Italian
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Endangerment status
Not endangered
Children are still learning this language at home.
Source: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master)
ISO 639-3 ita · ISO 639-1 it · Glottocode ital1282
Speakers at home
The census counts this language on its own, so these figures are for it alone.
By state
- New York125,371limited English 35,895
- California53,952limited English 8,895
- New Jersey52,139limited English 14,586
- Florida46,662limited English 10,452
- Pennsylvania30,268limited English 7,483
- Massachusetts26,270limited English 6,366
- Illinois24,057limited English 6,219
- Connecticut21,943limited English 5,752
- Texas14,233limited English 2,834
- Michigan13,358limited English 3,808
- Ohio11,245limited English 2,381
- Virginia9,247limited English 1,897
- North Carolina8,393limited English 1,248
- Maryland7,511limited English 1,922
- Arizona7,070limited English 1,692
- Washington5,782limited English 882
- Georgia5,572limited English 654
- Rhode Island4,260limited English 1,077
- Colorado3,960limited English 798
- Nevada3,852limited English 1,285
- South Carolina3,840limited English 678
- Wisconsin3,696limited English 723
- Oregon2,983limited English 640
- Utah2,906limited English 403
- Tennessee2,589limited English 425
- Missouri2,584limited English 421
- Indiana2,266limited English 364
- Louisiana2,200limited English 354
- Minnesota1,642limited English 324
- Alabama1,559limited English 435
- Delaware1,474limited English 380
- Maine1,464limited English 171
- New Hampshire1,447limited English 165
- Oklahoma1,366limited English 335
- New Mexico1,308limited English 212
- West Virginia1,298limited English 205
- Iowa995limited English 108
- Mississippi979limited English 330
- Kentucky973limited English 98
- Idaho863limited English 190
- Vermont774limited English 46
- Hawaii735limited English 145
- Montana663limited English 99
- Kansas627limited English 130
- Nebraska504limited English 106
- Wyoming348limited English 64
- Arkansas278limited English 77
- Alaska275limited English 0
- South Dakota129limited English 0
- North Dakota82limited English 19
By city
- New York City53,229limited English 14,536
- Los Angeles6,733limited English 855
- Chicago6,312limited English 1,885
- Philadelphia4,899limited English 1,405
- San Diego3,495limited English 272
- Boston3,445limited English 905
- Houston3,303limited English 129
- Phoenix2,005limited English 608
- San Jose1,654limited English 288
- Seattle1,117limited English 0
- Dallas1,052limited English 288
- Columbus1,040limited English 156
- Charlotte352limited English 50
- Sacramento339limited English 0
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year. The second figure counts people who speak English less than “very well”.
The census publishes this table for every state but for only a handful of cities. A city missing from this list is one it does not publish, not one where nobody speaks the language.
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CultureMesh, "Italian" language page (https://www.culturemesh.com/languages/italian-24). Endangerment status: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.