Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report by State
Non-English Language: Language isolation
Ages 14+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
State
|
Value (Percent)
|
Households (language Isolation)
|
Rank within US (of 51 states)
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4.3 | 5,542,911 | N/A |
| California | 8.4 | 1,137,715 | 51 |
| New York | 7.7 | 594,883 | 50 |
| New Jersey | 7.3 | 255,165 | 49 |
| Florida | 7.0 | 615,946 | 48 |
| Texas | 6.8 | 747,734 | 47 |
| Massachusetts | 6.2 | 172,546 | 46 |
| Rhode Island | 5.5 | 24,117 | 45 |
| New Mexico | 5.3 | 44,363 | 44 |
| Nevada | 5.2 | 62,530 | 43 |
| Connecticut | 5.1 | 73,359 | 41 |
| Hawaii | 5.1 | 25,022 | 41 |
| Illinois | 4.4 | 219,932 | 40 |
| Washington | 3.8 | 115,698 | 39 |
| Arizona | 3.6 | 101,786 | 38 |
| Maryland | 3.5 | 83,124 | 37 |
| District of Columbia | 3.1 | 10,001 | 36 |
| Georgia | 2.8 | 114,309 | 35 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.7 | 142,189 | 33 |
| Virginia | 2.7 | 90,344 | 33 |
| Delaware | 2.6 | 10,410 | 31 |
| Nebraska | 2.6 | 21,106 | 31 |
| Colorado | 2.4 | 56,314 | 28 |
| Kansas | 2.4 | 28,510 | 28 |
| Oregon | 2.4 | 40,556 | 28 |
| North Carolina | 2.3 | 99,649 | 27 |
| Minnesota | 2.2 | 51,442 | 25 |
| Utah | 2.2 | 24,898 | 25 |
| Alaska | 2.1 | 5,658 | 23 |
| Oklahoma | 2.1 | 33,159 | 23 |
| Indiana | 2.0 | 53,245 | 21 |
| Iowa | 2.0 | 26,291 | 21 |
| Louisiana | 1.9 | 34,428 | 19 |
| Michigan | 1.9 | 75,575 | 19 |
| Idaho | 1.8 | 12,696 | 17 |
| Tennessee | 1.8 | 50,487 | 17 |
| Kentucky | 1.7 | 30,985 | 16 |
| Arkansas | 1.6 | 18,702 | 14 |
| South Carolina | 1.6 | 33,006 | 14 |
| Ohio | 1.5 | 74,994 | 12 |
| Wisconsin | 1.5 | 36,991 | 12 |
| North Dakota | 1.3 | 4,414 | 10 |
| South Dakota | 1.3 | 4,634 | 10 |
| Alabama | 1.2 | 24,315 | 8 |
| New Hampshire | 1.2 | 6,601 | 8 |
| Missouri | 1.1 | 28,781 | 7 |
| Wyoming | 1.0 | 2,472 | 6 |
| Maine | 0.9 | 5,672 | 4 |
| Mississippi | 0.9 | 9,778 | 4 |
| Montana | 0.5 | 2,342 | 2 |
| Vermont | 0.5 | 1,454 | 2 |
| West Virginia | 0.4 | 2,583 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico |
|
|
N/A |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 9:45 pm.
Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Non-English Language: Language isolation, see the dictionary.
A "limited English speaking household" is one in which no member 14 years old and over (1) speaks only English or (2) speaks a non-English language and speaks English "very well."
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.