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2015 Alabama 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 AL LEP Maps

AL Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Jefferson County-Pale Orange Shading

Madison County-Light Yellow Shading

Marshall County-Light Yellow Shading

Mobile County-Light Yellow Shading

Shelby County-Light Yellow 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 Alabama 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 Alabama’s top five counties.

Jefferson County

Total LEP (LVW): 16,277

Language

Spanish

Chinese

French

Vietnamese

Hindi

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

11,399

963

543

536

467

2,369

% LEP LVW

70

6

3

3

3

15

 

Madison County

Total LEP (LVW): 8,655

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

5,134

589

570

434

236

1,692

% LEP LVW

59

7

7

5

3

19

 

Marshall County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,139

Language

Spanish

French Creole

African

Other

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

5,459

141

109

99

91

240

% LEP LVW

89

2

2

2

1

4

 

Mobile County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,762

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Arabic

MonKhmer

Cambodian

Laotian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

3,175

1,209

494

310

247

1,327

% LEP LVW

47

18

7

4

4

20

 

Shelby County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,410

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Gujarati

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

4,782

237

138

138

107

738

% LEP LVW

78

4

2

2

2

12

Each county in the State of Alabama 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 Alabama (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 Alabama.

State of Alabama

Total LEP (LVW): 102,538

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Vietnamese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

72,372

5,289

4,985

3,892

1,566

14,434

% LEP LVW

71

5

5

4

1

14