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2015 New York 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 NY LEP Maps

NY Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Bronx County-Brown Shading

Kings County-Brown Shading

Nassau County-Dark Orange Shading

New York County-Dark Orange Shading

Queens County-Brown 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 York 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 York’s top five counties.

Bronx County

Total LEP (LVW): 340,656

Language

Spanish

African

Other Indic

French

Other IndoEuropean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

280,613

14,487

8,197

6,002

4,963

26,394

% LEP LVW

82

4

2

2

2

8

 

Kings County

Total LEP (LVW): 565,781

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Russian

French Creole

Yiddish

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

180,283

124,197

84,348

36,617

28,350

111,986

% LEP LVW

32

22

15

6

5

20

 

Nassau County

Total LEP (LVW): 148,118

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Italian

French Creole

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

81,838

11,378

6,798

6,445

5,295

36,364

% LEP LVW

55

8

5

4

4

24

 

New York County

Total LEP (LVW): 244,726

Language

Spanish

Chinese

French

Japanese

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

151,832

48,930

6,907

5,534

4,334

27,189

% LEP LVW

62

20

3

2

2

11

 

Queens County

Total LEP (LVW): 621,462

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Other Indic

Korean

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

259,893

135,547

48,386

35,651

18,987

122,998

% LEP LVW

42

22

8

5

3

20

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

State of New York

Total LEP (LVW): 2,491,216

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Russian

Other Indic

French Creole

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,241,285

361,074

127,831

84,408

66,665

609,953

% LEP LVW

50

15

5

3

3

24