States with AAPI limited English proficient (LEP) population shares greater than 30% and their share of the overall AAPI population, 2022

State AAPI LEP population share Share of AAPI population
New York 43.9% 9.1%
Iowa 38.8% 0.4% 
Nebraska 38.3% 0.2% 
Arkansas 37.5% 0.3% 
Pennsylvania 37.2% 2.4% 
Alabama 37.2% 0.4%
Alaska 36.5% 0.3% 
Kentucky 35.9% 0.3% 
Kansas 35.7% 0.4% 
North Dakota 35.6% 0.1%
California  34.7% 31.2%
Louisiana 34.7% 0.4%
Oklahoma 34.6% 0.5%
Georgia 34.4% 2.4%
Massachusetts 34.3% 2.5%
Indiana 33.9% 0.8%
Minnesota 33.5% 1.4%
Ohio 31.9% 1.4%
Texas 31.7% 7.6%
Maryland 31.1% 2.0%
Washington 31.0% 3.9%
Michigan 31.0% 1.7%
Mississippi 30.8% 0.2%
Tennessee 30.6% 0.7%

Note: Figures are for single-race AAPI populations 16 years and older. States labeled in red indicate that they have passed state-wide language access legislation. 

Source: EPI analysis using 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates via IPUMS and EPI compilation of AAPI Data's AA and NHPI State Policy Portal language access policy tracker. 

View the underlying data on epi.org.