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What were the top ten languages spoken in your state last month?

Every 19 seconds a new limited English speaking immigrant enters the U.S.

Language Line Services, and it's thousands of telephone interpreters, take millions of interpretation calls each year.

Based on our 25 years experience in over-the-phone interpreting, we know where the growth of ethnic languages take place. And exactly which languages are being spoken within every state.

Updated monthly through the Language Line^® LanguageTrak service, here is the very latest data (March 2008) on the top ten non-English languages spoken in each of the United States and Washington D.C.

Wondering what your state's top ten spoken languages are? See below...

Alabama

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Mandarin

4 Portuguese

5 Tamil

6 Hindi

7 Korean

8 Cantonese

9 Mixteco

10 Russian

Alaska

1 Spanish

2 Hmong

3 Korean

4 Laotian

5 Mandarin

6 Tagalog

7 Russian

8 Vietnamese

9 Arabic

10 Nuer

Arkansas

1 Spanish

2 Polish

3 Romanian

4 Farsi

5 Lithuanian

6 Slovak

7 Tigre

8 Vietnamese

9 Arabic

10 Gujarati

Arizona

1 Spanish

2 Cantonese

3 Vietnamese

4 Mandarin

5 Arabic

6 Korean

7 Russian

8 Somali

9 Burmese

10 Swahili

California

1 Spanish

2 Cantonese

3 Mandarin

4 Vietnamese

5 Russian

6 Korean

7 Farsi

8 Arabic

9 Mongolian

10 Punjabi

Colorado

1 Spanish

2 Russian

3 Somali

4 Vietnamese

5 Mandarin

6 Korean

7 Burmese

8 Cantonese

9 French

10 Karen

Connecticut

1 Spanish

2 Russian

3 Mandarin

4 Portuguese

5 Cantonese

6 Polish

7 Haitian Creole

8 Vietnamese

9 Arabic

10 Korean

District of Columbia (Washington DC)

