States Ranked by Percent of Population Age 5+ Speaking Spanish | ||||
Rank | State | Number Speaking Spanish | Total Population Age 5+ | Percent Speaking Spanish |
1. | New Mexico | 485,681 | 1,689,911 | 28.74% |
2. | Texas | 5,195,182 | 19,241,518 | 27.00% |
3. | California | 8,105,505 | 31,416,629 | 25.80% |
4. | Arizona | 927,395 | 4,752,724 | 19.51% |
5. | Florida | 2,476,528 | 15,043,603 | 16.46% |
6. | Nevada | 299,947 | 1,853,720 | 16.18% |
7. | New York | 2,416,126 | 17,749,110 | 13.61% |
8. | New Jersey | 967,741 | 7,856,268 | 12.32% |
9. | Illinois | 1,253,676 | 11,547,505 | 10.86% |
10. | Colorado | 421,670 | 4,006,285 | 10.53% |
11. | District of Columbia | 49,461 | 539,658 | 9.17% |
12. | Connecticut | 268,044 | 3,184,514 | 8.42% |
13. | Rhode Island | 79,443 | 985,184 | 8.06% |
14. | Utah | 150,244 | 2,023,875 | 7.42% |
15. | Oregon | 217,614 | 3,199,323 | 6.80% |
16. | Idaho | 80,241 | 1,196,793 | 6.70% |
17. | Massachusetts | 370,011 | 5,954,249 | 6.21% |
18. | Washington | 321,490 | 5,501,398 | 5.84% |
19. | Georgia | 426,115 | 7,594,476 | 5.61% |
20. | Kansas | 137,247 | 2,500,360 | 5.49% |
21. | North Carolina | 378,942 | 7,513,165 | 5.04% |
22. | Nebraska | 77,655 | 1,594,700 | 4.87% |
23. | Virginia | 316,274 | 6,619,266 | 4.78% |
24. | Delaware | 34,690 | 732,378 | 4.74% |
25. | Maryland | 230,829 | 4,945,043 | 4.67% |
26. | Oklahoma | 141,060 | 3,215,719 | 4.39% |
27. | Wyoming | 18,606 | 462,809 | 4.02% |
28. | Wisconsin | 168,778 | 5,022,073 | 3.36% |
29. | Arkansas | 82,465 | 2,492,205 | 3.31% |
30. | Indiana | 185,576 | 5,657,818 | 3.28% |
31. | Pennsylvania | 356,754 | 11,555,538 | 3.09% |
32. | South Carolina | 110,030 | 3,748,669 | 2.94% |
33. | Iowa | 79,491 | 2,738,499 | 2.90% |
34. | Minnesota | 132,066 | 4,591,491 | 2.88% |
35. | Alaska | 16,674 | 579,740 | 2.88% |
36. | Michigan | 246,688 | 9,268,782 | 2.66% |
37. | Louisiana | 105,189 | 4,153,367 | 2.53% |
38. | Tennessee | 133,931 | 5,315,920 | 2.52% |
39. | Alabama | 89,729 | 4,152,278 | 2.16% |
40. | Missouri | 110,752 | 5,226,022 | 2.12% |
41. | Ohio | 213,147 | 10,599,968 | 2.01% |
42. | Mississippi | 50,515 | 2,641,453 | 1.91% |
43. | Kentucky | 70,061 | 3,776,230 | 1.86% |
44. | Hawaii | 18,820 | 1,134,351 | 1.66% |
45. | New Hampshire | 18,647 | 1,160,340 | 1.61% |
46. | Montana | 12,953 | 847,362 | 1.53% |
47. | South Dakota | 10,052 | 703,820 | 1.43% |
48. | North Dakota | 8,263 | 603,106 | 1.37% |
49. | West Virginia | 17,652 | 1,706,931 | 1.03% |
50. | Vermont | 5,791 | 574,842 | 1.01% |
51. | Maine | 9,611 | 1,204,164 | 0.80% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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