US language data · 2024 ACS 5-year
Yiddish speakers in the United States
609,998 people in the United States speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages at home (ACS 2024), and 202,088 of them (33%) speak English less than "very well".
The largest Yiddish-speaking populations are in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
| # | State | Speakers | Limited English | Share LEP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 225,528 | 114,702 | 51% | |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 75,853 | 22,236 | 29% | |
| 3 | Ohio | 62,928 | 19,809 | 31% | |
| 4 | Indiana | 35,784 | 9,444 | 26% | |
| 5 | California | 25,175 | 2,734 | 11% | |
| 6 | Florida | 16,683 | 1,776 | 11% | |
| 7 | Michigan | 16,136 | 4,469 | 28% | |
| 8 | New Jersey | 14,391 | 1,798 | 12% | |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 12,929 | 3,847 | 30% | |
| 10 | Texas | 12,840 | 946 | 7% | |
| 11 | Kentucky | 11,103 | 3,560 | 32% | |
| 12 | Missouri | 10,357 | 2,780 | 27% | |
| 13 | Illinois | 7,120 | 1,720 | 24% | |
| 14 | Iowa | 6,686 | 1,793 | 27% | |
| 15 | Tennessee | 6,227 | 1,619 | 26% | |
| 16 | Georgia | 6,056 | 465 | 8% | |
| 17 | Virginia | 5,762 | 1,117 | 19% | |
| 18 | Maryland | 5,131 | 1,045 | 20% | |
| 19 | Washington | 4,500 | 518 | 12% | |
| 20 | North Carolina | 4,170 | 374 | 9% | |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 3,661 | 484 | 13% | |
| 22 | Arizona | 3,502 | 256 | 7% | |
| 23 | Colorado | 2,951 | 172 | 6% | |
| 24 | Minnesota | 2,874 | 666 | 23% | |
| 25 | Oregon | 2,552 | 128 | 5% | |
| 26 | Kansas | 2,296 | 324 | 14% | |
| 27 | Delaware | 2,261 | 498 | 22% | |
| 28 | Connecticut | 1,993 | 286 | 14% | |
| 29 | Utah | 1,866 | 131 | 7% | |
| 30 | Maine | 1,817 | 145 | 8% | |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 1,674 | 270 | 16% | |
| 32 | Arkansas | 1,667 | 286 | 17% | |
| 33 | Montana | 1,606 | 261 | 16% | |
| 34 | Nevada | 1,539 | 47 | 3% | |
| 35 | South Carolina | 1,325 | 145 | 11% | |
| 36 | Alabama | 1,159 | 57 | 5% | |
| 37 | West Virginia | 1,106 | 387 | 35% | |
| 38 | New Mexico | 1,077 | 8 | 1% | |
| 39 | Nebraska | 934 | 69 | 7% | |
| 40 | Louisiana | 821 | 51 | 6% | |
| 41 | Idaho | 798 | 118 | 15% | |
| 42 | Hawaii | 769 | 55 | 7% | |
| 43 | North Dakota | 764 | 169 | 22% | |
| 44 | South Dakota | 620 | 55 | 9% | |
| 45 | District of Columbia | 591 | 2 | 0% | |
| 46 | Mississippi | 539 | 103 | 19% | |
| 47 | Alaska | 415 | 37 | 9% | |
| 48 | Vermont | 413 | 22 | 5% | |
| 49 | New Hampshire | 405 | 0 | 0% | |
| 50 | Wyoming | 321 | 84 | 26% | |
| 51 | Rhode Island | 268 | 20 | 7% | |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | 55 | 0 | 0% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates, table B16001 (population aged 5 and over).