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Languages spoken in United States.
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Language↕ | Endonym↕ | Family↕ | Speakers(% of total)↕ | Does not speak English"Very Well"↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | — | — | 444,124 (100) | 19.22 |
| Total (excl. Navajo) | — | — | 203,127 (54.32) | 15.82 |
| Navajo | Diné bizaad | Na-Dené | 170,822 (45.68) | 23.25 |
| Dakota | Dakȟótiyapi | Siouan | 18,804 (5.03) | 9.86 |
| Yupik | — | Eskimo–Aleut | 18,626 (4.98) | 37.02 |
| O'odham | — | Uto-Aztecan | 15,123 (3.59) | 8.03 |
| Apache | Ndee biyati' | Na-Dené | 14,012 (3.75) | 3.53 |
| Keres | — | Isolate | 13,073 (3.50) | 6.2 |
| Cherokee | Tsalagi Gawonihisdi (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ) | Iroquoian | 12,320 (3.29) | 16.33 |
| Choctaw | Chahta' | Muskogean | 10,368 (2.77) | 23.44 |
| Zuni | Shiwi'ma | Isolate | 9432 (2.52) | 14.22 |
| American Indian (Other) | — | — | 8888 (2.38) | 16.73 |
| O'odham (Pima) | Oʼodham ñiʼokĭ | Uto-Aztecan | 8190 (2.19) | 14.7 |
| Ojibwe (Chippewa) | Anishinaabemowin | Algic | 6986 (1.87) | 11.28 |
| Hopi | Hopilàvayi | Uto-Aztecan | 6776 (1.81) | 18.8 |
| Inupiat (Inupik) | Iñupiatun | Eskimo–Aleut | 5580 (1.49) | 26.04 |
| Tewa | — | Tanoan | 5123 (1.37) | 13.8 |
| Muskogee (Creek) | Mvskoke | Muskogean | 5072 (1.36) | 19.62 |
| Crow | Apsáalooke | Siouan | 3962 (1.06) | 6.59 |
| Shoshoni | Sosoni' da̲i̲gwape | Uto-Aztecan | 2512 (0.67) | 7.25 |
| Cheyenne | Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse | Algic | 2399 (0.64) | 3.21 |
| Tiwa | — | Tanoan | 2269 (0.61) | 3.22 |
| Towa (Jemez) | — | Tanoan | 2192 (0.59) | 27.65 |
| Inuit (Eskimo) | — | Eskimo–Aleut | 2168 (0.58) | 25.46 |
| Blackfoot | Siksiká (ᓱᖽᐧᖿ), Niitsí'powahsin, (ᖹᒧᐧᑲᖷᐦᓱᐡ) or Siksikáí'powahsin (ᓱᖽᐧᖼᑲᖷᐦᓱᐡ) | Algic | 1970 (0.53) | 11.02 |
| Sahaptin | Ichishkíin sɨ́nwit | Plateau Penutian | 1654 (0.44) | 6.17 |
| Paiute | — | Uto-Aztecan | 1638 (0.44) | 11.78 |
| Athapascan | — | Na-Dené | 1627 (0.44) | 19.55 |
| Ute | Núu-'apaghapi | Uto-Aztecan | 1625 (0.43) | 5.23 |
| Southern Tiwa | — | Tanoan | 1600 (0.42) | |
| Mohawk | Kanien’kéha' | Iroquoian | 1423 (0.38) | 11.67 |
| Seneca | Onödowága | Iroquoian | 1353 (0.36) | 11.23 |
| Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) | Hocąk | Siouan | 1340 (0.36) | 6.27 |
| Kiowa | Cáuijògà | Tanoan | 1274 (0.34) | 9.58 |
| Aleut | Unangam tunuu | Eskimo–Aleut | 1236 (0.33) | 19.01 |
| Salish | — | Salishan | 1233 (0.33) | 22.87 |
| Gwich’in (Kuchin) | Gwich’in | Na-Dené | 1217 (0.33) | 25.82 |
| Kickapoo | Kiwikapawa | Algic | 1141 (0.31) | 41.72 |
| Arapaho | Hinónoʼeitíít | Algic | 1087 (0.29) | 1.2 |
| Tlingit | Lingít | Na-Dené | 1026 (0.27) | 8.19 |
| Siberian Yupik (SLI Yupik) | Sivuqaghmiistun | Eskimo–Aleut | 993 (0.27) | 39.48 |
