The following tables list 154 indigenous American languages which are still spoken in the United States, the number of speakers, and where the speakers are located. Table 1 arranges the languages alphabetically, while Table 2 arranges them according to number of speakers.
Table 1: Indigenous Languages Spoken in the United States (by
Language)
| Speakers[2] | Language | Location |
| 20 | Abnaki-Penobscot | Maine [3] |
| 10 | Achumawi | California |
| 21 | Ahtena | Alaska |
| 256 | Alabama | Texas |
| 90 | Aleut | Alaska |
| 812 | Apache, Jicarilla | New Mexico |
| 18 | Apache, Kiowa | Oklahoma |
| 10 | Apache, Lipan | New Mexico |
| 1,800 | Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua |
New Mexico |
| 12,693 | Apache, Western | Arizona |
| 1,038 | Arapaho | Wyoming; Oklahoma |
| 90 | Arikara | North Dakota |
| 150 | Assiniboine | Montana [3] |
| 4 | Atsugewi | California |
| 1,062 | Blackfoot | Montana [5] |
| 141 | Caddo | Oklahoma |
| 35 | Cahuilla | California |
| 5 | Chehalis, Lower | Washington |
| 2 | Chehalis, Upper | Washington |
| 11,905 | Cherokee | Oklahoma; North Carolina |
| 5 | Chetco | Oregon |
| 1,721 | Cheyenne | Montana |
| 1,000 | Chickasaw | Oklahoma |
| 17 | Chinook Wawa | Oregon |
| 17,890 | Choctaw | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Clallam | Washington |
| 321 | Cocopa | Arizona [6] |
| 40 | Coeur D’Alene | Idaho |
| 39 | Columbia-Wenatchi | Washington |
| 854 | Comanche | Oklahoma |
| 1 | Coos | Oregon |
| 2 | Cowlitz | Washington |
| 1,070 | Cree, Western | Montana [5] |
| 4,280 | Crow | Montana |
| 9 | Cupeno | California |
| 20,355 | Dakota | Nebraska; Minnesota; North Dakota; South Dakota; Montana [3] |
| 40 | Degexit’an | Alaska |
| 1 | Eyak | Alaska |
| 10 | Gros Ventre | Montana |
| 365 | Gwich’in | Alaska |
| 138 | Haida | Alaska |
| 7 | Han | Alaska |
| 1,007 | Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai | Arizona |
| 1,000 | Hawaiian | Hawaii |
| 100 | Hidatsa | North Dakota |
| 250 | Hocak/Winnebago | Nebraska |
| 12 | Holikachuk | Alaska |
| 5,264 | Hopi | Arizona; Utah; New Mexico |
| 8 | Hupa | California |
| 3,500 | Inuktitut, North Alaskan |
Alaska |
| 4,000 | Inuktitut, Northwest Alaska |
Alaska |
| 1,301 | Jemez | New Mexico |
| 1 | Kalapuya | Oregon |
| 200 | Kalispel-Pend Dóreille |
Montana |
| 19 | Kansa | Oklahoma |
| 126 | Karok | California |
| 50 | Kashaya | California |
| 10 | Kato | California |
| 10 | Kawaiisu | California |
| 4,580 | Keres, Eastern | New Mexico |
| 3,390 | Keres, Western | New Mexico |
| 539 | Kikapoo | Kansas; Oklahoma; Texas [7] |
| 1,092 | Kiowa | Oklahoma |
| 88 | Klamath-Modoc | Oregon |
| 600 | Koasati | Louisiana; Texas |
| 300 | Koyukon | Alaska |
| 97 | Kumiai | California [6] |
| 40 | Kuskokwim, Upper | Alaska |
| 102 | Kutenai | Idaho; Montana [5] |
| 6,000 | Lakota | Nebraska; Minnesota; North Dakota; South Dakota; Montana |
| 43 | Luiseno | California |
| 60 | Lushootseed | Washington |
| 10 | Maidu, Northwest | California |
| *10 | Makah | Washington |
