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2013 South Carolina 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 SC LEP Maps

SC Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Charleston County-Light Yellow Shading

Greenville County-Pale Orange Shading

Horry County-Pale Orange Shading

Richland County-Pale Orange Shading

Spartanburg County-Pale 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina’s top five counties.

Charleston County

Total LEP (LVW): 9,723

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

6,936

755

343

235

233

1,221

% LEP LVW

71

8

4

2

2

13

 

Greenville County

Total LEP (LVW): 21,768

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Arabic

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

16,363

825

678

447

424

3,031

% LEP LVW

75

4

3

2

2

14

 

Horry County

Total LEP (LVW): 10,547

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

Other IndoEuropean

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

7,180

667

628

358

301

1,413

% LEP LVW

68

6

6

3

3

14

 

Richland County

Total LEP (LVW): 10,537

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

French

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

6,123

956

852

320

290

1,996

% LEP LVW

58

9

8

3

3

19

 

Spartanburg County

Total LEP (LVW): 11,956

Language

Spanish

Other Slavic

Russian

Laotian

MonKhmer_

Cambodian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

7,490

791

676

373

367

2,259

% LEP LVW

63

6

6

3

3

19

Each county in the State of South Carolina 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 South Carolina (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 South Carolina.

State of South Carolina

Total LEP (LVW): 128,257

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

93,640

5,283

3,661

2,272

2,207

21,194

% LEP LVW

73

4

3

2

2

16