Hindi medical interpreters
Secure, real-time medical interpretation in Hindi, with no scheduling and no waiting, on the devices your teams already carry.
There are 875,100 speakers of Hindi in the United States.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Darker states have more Hindi speakers; shading is logarithmic, relative to the state with the most speakers.
| State | Speakers |
|---|---|
| California | 202,000 |
| Texas | 86,270 |
| New Jersey | 86,260 |
| Illinois | 47,210 |
| Washington | 33,900 |
| Georgia | 32,580 |
| Virginia | 29,980 |
| Massachusetts | 29,430 |
| Florida | 29,040 |
| Pennsylvania | 27,780 |
| Ohio | 21,440 |
| Michigan | 21,420 |
| Maryland | 20,820 |
| North Carolina | 20,150 |
| Arizona | 14,540 |
| Connecticut | 12,830 |
| Indiana | 8,620 |
| Minnesota | 8,197 |
| Wisconsin | 7,520 |
| Colorado | 7,445 |
| Tennessee | 6,935 |
| Oregon | 6,575 |
| Missouri | 6,162 |
| South Carolina | 5,080 |
| Kansas | 4,246 |
| Kentucky | 3,941 |
| Delaware | 3,245 |
| Iowa | 3,193 |
| Alabama | 2,952 |
| Oklahoma | 2,833 |
| Louisiana | 2,371 |
| Rhode Island | 2,167 |
| Arkansas | 1,910 |
| Nebraska | 1,835 |
| New Hampshire | 1,675 |
| Mississippi | 1,512 |
| District of Columbia | 1,346 |
| West Virginia | 876 |
State counts reflect the 15 most reported non-English languages in each state’s ACS table. States where Hindi falls outside the top 15 are shown without shading; the national total includes every state.
156,200
speakers of Hindi speak English less than “very well”: the federal threshold for needing language assistance.
18%
of Hindi speakers in the U.S. meet that limited-English definition.
202,000
people speak Hindi at home in California alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Common questions about Hindi interpretation
Three states hold 43% of the nation’s Hindi speakers, and Hindi ranks in the published top-15 language tables of 38 states.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
When a patient prefers Hindi, yes. Two federal rules apply: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which requires meaningful language access from every provider taking federal dollars, and the 2024 Section 1557 final rule, which requires qualified interpreters rather than family members or untrained staff. 156,200 Hindi speakers in the U.S. speak English less than “very well” (ACS 2017-2021).
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