Most Common Languages (Other Than English) For Each State

Source: US Census Data 2000

Alabama     Alaska     Arizona  
Spanish 89654   Amer Indian Langs 30122   Spanish 927268
German 14901   Spanish 16699   Amer Indian Langs 120125
French 13651   Tagalog 8935   German 25154
Chinese 5278   Korean 4379   Chinese 17101
Vietnamese 4592   German 3565   French 15688
Korean 4033   Russian 2995   Tagalog 10025
Arabic 2610   French 2191   Vietnamese 9975
African languages 2328   Japanese 1354   Italian 8981
Japanese 2210   Chinese 1298   Korean 7675
Italian 2144   Laotian 1121   Arabic 7615
               
Arkansas     California     Colorado  
Spanish 82352   Spanish 8105895   Spanish 421742
German 7449   Chinese 815315   German 30952
French 7350   Tagalog 626158   French 18010
Vietnamese 3442   Vietnamese 407250   Vietnamese 12398
Chinese 2566   Korean 298063   Korean 12051
Laotian 2508   Armenian 155199   Chinese 11425
Tagalog 1695   Japanese 154533   Russian 10628
Korean 1224   Persian 154301   Japanese 6609
Japanese 1181   German 141591   Italian 5710
Italian 1101   French 135070   Amer Indian Langs 5278
               
Connecticut     Delaware     District of Columbia  
Spanish 268159   Spanish 34586   Spanish 49395
Italian 50858   French 4052   French 9076
French 42977   Chinese 3588   African languages 5165
Polish 38475   German 3410   Chinese 2939
Portuguese 30697   Italian 2896   German 2682
Chinese 15621   Polish 2026   Arabic 2085
German 14425   Korean 1559   Italian 1762
Greek 9499   African languages 1285   Vietnamese 1615
Russian 8815   Tagalog 1275   Tagalog 1345
French Creole 7878   French Creole 1179   Russian 1158
               
Florida     Georgia     Hawaii  
Spanish 2476485   Spanish 426251   Tagalog 60896
French Creole 208395   French 43466   Japanese 56296
French 129125   German 32586   Chinese 29321
German 89699   Vietnamese 27786   Spanish 18798
Italian 67158   Korean 25713   Korean 18325
Portuguese 55086   African languages 24524   Vietnamese 8244
Tagalog 38488   Chinese 23785   German 3996
Chinese 35125   Gujarathi 11095   French 3325
Arabic 32396   Arabic 8566   Laotian 1901
Vietnamese 30899   Japanese 8254   Thai 1472
               
Idaho     Illinois     Indiana  
Spanish 80369   Spanish 1253752   Spanish 185693
German 5694   Polish 185658   German 44251
French 3322   Chinese 65242   French 18005
Amer Indian Langs 2244   German 63399   German Langs 15715
Serbo-Croatian 1725   Tagalog 62357   Chinese 9995
Japanese 1696   Italian 51895   Polish 7833
Chinese 1422   Korean 43729   Serbo-Croatian 5898
Portuguese 1322   French 40866   Japanese 5321
Vietnamese 1225   Greek 40459   Arabic 5305
Tagalog 1098   Russian 38125   Korean 5098
               
Iowa     Kansas     Kentucky  
Spanish 79593   Spanish 137158   Spanish 70159
German 17396   German 16954   German 17796
French 7421   Vietnamese 10254   French 12652
Serbo-Croatian 6433   French 6589   Chinese 4663
Vietnamese 6146   Chinese 6498   Japanese 3745
Chinese 5254   Korean 3756   Korean 3711
Laotian 3975   Laotian 3254   W German langs 3636
W German langs 3503   Arabic 2654   Arabic 3124
Korean 2485   Tagalog 2268   Serbo-Croatian 3089
Scandinavian Langs. 2372   Russian 1972   Vietnamese 3066
               
Louisiana     Maine     Maryland  
French 194156   French 63894   Spanish 230524
Spanish 105258   Spanish 9666   French 42965
Vietnamese 23168   German 4024   Chinese 41786
German 8099   Italian 1396   African languages 36852
Chinese 5716   Chinese 1215   Korean 32562
Arabic 5475   Amer Indian Langs 1122   German 23725
French Creole 4368   Mon-Khmer 1021   Tagalog 18586
Italian 3784   Vietnamese 965   Russian 17521
Tagalog 3312   Russian 835   Vietnamese 14756
Korean 2586   Scandinavian Langs. 725   Italian 13694
               
Massachusetts     Michigan     Minnesota  
Spanish 370269   Spanish 246985   Spanish 132521
Portuguese 159985   Arabic 75652   Miao Hmong 41695
French 84351   German 52265   German 35156
Chinese 71396   Polish 40052   African languages 24896
Italian 59875   French 38895   Vietnamese 16401
French Creole 43985   Italian 30196   French 15654
Russian 32425   Chinese 26756   Scandinavian Langs. 12865
Vietnamese 30362   Korean 13386   Chinese 12789
Greek 28785   Serbo-Croatian 11895   Russian 9698
Polish 27521   Tagalog 11811   Laotian 7963
               
