Haitian Creole medical interpreters
Live medical interpretation in Haitian Creole, available instantly on the phones, tablets, and computers your teams already use.
There are 867,500 speakers of Haitian Creole in the United States.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Darker states have more Haitian Creole speakers; shading is logarithmic, relative to the state with the most speakers.
| State | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Florida | 426,000 |
| New York | 147,000 |
| Massachusetts | 89,390 |
| New Jersey | 59,300 |
| Pennsylvania | 19,390 |
| Georgia | 18,690 |
| Connecticut | 15,530 |
| Rhode Island | 9,409 |
| Delaware | 5,023 |
| Louisiana | 3,841 |
State counts reflect the 15 most reported non-English languages in each state’s ACS table. States where Haitian Creole falls outside the top 15 are shown without shading; the national total includes every state.
328,500
speakers of Haitian Creole speak English less than “very well”: the federal threshold for needing language assistance.
38%
of Haitian Creole speakers in the U.S. meet that limited-English definition.
426,000
people speak Haitian Creole at home in Florida alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Common questions about Haitian Creole interpretation
Three states hold 76% of the nation’s Haitian Creole speakers, and Haitian Creole ranks in the published top-15 language tables of 10 states.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Yes. Opalite provides real-time Haitian Creole medical interpretation on the devices care teams already carry. It's designed to support Section 1557 obligations and validated head-to-head against certified interpreters. It's instant and available 24/7: no scheduling, and no 19-minute average wait for an interpreter to arrive (Mayo Clinic–affiliated study, 2017).
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