Geographic Distribution
See also: Languages of the United StatesIn total, there were 36,995,602 people aged five or older in the United States who spoke Spanish at home (12.8% of the total U.S. population). Over half of the country's Spanish speakers reside in California, Texas, and Florida alone.
See also: List of U.S. cities by Spanish-speaking populationNote: The following table uses data from the 2004 American Community Survey from the United States Census Bureau
State/Territory | Spanish-speaking population | Percentage of population |
---|---|---|
Puerto Rico | 3,900,128 | 95.2% |
New Mexico | 823,352 | 43.3% |
California | 12,442,626 | 34.7% |
Texas | 7,781,211 | 34.6% |
Arizona | 1,608,698 | 28% |
Nevada | 445,622 | 19.3% |
Florida | 3,304,832 | 19% |
New York | 3,076,697 | 16% |
New Jersey | 1,134,033 | 13.9% |
Illinois | 1,516,560 | 12.7% |
Colorado | 545,112 | 12.4% |
Rhode Island | 100,227 | 9.96% |
Utah | 216,327 | 9.4% |
Connecticut | 308,863 | 9.35% |
Oregon | 293,840 | 8.47% |
District of Columbia | 45,023 | 8.24% |
Idaho | 103,686 | 7.66% |
Washington | 431,021 | 7.20% |
Georgia | 610,402 | 7.04% |
Massachusetts | 411,192 | 6.8% |
Kansas | 169,376 | 6.59% |
Delaware | 51,762 | 6.5% |
North Carolina | 532,553 | 6.45% |
Nebraska | 98,211 | 5.99% |
Virginia | 412,416 | 5.78% |
Maryland | 298,072 | 5.68% |
Oklahoma | 173,552 | 5.22% |
Arkansas | 116,396 | 4.45% |
Indiana | 254,219 | 4.32% |
Wisconsin | 217,550 | 4.18% |
Wyoming | 19,830 | 4.12% |
Pennsylvania | 436,254 | 3.72% |
South Carolina | 148,345 | 3.68% |
Alaska | 22,649 | 3.64% |
Minnesota | 171,042 | 3.55% |
Iowa | 97,876 | 3.51% |
Michigan | 292,996 | 3.1% |
Tennessee | 171,646 | 3.04% |
Louisiana | 106,872 | 2.68% |
Alabama | 107,806 | 2.50% |
Missouri | 129,329 | 2.37% |
Ohio | 230,467 | 2.15% |
New Hampshire | 26,607 | 2.14% |
Kentucky | 80,450 | 2.05% |
South Dakota | 14,403 | 1.98% |
Mississippi | 46,561 | 1.72% |
Montana | 13,458 | 1.51% |
Hawaii | 17,442 | 1.5% |
North Dakota | 8,853 | 1.48% |
West Virginia | 18,207 | 1.06% |
Vermont | 5,950 | 1.01% |
Maine | 12,576 | 1% |
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