Portuguese medical interpreters
Live medical interpretation in Portuguese, in seconds, at a flat, predictable rate.
There are 841,300 speakers of Portuguese in the United States.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Darker states have more Portuguese speakers; shading is logarithmic, relative to the state with the most speakers.
| State | Speakers |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 183,200 |
| Florida | 139,500 |
| New Jersey | 90,790 |
| Connecticut | 37,810 |
| Rhode Island | 25,780 |
| Georgia | 20,710 |
| Pennsylvania | 18,280 |
| Maryland | 15,530 |
| Utah | 13,810 |
| North Carolina | 10,150 |
| Colorado | 6,636 |
| South Carolina | 6,490 |
| New Hampshire | 5,167 |
| Louisiana | 3,603 |
| Alabama | 2,546 |
| District of Columbia | 1,759 |
| Maine | 1,377 |
| Idaho | 1,363 |
| Arkansas | 1,102 |
| Vermont | 384 |
State counts reflect the 15 most reported non-English languages in each state’s ACS table. States where Portuguese falls outside the top 15 are shown without shading; the national total includes every state.
297,900
speakers of Portuguese speak English less than “very well”: the federal threshold for needing language assistance.
35%
of Portuguese speakers in the U.S. meet that limited-English definition.
183,200
people speak Portuguese at home in Massachusetts alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Common questions about Portuguese interpretation
Three states hold 49% of the nation’s Portuguese speakers, and Portuguese ranks in the published top-15 language tables of 20 states.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
In seconds, at any hour: no scheduling, and no waiting for a Portuguese interpreter to be located. The average hospital interpreter takes 19 minutes to arrive (Mayo Clinic–affiliated study, 2017).
Language should never delay care.
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