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2013 Iowa Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2013
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Text Version
Description of IA LEP Maps

IA Raw Count Map (Description)

This map illustrates the LEP counties of Iowa with pie charts of the top five LEP counties:

Black Hawk County-Light Yellow Shading

Johnson County-Light Yellow Shading

Marshall County-Light Yellow Shading

Polk County-Pale Orange Shading

Woodbury County-Light Yellow Shading

Each county is color shaded to indicate the total number of limited English proficient (LEP) persons in the county. We have defined LEP persons as individuals five years and over who speak a language other than English at home and who have indicated that they speak English less than very well (LVW). For each of the top five LEP counties, we have provided a pie chart that breaks down the top five languages spoken in the county (according to the total number of each language spoken) with the remaining languages in a sixth category called “All Other Languages”.

Raw Counts:

The colors correspond to the total number of LEP individuals in the county as follows:

·        Pale White: (<=1K)

·        Light Yellow: (>1K AND <=10K)

·        Pale Orange: (>10K AND <=50K)

·        Orange: (>50K AND <=100K)

·        Dark Orange: (>100K AND <=250K)

·        Brown: (>250K AND <=750K)

·        Dark Brown: (>750K)

The counties in Iowa are shaded to indicate the number of limited English proficient (LEP) persons in the county. We have defined LEP persons as individuals five years or older who speak a language other than English at home and who have indicated that they speak English less than very well (LVW). The tables explain the raw count number and percentage of LEP persons by language spoken for Iowa’s top five counties.

Black Hawk County

Total LEP (LVW): 3,758

Language

Serbo_Croatian

Spanish

Vietnamese

Arabic

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,440

1,362

212

179

120

445

% LEP LVW

38

36

6

5

3

12

 

Johnson County

Total LEP (LVW): 5,740

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Arabic

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,829

1,326

685

495

255

1,150

% LEP LVW

32

23

12

9

4

20

 

Marshall County

Total LEP (LVW): 3,550

Language

Spanish

Other Asian

Thai

African

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

3,075

247

73

58

22

75

% LEP LVW

86

7

2

2

1

2

 

Polk County

Total LEP (LVW): 23,380

Language

Spanish

Serbo_Croatian

Vietnamese

African

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

12,026

2,075

1,700

1,335

901

5,343

% LEP LVW

51

9

7

6

4

23

 

Woodbury County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,400

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

African

Laotian

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

4,642

1,135

153

126

114

230

% LEP LVW

72

18

2

2

2

4

Each county in the State of Iowa is color shaded to indicate the total number of limited English proficient (LEP) persons in the county. We have defined LEP persons as individuals five years and over who speak a language other than English at home and who have indicated that they speak English less than very well (LVW). We have provided a pie chart that breaks down the top five languages spoken in the entire State of Iowa (according to the total number of each language spoken) with the remaining languages in a sixth category called “All Other Languages”. The table below explains the raw count number and percentage of LEP persons by language spoken for the State of Iowa.

State of Iowa

Total LEP (LVW): 85,841

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Serbo_Croatian

German

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

50,002

5,119

4,886

4,003

2,615

19,216

% LEP LVW

58

7

6

5

3

22