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2014 New Jersey Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2014
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): 127,667

Language

Spanish

Korean

Polish

Chinese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

44,930

25,860

8,333

6,484

4,798

37,262

% LEP LVW

35

20

7

5

4

29

 

Essex County

Total LEP (LVW): 107,634

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

French Creole

French

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

63,480

12,731

7,418

3,354

3,146

17,505

% LEP LVW

59

12

7

3

3

16

 

Hudson County

Total LEP (LVW): 157,603

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Tagalog

Hindi

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

111,151

6,649

5,395

4,985

4,032

25,391

% LEP LVW

71

4

3

3

3

16

 

Middlesex County

Total LEP (LVW): 130,125

Language

Spanish

Gujarati

Chinese

Other Asian

Other Indic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

59,010

10,773

10,653

6,967

5,996

36,726

% LEP LVW

46

8

8

5

5

28

 

Union County

Total LEP (LVW): 102,325

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

French Creole

Polish

Italian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

71,595

8,193

4,898

3,379

1,839

12,421

% LEP LVW

70

8

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): 1,034,428

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Portuguese

Gujarati

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

598,155

52,343

41,424

36,578

29,495

276,433

% LEP LVW

58

5

4

3

3

27