Urdu
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Endangerment status
Not endangered
Children are still learning this language at home.
Source: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master)
ISO 639-3 urd · ISO 639-1 ur · Glottocode urdu1245
Speakers at home
The census counts this language on its own, so these figures are for it alone.
By state
- Texas93,419limited English 24,443
- New York74,584limited English 28,030
- California61,218limited English 16,374
- Illinois59,876limited English 15,300
- New Jersey37,291limited English 9,387
- Virginia35,592limited English 9,411
- Maryland22,096limited English 7,162
- Florida17,555limited English 3,951
- Georgia14,638limited English 3,708
- Pennsylvania14,185limited English 3,621
- Michigan13,949limited English 3,289
- North Carolina10,006limited English 2,728
- Massachusetts9,080limited English 2,090
- Washington7,881limited English 1,474
- Ohio7,647limited English 1,794
- Connecticut7,202limited English 2,681
- Indiana5,288limited English 1,336
- Missouri4,289limited English 1,206
- Arizona3,341limited English 678
- Louisiana2,935limited English 941
- Minnesota2,619limited English 620
- Wisconsin2,480limited English 441
- Tennessee2,456limited English 623
- Delaware2,253limited English 512
- Nevada1,931limited English 589
- Kentucky1,782limited English 306
- Alabama1,757limited English 316
- Oklahoma1,750limited English 452
- Kansas1,728limited English 469
- Colorado1,573limited English 300
- Utah1,424limited English 418
- South Carolina1,306limited English 238
- Arkansas1,239limited English 297
- Oregon1,188limited English 238
- Iowa1,051limited English 283
- Mississippi610limited English 79
- Rhode Island551limited English 47
- New Mexico459limited English 76
- New Hampshire437limited English 49
- Nebraska394limited English 118
- Idaho388limited English 77
- West Virginia338limited English 58
- North Dakota221limited English 26
- Alaska203limited English 31
- Vermont160limited English 57
- South Dakota158limited English 18
- Hawaii144limited English 5
- Maine108limited English 24
- Montana50limited English 2
- Wyoming26limited English 13
By city
- New York City37,860limited English 17,368
- Chicago12,397limited English 4,742
- Houston10,326limited English 2,050
- Dallas4,881limited English 797
- Los Angeles3,700limited English 1,504
- Sacramento2,858limited English 637
- San Jose2,259limited English 381
- San Diego1,938limited English 25
- Philadelphia1,122limited English 379
- Charlotte1,069limited English 385
- Seattle673limited English 0
- Columbus554limited English 248
- Boston546limited English 0
- Phoenix515limited English 184
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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- Weather and seasonsnone yet
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- A proverbnone yet
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CultureMesh, "Urdu" language page (https://culturemesh.com/languages/urdu-21). Endangerment status: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.