| 887 | Malecite-Passamaquoddy | Maine [5] |
| 6 | Mandan | North Dakota |
| 181 | Maricopa | Arizona |
| 39 | Menomini | Wisconsin |
| 800 | Mesquakie | Iowa; Oklahoma; Kansas; Nebraska |
| 2,100 | Micmac | Boston; New York City [5] |
| 496 | Mikasuki | Florida |
| 5 | Miwok, Central Sierra | California |
| 1 | Miwok, Coast | California |
| 8 | Miwok, Lake | California |
| 10 | Miwok, Northern Sierra |
California |
| 1 | Miwok, Plains | California |
| 10 | Miwok, Southern Sierra |
California |
| 234 | Mohave | Arizona |
| 20 | Mono | California |
| 6,213 | Muskogee | Oklahoma; Alabama; Florida |
| 148,530 | Navajo | Arizona; Utah; New Mexico; Utah |
| 697 | Nez Perce | Idaho |
| 12 | Nisenan | California |
| 8,000 | Ojibwa, Eastern | Michigan [3] |
| 35,000 | Ojibwa, Western | Montana; Lake Superior; North Dakota [3] |
| 112 | Okangan | Washington |
| 85 | Omaha-Ponca | Nebraska; Oklahoma |
| 50 | Oneida | New York; Wisconsin |
| 15 | Onondaga | New York |
| 5 | Osage | Oklahoma |
| 2,000 | Paiute, Northern | Nevada; Oregon; California; Idaho |
| 20 | Panamint | California |
| 11,819 | Papago-Pima | Arizona [7] |
| 4 | Pawnee | Oklahoma |
| 40 | Pomo, Central | California |
| 1 | Pomo, Northeastern | California |
| 10 | Pomo, Southeastern | California |
| 40 | Pomo, Southern | California |
| 50 | Potawatomi | Michigan; Wisconsin; Kansas; Oklahoma |
| 34 | Quapaw | Oklahoma |
| 343 | Quechan | California |
| 6 | Quinault | Washington |
| 107 | Salish, Southern Puget Sound |
Washington |
| 30 | Salish, Straits | Washington [3] |
| 200 | Seneca | New York; Oklahoma |
| 1 | Serrano | California |
| 12 | Shasta | California |
| 234 | Shawnee | Oklahoma |
| 2,284 | Shoshoni | Nevada; Idaho; Wyoming |
| 100 | Skagit | Washington |
| 10 | Snohomish | Washington |
| 50 | Spokane | Washington |
| 65 | Tanacross | Alaska |
| 75 | Tanaina | Alaska |
| 30 | Tanana, Lower | Alaska |
| 115 | Tanana, Upper | Alaska |
| 200 | Tenino | Oregon |
| 1,300 | Tewa | New Mexico; Arizona |
| 927 | Tiwa, Northern | New Mexico |
| 1,631 | Tiwa, Southern | New Mexico |
| 775 | Tlingit | Alaska |
| 5 | Tolowa | Oregon |
| 113 | Tsimshian | Alaska [5] |
| 6 | Tubatulabal | California |
| 10 | Tututni | Oregon |
| 50 | Umatilla | Oregon |
| 5 | Unami | Oklahoma; New Jersey; Delaware |
| 1,984 | Ute-Southern Paiute | Colorado; Utah; Arizona; Nevada; California |
| 100 | Walla Walla | Oregon |
| 69 | Wasco-Wishram | Oregon; Washington |
| 10 | Washo | California; Nevada |
| 10 | Wichita | Oklahoma |
| 10 | Wintu | California |
| 3,000 | Yakima | Washington |
| 406 | Yaqui | Arizona [6] |
| 78 | Yokuts | California |
| 12 | Yuchi | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Yuki | California |
| 10,000 | Yupik, Central | Alaska |
| 1,100 | Yupik, Central Siberian |
Alaska [8] |
| 400 | Yupik, Pacific Gulf | Alaska |
| 10 | Yurok | California |
| 6,413 | Zuni | New Mexico |
| 361,978 | TOTAL |
Source: Adapted from B. Grimes (1996). Ethnologue: Languages of the
world. Dallas: SIL International. Updated February 1999 at www.sil.org/ethnologue.
