US states by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024

California had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 51 states in 2024, at 28.3%. Maine had the lowest, at 1%. The median was 7.9% and the figure for the United States was 13.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest28.3California

Lowest1Maine

Median7.951 states

United States13.6History

All states, 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	California	28.3	+0.1 pts
2	Texas	28.1	0 pts
3	New Mexico	24.5	-0.1 pts
4	Florida	22.6	+0.4 pts
5	Nevada	19.9	0 pts
6	Arizona	19.3	0 pts
7	New Jersey	17.2	+0.2 pts
8	New York	14.8	0 pts
9	Illinois	14	+0.1 pts
10	Rhode Island	13.5	+0.5 pts
11	Connecticut	12.8	+0.2 pts
12	Colorado	11.1	0 pts
13	Utah	10.9	+0.3 pts
14	Massachusetts	9.7	+0.1 pts
15	Maryland	9.6	+0.2 pts
16	District of Columbia	9.4	+0.2 pts
17	Oregon	9	+0.1 pts
18	Washington	9	0 pts
19	North Carolina	8.7	+0.2 pts
20	Georgia	8.6	+0.2 pts
21	Nebraska	8.4	+0.3 pts
22	Idaho	8.1	+0.1 pts
22	Oklahoma	8.1	+0.1 pts
24	Kansas	8.1	0 pts
25	Delaware	7.9	+0.2 pts
26	Virginia	7.9	0 pts
27	Arkansas	6.1	+0.2 pts
28	Pennsylvania	5.6	+0.2 pts
29	Indiana	5.5	+0.2 pts
30	South Carolina	5.3	+0.1 pts
31	Tennessee	5.2	+0.2 pts
32	Wisconsin	4.9	+0.1 pts
33	Wyoming	4.8	+0.1 pts
34	Louisiana	4.7	+0.2 pts
35	Iowa	4.7	+0.1 pts
36	Minnesota	4.2	+0.1 pts
37	Alabama	3.9	+0.1 pts
38	Kentucky	3.4	+0.2 pts
39	Alaska	3.3	-0.2 pts
40	Michigan	3.1	+0.1 pts
41	Missouri	2.9	0 pts
42	Mississippi	2.7	+0.1 pts
43	Ohio	2.7	+0.1 pts
44	South Dakota	2.6	+0.2 pts
45	New Hampshire	2.6	-0.1 pts
46	North Dakota	2.3	+0.3 pts
47	Hawaii	2	0 pts
48	Montana	1.4	0 pts
49	Vermont	1.3	0 pts
50	West Virginia	1.2	+0.1 pts
51	Maine	1	+0.1 pts

Other periods

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2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability or Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin is hispanic_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (US states by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US states by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. US states by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US states by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs: US states by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/us-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?

California, with 28.3% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest population speaking Spanish at home?

Maine, with 1% in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.