Bengali medical interpreters
AI-powered medical interpretation, in real time, in Bengali, on the devices your teams already carry, in seconds.
There are 373,200 speakers of Bengali in the United States.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Darker states have more Bengali speakers; shading is logarithmic, relative to the state with the most speakers.
| State | Speakers |
|---|---|
| New York | 144,300 |
| Michigan | 23,460 |
| Virginia | 15,870 |
| West Virginia | 461 |
Where Bengali is spoken at home
State counts reflect the 15 most reported non-English languages in each state’s ACS table. States where Bengali falls outside the top 15 are shown without shading; the national total includes every state.
151,600
speakers of Bengali speak English less than “very well”: the federal threshold for needing language assistance.
41%
of Bengali speakers in the U.S. meet that limited-English definition.
144,300
people speak Bengali at home in New York alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Common questions about Bengali interpretation
Three states hold 49% of the nation’s Bengali speakers, and Bengali ranks in the published top-15 language tables of 4 states.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
New York has the largest Bengali-speaking population (144,300 speakers), followed by Michigan (23,460) and Virginia (15,870) (ACS 2017-2021).
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