The Best Current Estimate Of The Total U.S. Deaf Population

Note from Fookem and Bug: Note that the U.S. Census Bureau identifies two levels of hearing impairment: ” Have difficulty hearing normal conversation” (what most people would call ” hard of hearing”) and ” unable to hear normal conversation” ( what most people would call “deaf”) Estimated numbers were rounded off to the nearest thousand.

Have difficulty hearing normal conversation Unable to hear normal conversation Alabama 200,965 6.63% 16,950 0.56% Alaska 14,642 4.02% 1235 0.34% Arizona 154,612 5.68% 13,040 0.48% Arkansas 129,687 7.39% 10,938 0.62% California 1,078,325 4.87% 90,948 0.41% Colorado 121,141 4.95% 10,217 0.42% Connecticut 141,628 5.54% 11,945 0.47% Delaware 30,603 6.06% 2581 0.51% District of Columbia 23,253 4.81% 1961 0.41% Florida 746,601 7.39% 62,970 0.62% Georgia 274,992 5.75% 23,193 0.49% Hawaii 44,098 5.56% 3719 0.47% Idaho 42,813 5.99% 3611 0.47% Illinois 472,930 5.49% 39,888 0.46% Indiana 240,807 5.79% 20,310 0.49% Iowa 133,119 6.39% 11,227 0.54% Kansas 108,296 5.97% 9134 0.50% Kentucky 193,456 7.00% 16,316 0.59% Louisiana 184,847 6.12% 15,590 0.52% Maine 57,026 6.15% 4810 0.52% Maryland 202,613 5.58% 17,089 0.47% Massachusetts 263,867 5.60% 22,255 0.47% Michigan 393,577 5.64% 33,195 0.48% Minnesota 185,980 5.71% 15,686 0.48% Mississippi 122,094 6.55% 19,907 0.52% Missouri 236,023 6.14% 19,907 0.52% Montana 36,366 6.23% 3067 0.53% Nebraska 70,555 6.11% 5951 0.52% Nevada 49,980 5.48% 4215 0.46% New Hampshire 45,161 5.36% 3809 0.45% New Jersey 329,877 5.48% 27,822 0.46% New Mexico 53,876 4.97% 4544 0.42% New York 759,145 5.46% 64,028 0.46% North Carolina 313,978 6.27% 26,481 0.53% North Dakota 28,923 6.28% 2439 0.53% Ohio 480,444 5.87% 40,521 0.50% Oklahoma 162,125 6.99% 13,674 0.59% Oregon 132,574 6.15% 11,181 0.52% Pennsylvania 575,521 6.25% 48,540 0.53% Rhode Island 47,142 6.05% 3976 0.51% South Carolina 155,486 6.07% 13,114 0.51% South Dakota 32,138 6.45% 2711 0.54% Tennessee 246,900 6.66% 20,824 0.56% Texas 670,925 5.45% 56,587 0.46% Utah 57,453 5.06% 4846 0.43% Vermont 23,625 5.52% 1993 0.47% Virginia 265,180 5.77% 22,366 0.49% Washington 203,881 5.63% 17,196 0.47% West Virginia 106,508 7.69% 8983 0.50% Wisconsin 216,216 5.91% 18,236 0.50% Wyoming 17,647 5.46% 1488 0.46%

How many people use ASL in the United States? Check here: http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Publications/ASL_Users.pdf