Interpreter demand in Minnesota, language by language.

Minnesota's largest East African community — Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Rochester, Willmar

Somali is the single most-requested interpreter language in Minnesota health care, with sustained demand across hospitals, clinics, and county services.

Statewide — Twin Cities, southern Minnesota agricultural and food-processing corridors

Spanish is in constant demand across every Minnesota institution type, from metro hospitals to rural court districts.

Twin Cities and central Minnesota East African communities

Oromo is a high-demand East African language in Minnesota, often mistakenly conflated with Amharic or Somali during scheduling.

Saint Paul and greater Minnesota — one of the largest Karen communities in the U.S.

Karen is a top refugee-community language in demand across Saint Paul health care, schools, and resettlement services.

Twin Cities, Rochester, and statewide

Arabic is in steady demand across Minnesota health care, courts, and schools, with dialect range from Levantine to Sudanese.

Twin Cities Ethiopian community

Amharic is a core East African language in demand across Twin Cities health care and county services.

Saint Paul and Minneapolis — among the largest Hmong communities in the U.S.

Hmong is a foundational Minnesota community language with steady demand in health care, schools, and elder care.

Twin Cities East and Central African communities

Swahili is a high-demand regional lingua franca across Minnesota refugee resettlement and health care.

Twin Cities and statewide Eastern European communities

Russian remains in steady demand across Minnesota health care, elder care, and the courts.

Twin Cities West and Central African francophone communities

French is in demand for West and Central African communities across Minnesota health care and immigration services.

Twin Cities Vietnamese community

Vietnamese is in consistent demand across Minnesota health care, elder care, and the courts.

Twin Cities and university communities

Chinese demand spans Mandarin and Cantonese across Minnesota health care, courts, and schools.

Twin Cities and greater Minnesota refugee communities

Burmese is a key refugee-community language in demand across Minnesota resettlement and health care.

Saint Paul and greater Minnesota refugee communities

Karenni is a distinct, in-demand refugee language too often conflated with Karen in scheduling.

Twin Cities Cambodian community

Khmer is in demand for Minnesota's Cambodian community across health care and elder care.

Twin Cities and greater Minnesota Lao community

Lao is in steady demand for Minnesota's Lao community across health care and the courts.

Twin Cities Thai community

Thai is a lower-volume but consistent demand language across Minnesota health care and the courts.

Twin Cities and greater Minnesota Bhutanese-Nepali community

Nepali is a growing refugee-community demand language across Minnesota resettlement and health care.

Statewide — deaf and hard-of-hearing Minnesotans

ASL is in demand for legally mandated access across Minnesota health care, courts, schools, and public meetings.