What were the top ten languages spoken in your state in June 2008?

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 (June 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 were in June 2008?   See below...

Alabama   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Russian
5.     French
6.     Haitian-Creole
7.     Turkish
8.     Bengali
9.     Cantonese
10.     Hindu   

Alaska   

1.     Spanish
2.     Korean
3.     Hmong
4.     Russian
5.     Laotian
6.     Somali
7.     Tagalog
8.     Vietnamese
9.     Hindu
10.     Cantonese

Arkansas   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Slovak
4.     Gujarati
5.     Korean
6.     Mandarin
7.     Polish
8.     Hungarian
9.     Russian
10.     Somali

Arizona   

1.     Spanish
2.     Arabic
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Cantonese
5.     Burmese
6.     Swahili
7.     Mandarin
8.     Korean
9.     Russian
10.     Somali

California   

1.     Spanish
2.     Cantonese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Russian
6.     Korean
7.     Farsi
8.     Punjabi
9.     Arabic
10.     Tagalog

Colorado   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Mandarin
5.     Somali
6.     Korean
7.     Cantonese
8.     French
9.     Burmese
10.     Arabic

Connecticut   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Mandarin
4.     Portuguese
5.     Cantonese
6.     Polish
7.     Haitian-Creole
8.     Arabic
9.     Vietnamese
10.     French

District of Columbia   

1.     Spanish
2.     Amharic
3.     Mandarin
4.     French
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Russian
7.     Arabic
8.     Italian
9.     Korean
10.     Cantonese

Delaware   

1.     Spanish
2.     French
3.     Russian
4.     Mandarin
5.     Arabic
6.     Portuguese
7.     Haitian-Creole
8.     Gujarati
9.     German
10.     Hindu

Florida   

1.     Spanish
2.     Haitian-Creole
3.     Mandarin
4.     Russian
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Cantonese
7.     Portuguese
8.     Greek
9.     French
10.     Arabic

Georgia   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Korean
5.     Russian
6.     Haitian-Creole
7.     Portuguese
8.     French
9.     Cantonese
10.     Amharic

Hawaii   

1.     Spanish
2.     Japanese
3.     Korean
4.     Cantonese
5.     Mandarin
6.     Chakfem-Mushere
7.     Farsi
8.     Vietnamese
9.     French
10.     Tongan

Iowa   

1.     Spanish
2.     Bosnian
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Arabic
5.     Swahili
6.     Laotian
7.     Somali
8.     Mandarin
9.     Burmese
10.     Russian

Idaho   

1.     Spanish
2.     Turkish
3.     Somali
4.     Mandarin
5.     Farsi
6.     Polish
7.     Russian
8.     Arabic
9.     Romanian
10.     Pashto

Illinois   

1.     Spanish
2.     Polish
3.     Russian
4.     Mandarin
5.     Korean
6.     Vietnamese
7.     Arabic
8.     Cantonese
9.     French
10.     Serbian

Indiana   

1.     Spanish
2.     Burmese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Russian
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Arabic
7.     Polish
8.     Haitian-Creole
9.     Japanese
10.     Korean

Kansas   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Russian
4.     Mandarin
5.     Burmese
6.     Korean
7.     Portuguese
8.     Dinka
9.     Somali
10.     Laotian

Kentucky   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Cantonese
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Mandarin
6.     Somali
7.     Tagalog
8.     Arabic
9.     Korean
10.     Khmer

Louisiana   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Arabic
5.     Russian
6.     Portuguese
7.     Turkish
8.     Danish
9.     Laotian
10.     Cantonese

Massachusetts   

1.     Spanish
2.     Portuguese
3.     Haitian-Creole
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Russian
6.     Mandarin
7.     Arabic
8.     Cantonese
9.     Hindu
10.     Khmer

Maryland   

1.     Spanish
2.     Korean
3.     Mandarin
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Russian
6.     French
7.     Amharic
8.     Cantonese
9.     Portuguese
10.     Arabic

Maine   

1.     Somali
2.     Spanish
3.     Polish
4.     French
5.     Turkish
6.     Bengali
7.     Arabic
8.     Tamil
9.     Russian
10.     Portuguese

Michigan   

1.     Spanish
2.     Arabic
3.     Russian
4.     Mandarin
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Albanian
7.     Bengali
8.     Bosnian
9.     Serbian
10.     Cantonese

Minnesota   

1.     Spanish
2.     Somali
3.     Russian
4.     Hmong
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Mandarin
7.     Cantonese
8.     Arabic
9.     Oromo
10.     Khmer

Missouri   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Cantonese
5.     Korean
6.     Hmong
7.     Russian
8.     Polish
9.     Haitian-Creole
10.     Laotian

