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Finnish in the United States
An estimated 16,468 people aged 5 and older speak Finnish at home across U.S. metropolitan areas. About 11% of them, roughly 1,808 people, speak English less than "very well."
16,468
Speakers age 5 and older
11%
Limited English
8
Metro areas with reliable counts
Where Finnish is spoken: top metro areas
Ranked by number of speakers at home. 55 additional metro areas have Finnish speakers but did not meet Census reliability standards and are not listed.
| # | Metro area | Speakers (± margin) | Limited English | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 1,528 ±375 | not reliable | — |
| 2 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 1,364 ±375 | not reliable | — |
| 3 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 839 ±336 | not reliable | — |
| 4 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 689 ±236 | not reliable | — |
| 5 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | 672 ±300 | not reliable | — |
| 6 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 638 ±294 | not reliable | — |
| 7 | Duluth, MN-WI | 540 ±197 | not reliable | — |
| 8 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 531 ±215 | not reliable | — |
Limited English means speaking English less than "very well." Margins of error are at the 90 percent confidence level. "Range" is the 90 percent confidence interval for the limited-English share.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many people speak Finnish in the United States?
- An estimated 16,468 people aged 5 and older speak Finnish at home across U.S. metropolitan areas, based on the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey.
- What share of Finnish speakers have limited English proficiency?
- About 11 percent, roughly 1,808 people, report speaking English less than "very well." That is the population professional interpreters serve.
- Which U.S. metro area has the most Finnish speakers?
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, with about 1,528 Finnish speakers at home.