| state | people speaking a foreign language at home |
speaking German at home | % of total
foreign speaking people |
| North Dakota | 46,897 | 24,253 | 51.72% |
| South Dakota | 41,994 | 17,537 | 41.76% |
| Montana | 37,020 | 9,644 | 26.05% |
| Wisconsin | 263,638 | 61,929 | 23.49% |
| Iowa | 100,391 | 21,429 | 21.35% |
| Minnesota | 227,161 | 45,409 | 19.99% |
| Nebraska | 69,872 | 13,927 | 19.93% |
| Indiana | 245,826 | 46,034 | 18.73% |
| Kentucky | 86,482 | 15,677 | 18.13% |
| Missouri | 178,210 | 32,286 | 18.12% |
| Kansas | 131,604 | 22,887 | 17.39% |
| Ohio | 546,148 | 80,975 | 14.83% |
| Alabama | 107,866 | 14,603 | 13.54% |
| Tennessee | 131,550 | 17,716 | 13.47% |
| South Carolina | 113,163 | 14,053 | 12.42% |
| West Virginia | 44,203 | 5,280 | 11.94% |
| Arkansas | 60,781 | 7,059 | 11.61% |
| Wyoming | 23,809 | 2,688 | 11.29% |
| Georgia | 284,546 | 29,480 | 10.36% |
| North Carolina | 240,866 | 24,689 | 10.25% |
| Oregon | 191,710 | 19,289 | 10.06% |
| Michigan | 569,807 | 57,328 | 10.06% |
| Delaware | 42,327 | 4,206 | 9.94% |
| Mississippi | 66,516 | 6,563 | 9.87% |
| Pennsylvania | 806,876 | 78,499 | 9.73% |
| Washington | 403,173 | 39,011 | 9.68% |
| Colorado | 320,631 | 30,460 | 9.50% |
| Utah | 120,404 | 11,233 | 9.33% |
| Vermont | 30,409 | 2,716 | 8.93% |
| Idaho | 58,995 | 5,148 | 8.73% |
| Oklahoma | 145,798 | 12,195 | 8.36% |
| Virginia | 418,521 | 32,069 | 7.66% |
| Maryland | 395,051 | 26,454 | 6.70% |
| Nevada | 146,152 | 8,457 | 5.79% |
| Illinois | 1,499,112 | 84,625 | 5.65% |
| Alaska | 60,165 | 3,342 | 5.55% |
| New Hampshire | 88,796 | 4,380 | 4.93% |
| US Total | 31,844,979 | 1,547,987 | 4.86% |
| District of Columbia | 71,348 | 3,194 | 4.48% |
| New Jersey | 1,406,148 | 56,877 | 4.04% |
| Maine | 105,441 | 4,157 | 3.94% |
| Florida | 2,098,315 | 81,033 | 3.86% |
| Connecticut | 466,175 | 17,344 | 3.72% |
| New York | 3,908,720 | 128,525 | 3.29% |
| Arizona | 700,287 | 21,344 | 3.05% |
| Massachussets | 852,228 | 20,872 | 2.45% |
| Texas | 3,970,304 | 90,659 | 2.28% |
| Louisiana | 391,994 | 8,588 | 2.19% |
| California | 8,619,334 | 165,962 | 1.93% |
| Rhode Island | 159,492 | 2,636 | 1.65% |
| Hawaii | 254,724 | 4,066 | 1.60% |
| New Mexico | 493,999 | 6,000 | 1.21% |
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