Fact Sheet: Languages Used for Driver's License Exams
ALABAMA:
(13) Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean,
Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese.
ALASKA:
(1) English
ARIZONA:
(2) English, Spanish.
ARKANSAS:
(2) English, Spanish.
CALIFORNIA:
(33) Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Cantonese, Croatian, English,
French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin Chinese, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi,
Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Turkish,
Vietnamese.
COLORADO:
(2) English, Spanish.
CONNECTICUT:
(7) English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese.
DELAWARE:
(5) Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Korean, Spanish.
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA:
(15) Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean,
Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese.
FLORIDA:
(3) English, Haitian Creole, Spanish.
GEORGIA:
(11) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian,
Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese.
HAWAII:
(12) Chinese, Chuuukese, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Ilocano, Marshal
Islander, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Tongan, Vietnamese.
IDAHO:
(11) Arabic, American Sign Language, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Korean,
Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Vietnamese.
ILLINOIS:
(5) Chinese, English, Korean, Polish, Spanish.
INDIANA:
(12) Arabic, Burmese, Chin, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish,
Punjabi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese.
IOWA:
(21) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, English, French,
German, Greek, Hebrew, Hmong, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
KANSAS:
(2) English, Spanish.
KENTUCKY:
(23) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, English,
French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Persian, Polish, Romanian,
Russian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.
LOUISIANA:
(1) English.
MAINE:
(5) Arabic, English, French, Somali, Spanish.
MARYLAND:
(6) English, French, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese.
MASSACHUSETTS:
(28) Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Chinese, Czech, English, Farsi,
Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese,
Khmer, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish,
Urdu, Vietnamese.
MICHIGAN:
(9) Arabic, Burmese, English, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish.
MINNESOTA:
(6) English, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
MISSISSIPPI:
(10) Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian,
Spanish, Vietnamese.
MISSOURI:
(12) Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese.
MONTANA:
(4) Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish.
NEBRASKA:
(2) English, Spanish.
NEVADA:
(2) English, Spanish.
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
(3) English, French, Spanish.
NEW JERSEY:
(10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish.
NEW MEXICO:
(2) English, Spanish.
NEW YORK:
(14) Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish.
NORTH CAROLINA:
(10) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian,
Spanish, Vietnamese.
NORTH DAKOTA:
(13) American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Nepali, Russian,
Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese.
OHIO:
(8) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Somali, Spanish.
OKLAHOMA:
(1) English
OREGON:
(8) Arabic, Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese.
PENNSYLVANIA:
(9) Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian,
Vietnamese.
RHODE ISLAND:
(7) Arabic, Bosnian, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish.
SOUTH CAROLINA:
(4) English, French, German, Spanish.
SOUTH DAKOTA:
(1) English.
TENNESSE:
(4) English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish.
TEXAS:
(2) English, Spanish.
UTAH:
(1) English.
VERMONT:
(5), English, French, Serbo-Croation, Somali, Spanish.
VIRGINIA:
(21) American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, English,
French, German, Haitian Creole, Italian, Korean, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto,
Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese.
WASHINGTON:
(7) Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese.
WEST VIRGNIA:
(3) English, Japanese, Spanish.
WISCONSIN:
(8) Chinese, English, Hmong, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish.
WYOMING:
(1) English.
Information in the above table was collected by U.S. English from officials at the motor vehicle departments in each
of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, February-April 2016.
