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Lowest second languages by state

Share who speak a language other than English at home.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Residents aged five and over who speak a language other than English at home. It says nothing about how well they speak English — most also speak it well, and the Census publishes that separately. Published as the English-only share; this is its complement.

  1. 1West Virginia2.5%
  2. 2Montana4.2%
  3. 3Mississippi4.3%
  4. 4Vermont5.5%
  5. 5Alabama6.1%
  6. 6Maine6.1%
  7. 7Missouri6.7%
  8. 8North Dakota6.7%
  9. 9Kentucky6.8%
  10. 10Wyoming6.8%
  11. 11South Dakota7.1%
  12. 12New Hampshire8.0%
  13. 13Ohio8.0%
  14. 14Arkansas8.3%
  15. 15South Carolina8.4%
  16. 16Louisiana8.5%
  17. 17Tennessee8.7%
  18. 18Wisconsin9.1%
  19. 19Iowa9.2%
  20. 20Indiana10.4%
  21. 21Michigan10.4%
  22. 22Idaho11.0%
  23. 23Oklahoma11.5%
  24. 24Kansas12.2%
  25. 25Pennsylvania12.4%
  26. 26Minnesota12.5%
  27. 27Nebraska12.8%
  28. 28North Carolina13.5%
  29. 29Alaska15.1%
  30. 30Delaware15.1%
  31. 31Oregon15.3%
  32. 32Georgia15.5%
  33. 33Utah15.9%
  34. 34Colorado16.2%
  35. 35Virginia17.5%
  36. 36District of Columbia19.1%
  37. 37Maryland21.1%
  38. 38Washington21.5%
  39. 39Rhode Island23.2%
  40. 40Connecticut23.4%
  41. 41Illinois24.1%
  42. 42Hawaii24.7%
  43. 43Massachusetts25.1%
  44. 44Arizona25.8%
  45. 45Nevada29.5%
  46. 46Florida30.7%
  47. 47New York30.9%
  48. 48New Mexico31.4%
  49. 49New Jersey33.2%
  50. 50Texas35.2%
  51. 51California44.4%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built