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2015 Massachusetts 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 MA LEP Maps

MA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Essex County-Orange Shading

Middlesex County-Dark Orange Shading

Norfolk County-Pale Orange Shading

Suffolk County-Dark Orange Shading

Worcester County-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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts’s top five counties.

Essex County

Total LEP (LVW): 72,965

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Mon Khmer_Cambodian

Russian

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

49,968

3,649

2,225

1,986

1,881

13,256

% LEP LVW

68

5

3

3

3

18

 

Middlesex County

Total LEP (LVW): 136,325

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

French Creole

MonKhmer Cambodian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

31,458

22,640

20,320

7,212

7,046

47,649

% LEP LVW

23

17

15

5

5

35

 

Norfolk County

Total LEP (LVW): 46,281

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Portuguese

Vietnamese

French Creole

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

17,360

4,329

3,575

3,473

2,750

14,794

% LEP LVW

38

9

8

7

6

32

 

Suffolk County

Total LEP (LVW): 132,043

Language

Spanish

Chinese

French Creole

Vietnamese

Portuguese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

65,699

14,948

12,899

8,672

6,341

23,484

% LEP LVW

50

11

10

6

5

18

 

Worcester County

Total LEP (LVW): 56,750

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Portuguese

Chinese

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

24,556

4,686

4,613

3,431

3,129

16,335

% LEP LVW

43

8

8

6

6

29

Each county in the State of Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts.

State of Massachusetts

Total LEP (LVW): 565,818

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

French Creole

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

222,343

78,067

62,626

31,741

25,169

145,872

% LEP LVW

39

14

11

6

4

26