Most Common Languages Spoken in the United States

(Not Including English and Spanish)

Background

Spanish and English are the most common languages spoken in the United States. Excluding those two languages, what language is most popular in each state? This map shows the answers.

The language data used to make this map are from the Census Bureau's 2018 American Community Survey. In the dataset used, 1300 languages and language groups are collapsed into about 130 languages and language groups. To see a list of languages spoken in each state, click or tap on the state.

State Maps

More states coming soon!

Additional Sources

Colors used for map and legend from CARTO.
Cartographic boundary files found at https://eric.clst.org/tech/usgeojson/.
The map is powered by Leaflet.
Files for this page are on GitHub.