| Passamaquoddy | Peskotomuhkat | Algic | 982 (0.26) | 6.11 |
| Comanche | Nʉmʉ tekwapʉ | Uto-Aztecan | 963 (0.26) | 10.59 |
| Cree | Nēhiyawēwin | Algic | 951 (0.25) | 8.73 |
| Menominee | Omāēqnomenew | Algic | 946 (0.25) | 39.64 |
| Nez Perce | Niimiipuutímt | Plateau Penutian | 942 (0.25) | 12.1 |
| Potawatomi | Bodéwadmi | Algic | 824 (0.22) | 9.95 |
| Hidatsa | Hidatsa | Siouan | 806 (0.22) | 4.47 |
| Kickapoo | — | Algic | 800 (0.22) | |
| Mesquakie (Fox) | Meshkwahkihaki | Algic | 727 (0.19) | 22.15 |
| Karok | Káruk | Isolate | 700 (0.19) | 5.43 |
| Pomo | — | Pomoan | 648 (0.17) | 14.81 |
| Oneida | Oneyota'aaka | Iroquoian | 527 (0.14) | 58.63 |
| Yurok | Puliklah | Algic | 491 (0.13) | 1.63 |
| Cocopah | Kwikapa | Yuman | 483 (0.13) | 22.77 |
| Hualapai | Hwalbáy | Yuman | 458 (0.12) | 4.8 |
| Omaha | Umoⁿhoⁿ | Siouan | 457 (0.12) | 1.97 |
| Chiricahua | Ndee bizaa | Na-Dené | 457 (0.12) | — |
| Jicarilla | Abáachi mizaa | Na-Dené | 455 (0.12) | 14.51 |
| Yaqui | Yoem noki | Uto-Aztecan | 425 (0.11) | 10.12 |
| Yokuts | — | Yokutsan | 407 (0.11) | 27.27 |
| Koasati | Coushatta | Muskoeaen | 370 (0.10) | — |
| Mono | Mono | Uto-Aztecan | 349 (0.09) | — |
| Mohave | Hamakhav | Yuman | 330 (0.09) | 6.36 |
| Luiseño | Cham'teela | Uto-Aztecan | 327 (0.09) | 4.28 |
| Shawnee | Sawanwa | Algic | 321 (0.09) | 6.23 |
| Maidu (NE Maidu) | Májdy | Maiduan | 319 (0.09) | 6.9 |
| Ottawa | Nishnaabemwin | Algic | 312 (0.08) | 10.9 |
| Algonquin | Anicinâbemowin | Algic | 288 (0.08) | 19.79 |
| Okanogan | Nsəlxcin | Salishan | 284 (0.08) | 10.92 |
| Osage | Wazhazhe ie | Siouan | 260 (0.07) | 20.38 |
| Wichita | Kirikirʔi:s | Caddoan | 242 (0.06) | 16.12 |
| Onondaga | Onǫda’gegá | Iroquoian | 239 (0.06) | 2.93 |
| Mi'kmaq (Micmac) | Míkmawísimk | Algic | 230 (0.06) | 10.87 |
| Digueño (Ipai-Kumiai-Tipai) | — | Yuman | 228 (0.06) | 60.96 |
| Washo | Wá:šiw ʔítlu | Isolate | 227 (0.06) | 9.69 |
| Miwok | Miwok | Utian | 216 (0.06) | — |
| Lushootseed (Puget Salish) | Xʷəlšucid | Salishan | 207 (0.06) | 47.83 |
| Kutenai | Ktunaxa | Isolate | 200 (0.05) | 32.5 |
| Miccosukee | Mikisúkî | Muskogean | 188 (0.05) | 22.87 |
| Tuscarora | Ska:rù:rę' | Iroquoian | 179 (0.05) | 10.06 |
| Makah | Qʷi·qʷi·diččaq | Wakashan | 176 (0.05) | 30.11 |
| Coeur d'Alene | Snchitsuʼumshtsn | Salishan | 174 (0.05) | — |
| Hupa | Na:tinixwe | Na-Dené | 174 (0.05) | — |
| Quechan (Yuma) | Kwtsaan | Yuman | 172 (0.05) | 31.98 |
| Miami | Myaamia | Algic | 168 (0.04) | 50.6 |
| Alabama | Albaamo innaaɬiilka | Muskogean | 165 (0.04) | 20 |
| Lenape (Delaware) | Lënape / Lunaapeew | Algic | 146 (0.04) | 25.34 |
| Clallam | Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən | Salishan | 146 (0.04) | 1.37 |
| Penobscot (E Abenaki) | Panawahpskek | Algic | 144 (0.04) | 5.56 |
| Yavapai | — | Yuman | 139 (0.04) | — |
| Cahuilla | Ivia | Uto-Aztecan | 139 (0.04) | — |
