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2015 New Jersey Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2015
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Text Version
Description of NJ LEP Maps

NJ Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Bergen County-Dark-Dark Orange Shading

Essex County-Dark Orange Shading

Hudson County-Dark Orange Shading

Middlesex County-Dark Orange Shading

Union County-Dark Orange 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey’s top five counties.

Bergen County

Total LEP (LVW): 126,412

Language

Spanish

Korean

Polish

Chinese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

44,401

25,790

7,355

6,725

5,020

37,121

% LEP LVW

35

21

6

5

4

29

 

Essex County

Total LEP (LVW): 107,942

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

French Creole

French

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

64,398

11,925

7,563

3,952

2,999

17,105

% LEP LVW

59

11

7

4

3

16

 

Hudson County

Total LEP (LVW): 156,430

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Tagalog

Hindi

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

110,028

7,212

5,334

5,145

3,982

24,729

% LEP LVW

70

5

3

3

3

16

 

Middlesex County

Total LEP (LVW): 131,283

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Gujarati

Other Asian

Other Indic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

59,976

10,523

10,041

6,650

6,216

37,877

% LEP LVW

46

8

7

5

5

29

 

Union County

Total LEP (LVW): 101,753

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

French Creole

Polish

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

71,601

7,337

5,249

3,429

2,131

12,006

% LEP LVW

71

7

5

3

2

12

Each county in the State of New Jersey 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 New Jersey (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 New Jersey.

State of New Jersey

Total LEP (LVW): 1,028,981

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Portuguese

Gujarati

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

594,652

52,846

40,787

34,062

28,420

278,214

% LEP LVW

58

5

4

3

3

27