Language | Endonym[77] | Family | Speakers (% of total) | Speaks English “Very Well”[78] |
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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% |
Cherokee | Tsalagi Gawonihisdi (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ) | Iroquoian | 12,320 (3.29) | 16.33% |
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) | 14.70% |
Ojibwe (Chippewa) | Anishinaabemowin | Algic | 6986 (1.87) | 11.28% |
Hopi | Hopilàvayi | Uto-Aztecan | 6776 (1.81) | 18.80% |
Inupiat (Inupik) | Iñupiatun | Eskimo–Aleut | 5580 (1.49) | 26.04% |
Tewa | — | Tanoan | 5123 (1.37) | 13.80% |
Muskogee (Creek) | Mvskoke | Muskogean | 5072 (1.36) | 19.62% |
Crow | Apsáalooke | Siouan | 3962 (1.06) | 6.59% |
Cheyenne | Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse | Algic | 2399 (0.64) | 3.21% |
Tiwa | — | Tanoan | 2269 (0.61) | 3.22% |
Towa (Jemez) | — | Tanoan | 2192 (0.59) | 27.65% |
Blackfoot | Siksiká (ᓱᖽᐧᖿ) | Algic | 1970 (0.53) | 11.02% |
Sahaptin | Ichishkíin sɨ́nwit | Plateau Penutian | 1654 (0.44) | 6.17% |
Mohawk | Kanien’kéha’ | Iroquoian | 1423 (0.38) | 11.67% |
Seneca | Onödowága | Iroquoian | 1353 (0.36) | 11.23% |
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% |
Kickapoo | Kiwikapawa | Algic | 1141 (0.31) | 41.72% |
Arapaho | Hinónoʼeitíít | Algic | 1087 (0.29) | 1.20% |
Tlingit | Lingít | Na-Dené | 1026 (0.27) | 8.19% |
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% |
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) | 4.80% |
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% |
Shawnee | Sawanwa | Algic | 321 (0.09) | 6.23% |
Maidu (NE Maidu) | Májdy | Maiduan | 319 (0.09) | 6.90% |
Ottawa | Nishnaabemwin | Algic | 312 (0.08) | 10.90% |
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) | 32.50% |
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% |
Quechan (Yuma) | Kwtsaan | Yuman | 172 (0.05) | 31.98% |
Miami | Myaamia | Algic | 168 (0.04) | 50.60% |
Alabama | Albaamo innaaɬiilka | Muskogean | 165 (0.04) | 20.00% |
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) | — |
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) | — |
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) | 100.00% |
Nomlaki | Nomlāqa | Wintuan | 38 (0.01) | — |
Konkow (NW Maidu) | Koyoom k’awi | Maiduan | 32 | 100.00% |
Tunica | Yuron | Isolate | 32 | — |
Tonkawa | Tickanwa•tic | Isolate | 29 | — |
Caddo | — | Caddoan | 25 | — |
Wintu | Wintʰu:h | Wintuan | 24 | — |
Spokane | Npoqínišcn | Salishan | 20 | 40.00% |
Columbia (Sinkiuse) | Nxaảmxcín | Salishan | 17 | — |
Atsugewi | Atsugé | Palaihnihan | 15 | — |
Chemehuevi | Nüwüvi | Uto-Aztecan | 15 | — |
Abenaki | — | Algic | 14 | — |
Cupeño | Kupangaxwicham | Uto-Aztecan | 11 | — |
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 | — |
Yuchi | Tsoyaha | Isolate | 4 | — |
Shasta | — | Shastan | 2 | 100.00% |
Wukcumni | — | Yokutsan | 1 | 0.00% |
Quapaw | — | Siouan | 1 | — |