| Ponca | Paⁿka | Siouan | 131 (0.04) | 6.87 |
| Quinault | Kʷínaył | Salishan | 128 (0.03) | — |
| Deg Xinag (Ingalit) | Degexit’an | Na-Dené | 127 (0.03) | — |
| Pawnee | Paári | Caddoan | 122 (0.03) | 16.39 |
| Haida | X̱aat Kíl | Isolate | 118 (0.03) | 19.49 |
| Cowlitz | Stl'pulimuhkl | Salishan | 110 (0.03) | 82.73 |
| Mandan | Nų́ʔetaːre | Siouan | 104 (0.03) | 38.46 |
| Arikara | Sáhniš | Caddoan | 103 (0.03) | — |
| Klamath | Maqlaqs | Plateau Penutian | 95 (0.03) | 27.37 |
| Havasupai | Havasu’baaja | Yuman | 90 (0.02) | 52.22 |
| Chitimacha | Sitimaxa | Isolate | 89 (0.02) | 21.35 |
| Abenaki (W Abenaki) | Wôbanakiôdwawôgan | Algic | 86 (0.02) | — |
| Kwak'wala (Kwakiutl) | Kwak'wala | Wakashan | 85 (0.02) | 24.71 |
| Tututni (Rogue River) | Dotodəni | Na-Dené | 84 (0.02) | — |
| Iroquois | — | Iroquoian | 76 (0.02) | — |
| Tsimshian | Sm'algyax | Tsimshianic | 68 (0.02) | — |
| Achumawi | — | Palaihnihan | 68 (0.02) | — |
| Chiwere | Jíwere | Siouan | 60 (0.02) | — |
| Koasati | Kowassá:ti | Muskogean | 59 (0.02) | 6.78 |
| Koyukon | Denaakkʼe | Na-Dené | 58 (0.02) | 12.07 |
| Upper Chinook | Kiksht | Chinookan | 58 (0.02) | 10.34 |
| Caddo | Hasí:nay | Caddoan | 51 (0.01) | 23.53 |
| Kalapuya (Santiam) | — | Kalapuyan | 50 (0.01) | — |
| Gros Ventre (Atsina) | Ahahnelin | Algic | 45 (0.01) | — |
| Tachi | — | Yokutsan | 45 (0.01) | 57.78 |
| Maricopa | Piipaash chuukwer | Yuman | 44 (0.01) | 22.73 |
| Chumash | S.hamala | Chumashan | 39 (0.01) | 100 |
| Nomlaki | Nomlāqa | Wintuan | 38 (0.01) | — |
| Konkow (NW Maidu) | Koyoom k'awi | Maiduan | 32 | 100 |
| Tunica | Yuron | Isolate | 32 | — |
| Tonkawa | Tickanwa•tic | Isolate | 29 | — |
| Caddo | — | Caddoan | 25 | — |
| Wintu | Wintʰu:h | Wintuan | 24 | — |
| Spokane | Npoqínišcn | Salishan | 20 | 40 |
| Ahtna | Atnakenaege’ | Na-Dené | 18 | — |
| Columbia (Sinkiuse) | Nxaảmxcín | Salishan | 17 | — |
| Atsugewi | Atsugé | Palaihnihan | 15 | — |
| Chemehuevi | Nüwüvi | Uto-Aztecan | 15 | — |
| Abenaki | — | Algic | 14 | — |
| Northern Paiute | Numu | Uto-Aztecan | 12 | — |
| Dena'ina (Tanaina) | Dena’ina qenaga | Na-Dené | 11 | — |
| Cupeño | Kupangaxwicham | Uto-Aztecan | 11 | — |
| Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) | Nuučaan̓uł | Wakashan | 10 | — |
| Pawnee | Chatiks si chatiks | Caddoan | 10 | |
| Arikara | Sanish | Caddoan | 10 | |
| Alutiiq (Gulf Yupik) | Sugpiaq | Eskimo–Aleut | 8 | — |
| Kansa | Káⁿza | Siouan | 7 | — |
| Siuslaw | Šáayušła | Isolate | 6 | — |
| Cayuga | Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’ | Iroquoian | 6 | — |
| Serrano | Taaqtam | Uto-Aztecan | 5 | — |
| Tübatulabal | — | Uto-Aztecan | 5 | — |
| Yuchi | Tsoyaha | Isolate | 4 | — |
| Shasta | — | Shastan | 2 | 100 |
| Wukcumni | — | Yokutsan | 1 | 0 |
| Quapaw | — | Siouan | 1 | — |
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