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2015 Iowa 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 IA LEP Maps

IA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Johnson County-Light Yellow Shading

Marshall County-Light Yellow Shading

Polk County-Pale Orange Shading

Story County-Light Yellow Shading

Woodbury 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 Iowa 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 Iowa’s top five counties.

Johnson County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,759

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Korean

Arabic

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

2,016

1,872

601

460

338

1,472

% LEP LVW

30

27

9

7

5

22

 

Marshall County

Total LEP (LVW): 4,134

Language

Spanish

Other Asian

Chinese

Thai

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

3,349

343

199

122

61

60

% LEP LVW

81

8

5

3

2

1

 

Polk County

Total LEP (LVW): 23,481

Language

Spanish

Serbo_Croatian

Other Asian

African

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

11,700

2,048

1,662

1,624

1,442

5,365

% LEP LVW

49

9

7

7

6

22

 

Story County

Total LEP (LVW): 3,668

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Korean

Other Pacific Island

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,875

542

307

211

202

531

% LEP LVW

51

15

8

6

6

14

 

Woodbury County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,694

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

African

Laotian

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

4,815

1,014

245

163

127

330

% LEP LVW

72

15

4

2

2

5

Each county in the State of Iowa 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 Iowa (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 Iowa.

State of Iowa

Total LEP (LVW): 90,255

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Serbo_Croatian

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

49,892

6,962

4,700

3,446

3,057

22,198

% LEP LVW

55

8

5

4

3

25