Mississippi     Missouri     Montana  
Spanish 50698   Spanish 110254   Spanish 12725
French 10725   German 30369   German 9468
Amer Indian Langs 5564   French 19856   Amer Indian Langs 9284
German 5485   Chinese 11548   French 3153
Vietnamese 4996   Vietnamese 9423   Scandinavian Langs. 1335
Chinese 2515   Serbo-Croatian 8387   Italian 956
Tagalog 2068   Italian 6768   Japanese 785
Korean 1415   Russian 5478   Russian 589
Italian 1321   Arabic 5195   Chinese 501
Arabic 1152   African languages 5105   Korean 499
               
Nebraska     Nevada     New Hampshire  
Spanish 77987   Spanish 298732   French 40025
German 8812   Tagalog 29400   Spanish 18895
Vietnamese 5831   Chinese 11623   German 4701
Slavic Langs 4368   German 10587   Greek 3496
French 3655   French 7996   Chinese 3233
Chinese 2424   Korean 6675   Italian 2698
Arabic 1698   Italian 6121   Portuguese 2325
Russian 1521   Japanese 5536   Polish 2167
African languages 1460   Vietnamese 3925   Arabic 1598
Polish 1402   Thai 3125   Vietnamese 1400
               
New Jersey     New Mexico     New York  
Spanish 969542   Spanish 485158   Spanish 2417961
Italian 114863   Amer Indian Langs 95986   Chinese 375234
Chinese 84261   German 7812   Italian 294954
Polish 74636   French 4399   Russian 218125
Portuguese 72510   Chinese 3569   French 186523
Tagalog 66820   Vietnamese 2258   French Creole 114254
Korean 55984   Italian 2156   Yiddish 114012
Gujarathi 47215   Tagalog 1965   Polish 110365
French 47141   Japanese 1152   Korean 102658
Arabic 46856   Korean 1012   German 92905
North Carolina     North Dakota     Ohio  
Spanish 379654   German 14725   Spanish 214298
French 35961   Spanish 8162   German 72943
German 28126   Scandinavian Langs. 3287   French 44485
Chinese 15531   Amer Indian Langs 2599   Italian 27983
Vietnamese 13236   French 1458   German Langs 26428
Korean 12987   Slavic langs 1414   Chinese 25954
Arabic 10336   Serbo-Croatian 895   Arabic 23521
African languages 9287   African languages 461   Slavic langs. 21158
Miao Hmong 7422   Polish 412   Polish 16254
Tagalog 6401   Chinese 400   Russian 16003
               
Oklahoma     Oregon     Pennsylvania  
Spanish 142573   Spanish 216124   Spanish 357265
Amer Indian Langs 19687   German 18365   Italian 70123
German 13152   Vietnamese 17941   German 68986
Vietnamese 11657   Russian 16655   German Langs 51124
French 8362   Chinese 15781   French 47053
Chinese 6498   French 12546   Chinese 42698
Korean 4015   Japanese 9654   Russian 33654
Arabic 3163   Korean 9265   Polish 32102
Tagalog 2845   Tagalog 7065   Korean 25652
African languages 2611   Arabic 3210   Vietnamese 25120
               
Rhode Island     South Carolina     South Dakota  
Spanish 81523   Spanish 109654   German 14021
Portuguese 36549   French 20698   Amer Indian Langs 12010
French 20001   German 15996   Spanish 10199
Italian 14986   Chinese 5129   French 1365
Mon-Khmer 5698   Tagalog 4503   African languages 1011
French Creole 4215   Vietnamese 3895   Scandinavian Langs. 1001
Chinese 3965   Korean 3140   Serbo-Croatian 598
Laotian 3205   Italian 3001   Chinese 582
Polish 3120   Japanese 2964   Vietnamese 542
German 2785   Greek 2452   Tagalog 452
               
Tennessee     Texas     Utah  
Spanish 134125   Spanish 5199654   Spanish 151584
German 20398   Vietnamese 122658   German 13125
French 17965   Chinese 91378   Amer Indian Langs 10586
Chinese 7542   German 82654   French 8125
Vietnamese 6852   French 62185   Chinese 7157
Korean 6499   Tagalog 40065   Portuguese 5962
Arabic 6425   Korean 39831   Vietnamese 5106
Laotian 4501   African languages 36125   Japanese 5023
African languages 4425   Urdu 33098   Scandinavian Langs. 3367
Japanese 4398   Arabic 32705   Korean 3158
               
Vermont     Virginia     Washington  
French 15236   Spanish 317195   Spanish 322014
Spanish 5895   French 40012   Chinese 48698
German 2965   Korean 39111   Tagalog 42875
Serbo-Croatian 1355   Tagalog 33425   Vietnamese 40005
Italian 1095   German 32365   German 39825
Polish 924   Vietnamese 31996   Korean 39210
Vietnamese 801   Chinese 30006   Russian 31365
Chinese 736   Arabic 26005   Japanese 24985
Russian 625   African languages 21525   French 23981
Scandinavian Langs. 401   Persian 19398   Mon-Khmer 16987
               
West Virginia     Wisconsin     Wyoming  
Spanish 17984   Spanish 142581   Spanish 17851
French 5745   German 48596   German 2456
German 5125   Miao Hmong 30635   Amer Indian Langs 2056
Italian 3015   French 15125   French 1521
Chinese 1521   Polish 12695   Japanese 486
Arabic 1487   Chinese 7921   Chinese 452
Japanese 1198   Italian 6876   Italian 398
Tagalog 921   Scandinavian Langs. 5783   Scandinavian Langs. 354
Greek 901   Russian 5214   Korean 312
Polish 896   Serbo-Croatian 5015   Tagalog 298