Mississippi   

1.     Spanish
2.     Mandarin
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Hindu
5.     Dutch
6.     Gujarati
7.     Hmong
8.     Korean
9.     Laotian
10.     Latvian

Montana*   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Portuguese
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Hindu
6.     Tagalog

North Carolina   

1.     Spanish
2.     Portuguese
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Mandarin
5.     Russian
6.     Korean
7.     Cantonese
8.     French
9.     Burmese
10.     Arabic

North Dakota   

1.     Spanish
2.     Bosnian
3.     Somali
4.     Arabic
5.     Swahili
6.     Albanian
7.     Vietnamese
8.     Mandarin
9.     Cantonese
10.     Polish

Nebraska   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Arabic
4.     Somali
5.     Russian
6.     Karen
7.     Burmese
8.     Mandarin
9.     Nuer
10.     Kurdish

New Hampshire   

1.     Spanish
2.     Somali
3.     Bosnian
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Mandarin
6.     Arabic
7.     Indonesian
8.     Portuguese
9.     Russian
10.     Korean

New Jersey   

1.     Spanish
2.     Portuguese
3.     Russian
4.     Mandarin
5.     Korean
6.     Polish
7.     Arabic
8.     Haitian-Creole
9.     Vietnamese
10.     French

New Mexico   

1.     Spanish
2.     Mandarin
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Japanese
5.     Arabic
6.     Cantonese
7.     Navajo
8.     Russian
9.     Swahili
   
10.     Amharic

Nevada   

1.     Spanish
2.     Mandarin
3.     Russian
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Korean
6.     Cantonese
7.     Italian
8.     Arabic
9.     French
10.     Haitian-Creole

New York   

1.     Spanish
2.     Mandarin
3.     Russian
4.     Cantonese
5.     Korean
6.     Bengali
7.     Polish
8.     Arabic
9.     Haitian-Creole
10.     French

Ohio   

1.     Spanish
2.     Somali
3.     Russian
4.     Mandarin
5.     Arabic
6.     Vietnamese
7.     French
8.     Amharic
9.     Karen
10.     Hindu

Oklahoma   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Korean
5.     Russian
6.     Cantonese
7.     Armenian
8.     French
9.     Hmong
10.     Akan

Oregon   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Cantonese
5.     Mandarin
6.     Somali
7.     Korean
8.     Burmese
9.     Arabic
10.     Amharic

Pennsylvania   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Mandarin
4.     Cantonese
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Korean
7.     Arabic
8.     Portuguese
9.     Italian
10.     French

Rhode Island   

1.     Spanish
2.     Portuguese
3.     Khmer
4.     French
5.     Laotian
6.     Mandarin
7.     Haitian-Creole
8.     Cantonese
9.     Polish
10.     Portuguese-Creole

South Carolina   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Cantonese
4.     Portuguese
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Mandarin
7.     Arabic
8.     Korean
9.     Haitian-Creole
10.     Burmese

South Dakota   

1.     Spanish
2.     Portuguese
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Somali
5.     Ukrainian
6.     Arabic
7.     Russian
8.     Amharic
9.     Haitian-Creole
10.     Italian

Tennessee   

1.     Spanish
2.     Arabic
3.     Somali
4.     Mandarin
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Burmese
7.     Italian
8.     Farsi
9.     Swahili
10.     Kurdish

Texas   

1.     Spanish
2.     Vietnamese
3.     Mandarin
4.     Arabic
5.     Korean
6.     Burmese
7.     Russian
8.     French
9.     Swahili
10.     Farsi

Utah   

1.     Spanish
2.     Somali
3.     Russian
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Arabic
6.     Mandarin
7.     Farsi
8.     Cantonese
9.     Bosnian
10.     German

Virginia   

1.     Spanish
2.     Korean
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Mandarin
5.     Arabic
6.     Russian
7.     Farsi
8.     Amharic
9.     Urdu
10.     French

Vermont   

1.     Spanish
2.     Mandarin
3.     Polish
4.     Portuguese
5.     Cantonese
6.     Russian
7.     Vietnamese
8.     Swahili
9.     Arabic
10.     Croatian

Washington   

1.     Spanish
2.     Russian
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Korean
5.     Somali
6.     Mandarin
7.     Khmer
8.     Cantonese
9.     Ukrainian
10.     Arabic

Wisconsin   

1.     Spanish
2.     Hmong
3.     Mandarin
4.     Russian
5.     Vietnamese
6.     Albanian
7.     Laotian
8.     Somali
9.     Polish
10.     Czech

West Virginia*   

1.     Spanish
2.     Mandarin
3.     Vietnamese
4.     Hungarian
5.     Korean
6.     Portuguese
7.     Russian

Wyoming*  

1.     Spanish
2.     French
3.     Russian
4.     Vietnamese
5.     Turkish
6.     German
7.     Polish

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