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2014 Pennsylvania 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 PA LEP Maps

PA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Berks County-Pale Orange Shading

Lancaster County-Pale Orange Shading

Lehigh County-Pale Orange Shading

Montgomery County-Pale Orange Shading

Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania’s top five counties.

Berks County

Total LEP (LVW): 27,049

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Other West Germanic

Other IndoEuropean

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

21,847

995

522

485

455

2,745

% LEP LVW

81

3

2

2

2

10

 

Lancaster County

Total LEP (LVW): 28,106

Language

Spanish

Other West Germanic

Vietnamese

German

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

11,729

7,216

1,882

1,210

867

5,202

% LEP LVW

42

26

7

4

3

18

 

Lehigh County

Total LEP (LVW): 29,548

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Vietnamese

Polish

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

20,855

2,210

989

953

481

4,060

% LEP LVW

71

7

3

3

2

14

 

Montgomery County

Total LEP (LVW): 35,327

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

Vietnamese

Italian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

10,252

5,763

3,835

2,071

1,473

11,933

% LEP LVW

29

16

11

6

5

34

 

Philadelphia County

Total LEP (LVW): 145,471

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Russian

MonKhmer_Cambodian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

60,637

19,887

10,314

8,064

4,978

41,591

% LEP LVW

42

14

7

5

3

29

Each county in the State of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania.

State of Pennsylvania

Total LEP (LVW): 486,414

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Other West Germanic

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

215,529

43,089

23,912

20,010

17,418

166,456

% LEP LVW

44

9

5

4

4

34