama	7,897	4,490	57%
30	Iowa	7,692	4,688	61%
31	Nebraska	7,674	4,156	54%
32	South Carolina	7,637	3,733	49%
33	Indiana	7,097	4,109	58%
34	Mississippi	5,399	2,779	51%
35	Arkansas	4,826	2,800	58%
36	Kentucky	4,640	2,710	58%
37	New Mexico	4,420	2,235	51%
38	Wisconsin	4,327	1,691	39%
39	New Hampshire	1,745	981	56%
40	Idaho	1,642	906	55%
41	Delaware	1,541	835	54%
42	District of Columbia	1,362	803	59%
43	Maine	1,162	864	74%
44	Alaska	906	289	32%
45	South Dakota	896	476	53%
46	West Virginia	884	439	50%
47	Rhode Island	828	513	62%
48	Montana	804	342	43%
49	Vermont	709	420	59%
50	North Dakota	695	331	48%
51	Wyoming	242	142	59%
52	Puerto Rico	26	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

562,956

333,873

59%

247,783

138,935

56%