Where Is Yoruba Spoken in the US? Speakers by State

689,265 people in the United States speak Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa at home (ACS 2024), and 141,070 of them (20%) speak English less than "very well".

The largest Yoruba-speaking populations are in New York, Texas, Maryland and New Jersey.

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#	State	Speakers	Limited English	Share LEP
1	New York	101,214	28,253	28%
2	Texas	98,851	13,930	14%
3	Maryland	67,935	11,185	16%
4	New Jersey	45,488	7,514	17%
5	Georgia	44,379	6,874	15%
6	California	39,641	7,250	18%
7	Illinois	30,191	7,188	24%
8	Virginia	26,028	5,115	20%
9	Pennsylvania	25,703	6,852	27%
10	Ohio	25,032	6,656	27%
11	Massachusetts	19,831	4,557	23%
12	Minnesota	18,218	5,638	31%
13	Indiana	15,191	3,437	23%
14	North Carolina	14,764	2,304	16%
15	Florida	11,617	2,091	18%
16	Washington	9,152	2,085	23%
17	Michigan	8,851	1,924	22%
18	Connecticut	8,239	1,409	17%
19	Tennessee	7,332	1,994	27%
20	Colorado	6,647	1,476	22%
21	Arizona	6,179	1,274	21%
22	Delaware	5,665	739	13%
23	Missouri	4,747	788	17%
24	Rhode Island	4,632	1,740	38%
25	South Carolina	3,533	795	23%
26	Iowa	3,492	1,169	33%
27	Alabama	3,285	418	13%
28	Oklahoma	3,138	327	10%
29	Wisconsin	3,123	669	21%
30	Kentucky	3,082	1,046	34%
31	District of Columbia	2,940	343	12%
32	North Dakota	2,351	730	31%
33	Kansas	2,241	390	17%
34	Nebraska	2,041	487	24%
35	Oregon	2,020	413	20%
36	Louisiana	1,888	230	12%
37	Nevada	1,739	455	26%
38	New Mexico	1,459	171	12%
39	Utah	1,187	56	5%
40	Arkansas	1,082	143	13%
41	New Hampshire	875	64	7%
42	Mississippi	791	165	21%
43	Maine	703	171	24%
44	South Dakota	622	220	35%
45	Vermont	595	75	13%
46	West Virginia	539	58	11%
47	Idaho	424	152	36%
48	Hawaii	268	7	3%
49	Wyoming	181	8	4%
50	Alaska	82	35	43%
51	Montana	57	0	0%

State

Speakers

Limited English

Share LEP

New York

101,214

28,253

28%

Texas

98,851

13,930

14%