Chinese medical interpreters
On-demand medical interpretation in Chinese, ready the moment a visit starts, on the devices your teams already carry.
There are 3.5 million speakers of Chinese in the United States.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Darker states have more Chinese speakers; shading is logarithmic, relative to the state with the most speakers.
| State | Speakers |
|---|---|
| California | 1,223,900 |
| New York | 588,020 |
| Texas | 159,650 |
| Massachusetts | 140,380 |
| Washington | 120,720 |
| Pennsylvania | 83,640 |
| New Jersey | 83,600 |
| Illinois | 70,740 |
| Maryland | 65,030 |
| Florida | 52,200 |
| Virginia | 44,170 |
| Ohio | 35,690 |
| Georgia | 35,600 |
| Michigan | 32,550 |
| Hawaii | 32,261 |
| Nevada | 31,552 |
| Oregon | 30,319 |
| Arizona | 28,394 |
| North Carolina | 28,330 |
| Connecticut | 21,960 |
| Missouri | 20,378 |
| Indiana | 18,410 |
| Minnesota | 16,420 |
| Colorado | 15,860 |
| Utah | 13,411 |
| Wisconsin | 12,090 |
| Tennessee | 11,980 |
| Kansas | 11,493 |
| Alabama | 9,929 |
| Louisiana | 8,826 |
| Delaware | 7,929 |
| South Carolina | 7,760 |
| Oklahoma | 7,452 |
| Iowa | 7,354 |
| Kentucky | 6,035 |
| Rhode Island | 5,537 |
| District of Columbia | 5,126 |
| Idaho | 4,009 |
| New Hampshire | 3,981 |
| Arkansas | 3,795 |
| Nebraska | 3,624 |
| New Mexico | 3,372 |
| Mississippi | 3,019 |
| Maine | 2,673 |
| Vermont | 1,723 |
| West Virginia | 1,510 |
| North Dakota | 1,145 |
| Alaska | 1,129 |
| Wyoming | 984 |
| Montana | 818 |
| South Dakota | 804 |
State counts reflect the 15 most reported non-English languages in each state’s ACS table. States where Chinese falls outside the top 15 are shown without shading; the national total includes every state.
The ACS reports most Mandarin and Cantonese speakers under a single Chinese category; figures combine all Chinese categories.
1.8 million
speakers of Chinese speak English less than “very well”: the federal threshold for needing language assistance.
52%
of Chinese speakers in the U.S. meet that limited-English definition.
1.2 million
people speak Chinese at home in California alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Common questions about Chinese interpretation
Three states hold 57% of the nation’s Chinese speakers, and Chinese ranks in the published top-15 language tables of all 50 states and Washington, DC.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Opalite interprets word for word, capturing every detail a patient shares, and made fewer major and critical errors than certified interpreters in blinded testing. Opalite Guardian monitors quality in real time and automatically triggers re-translation when needed.
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