Beyond Spanish: The Non-English Languages That Define America's Most Diverse States

Rankings are based on total LEP population count in 2024. "Top Language (excl. Spanish)" reflects the most widely spoken individual non-English, non-Spanish language in each state based on B16001 speaker estimates. Spanish is the dominant non-English language in all 10 states. "Chinese incl. Mandarin/Cantonese" encompasses all Chinese dialects as categorized by the Census Bureau. "Tagalog incl. Filipino" includes all Filipino dialects.
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