1 Spanish

2 Mandarin

3 Amharic

4 Vietnamese

5 French

6 Korean

7 Cantonese

8 French

9 Portuguese

10 Arabic

Delaware

1 Spanish

2 Haitian Creole

3 French

4 Turkish

5 Mandarin

6 Polish

7 Russian

8 Portuguese

9 Korean

10 Farsi

Florida

1 Spanish

2 Haitian Creole

3 Mandarin

4 Vietnamese

5 Cantonese

6 Russian

7 Portuguese

8 Arabic

9 French

10 Korean

Georgia

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Russian

4 Korean

5 Mandarin

6 Portuguese

7 French

8 Polish

9 Bosnian

10 Haitian Creole

Hawaii

1 Spanish

2 Japanese

3 Ilocano

4 Korean

5 Hindi

6 Tagalog

7 English

8 Mandarin

9 Russian

10 Arabic

Iowa

1 Spanish

2 Bosnian

3 Vietnamese

4 Arabic

5 Swahili

6 Somali

7 Mandarin

8 English

9 Russian

10 Laotian

Idaho

1 Spanish

2 Turkish

3 Somali

4 Russian

5 Farsi

6 Kurdish

7 Arabic

8 Polish

9 Burmese

10 Mandarin

Illinois

1 Spanish

2 Polish

3 Russian

4 Mandarin

5 English

6 Korean

7 Cantonese

8 Vietnamese

9 Arabic

10 French

Indiana

1 Spanish

2 Burmese

3 Mandarin

4 Vietnamese

5 Russian

6 French

7 Haitian Creole

8 Korean

9 Arabic

10 Somali

Kansas

1 Spanish

2 Mandarin

3 Vietnamese

4 Russian

5 Laotian

6 English

7 Somali

8 Polish

9 Portuguese

10 Japanese

Kentucky

1 Spanish

2 Russian

3 Somali

4 Mandarin

5 Vietnamese

6 Korean

7 Cantonese

8 Bosnian

9 Burmese

10 Arabic

Louisiana

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Mandarin

4 English

5 Portuguese

6 Korean

7 Arabic

8 Burmese

9 Thai

10 French

Massachusetts

1 Spanish

2 Portuguese

3 Haitian Creole

4 Vietnamese

5 Mandarin

6 Russian

7 Arabic

8 Cantonese

9 Khmer (Cambodian)

10 Hindi

Maryland

1 Spanish

2 Korean

3 Mandarin

4 Vietnamese

5 French

6 Russian

7 Portuguese

8 Amharic

9 Burmese

10 Cantonese

Maine

1 Somali

2 Spanish

3 English

4 Polish

5 Turkish

6 French

7 Russian

8 Arabic

9 Portuguese

10 Mandarin

Michigan

1 Spanish

2 Arabic

3 Vietnamese

4 Mandarin

5 Russian

6 Somali

7 Albanian

8 Polish

9 Korean

10 Burmese

Minnesota

1 Spanish

2 Somali

3 Mongolian

4 Vietnamese

5 Russian

6 Mandarin

7 Cantonese

8 Oromo

9 Khmer (Cambodian)

10 Korean

Missouri

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Mandarin

4 Korean

5 Cantonese

6 Mongolian

7 Haitian Creole

8 Russian

9 Arabic

10 French

Mississippi

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Cantonese

4 Mandarin

5 Haitian Creole

6 Thai

7 English

8 Hindi

9 Japanese

10 Portuguese

Montana*

1 Spanish

2 French

3 Portuguese

4 Russian

5 Hindi

6 Italian

7 Haitian Creole

8 Khmer (Cambodian)

9 Portuguese

North Carolina

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Mandarin

4 Russian

5 Portuguese

6 French

7 Burmese

8 Korean

9 Cantonese

10 Karen

North Dakota

1 Spanish

2 Bosnian

3 Somali

4 Albanian

5 Arabic

6 Kurdish

7 Vietnamese

8 Mandarin

9 Russian

10 Swahili

Nebraska

1 Spanish

2 Arabic

3 Vietnamese

4 Somali

5 Nuer

6 Laotian

7 Dinka

8 Sudanese

9 English

10 Mandarin

New Hampshire

1 Spanish

2 Portuguese

3 Russian

4 Vietnamese

5 Somali

6 Swahili

7 French

8 Mandarin

9 Bosnian

10 Arabic

New Jersey

1 Spanish

2 Portuguese

3 Russian

4 Mandarin

5 Haitian Creole

6 Polish

7 Korean

8 Arabic

9 French

10 Italian

New Mexico

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Mandarin

4 Swahili

5 Japanese

6 Arabic

7 English

8 Nepali

9 Russian

10 Cantonese

Nevada

1 Spanish

2 Mandarin

3 Cantonese

4 Vietnamese

5 Russian

6 Italian

7 Korean

8 French

9 English

10 Portuguese

New York

1 Spanish

2 Mandarin

3 Cantonese

4 Russian

5 Bengali

6 Korean

7 Polish

8 Arabic

9 French

10 Haitian Creole

Ohio

1 Spanish

2 Somali

3 Russian

4 Mandarin

5 Arabic

6 Vietnamese

7 English

8 French

9 Swahili

10 Portuguese

Oklahoma

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Mandarin

4 Korean

5 Russian

6 English

7 Gujarati

8 Hindi

9 Mongolian

10 Burmese

Oregon

1 Spanish

2 Russian

3 Vietnamese

4 Cantonese

5 Somali

6 Mandarin

7 Burmese

8 Korean

9 English

10 Laotian

Pennsylvania

1 Spanish

2 Russian

3 Vietnamese

4 Mandarin

5 Korean

6 Arabic

7 Portuguese

8 Cantonese

9 French

10 Khmer (Cambodian)

Rhode Island

1 Spanish

2 Portuguese

3 Mandarin

4 Khmer (Cambodian)

5 Russian

6 Laotian

7 French

8 Cantonese

9 Vietnamese

10 Arabic

South Carolina

1 Spanish

2 Russian

3 Portuguese

4 Mandarin

5 Arabic

6 Vietnamese

7 French

8 Cantonese

9 English

10 Khmer (Cambodian)

South Dakota

1 Spanish

2 Mandarin

3 Vietnamese

4 Oromo

5 Russian

6 Bosnian

7 Portuguese

8 Amharic

9 Arabic

10 Laotian

Tennessee

1 Spanish

2 Arabic

3 Somali

4 Italian

5 Vietnamese

6 Swahili

7 Mandarin

8 Russian

9 Burmese

10 Korean

Texas

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 Mandarin

4 Korean

5 English

6 Arabic

7 Russian

8 Burmese

9 Swahili

10 Farsi

Utah

1 Spanish

2 Somali

3 Russian

4 Arabic

5 Farsi

6 Vietnamese

7 Mandarin

8 Burmese

9 Swahili

10 Bosnian

Virginia

1 Spanish

2 Korean

3 Vietnamese

4 Mandarin

5 Arabic

6 Russian

7 Farsi

8 French

9 Amharic

10 Portuguese

Vermont

1 Spanish

2 Mandarin

3 Portuguese

4 Polish

5 Russian

6 Arabic

7 Bosnian

8 Korean

9 Somali

10 Bulgarian

Washington State

1 Spanish

2 Russian

3 Vietnamese

4 Korean

5 Somali

6 Mandarin

7 Cantonese

8 Khmer (Cambodian)

9 Farsi

10 Arabic

Wisconsin

1 Spanish

2 Hmong

3 Mandarin

4 Russian

5 Somali

6 Vietnamese

7 Arabic

8 Karen

9 Polish

10 Albanian

West Virginia*

1 Spanish

2 Vietnamese

3 English

4 Amharic

5 Arabic

6 Cantonese

7 Polish

8 Somali

Wyoming*

1 Spanish

2 Korean

3 Mandarin

4 Russian

5 Thai

6 Cantonese

7 English

8 Punjabi

9 Yiddish

* States with fewer than ten non-English languages spoken.