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2013 Massachusetts 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 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

Hampden County-Pale Orange Shading

Middlesex County-Dark 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): 69,566

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

MonKhmer_

Cambodian

Russian

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

46,507

4,090

2,196

2,095

2,085

12,593

% LEP LVW

67

6

3

3

3

18

 

Hampden County

Total LEP (LVW): 44,847

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Russian

Polish

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

27,900

2,743

2,312

1,741

1,417

8,734

% LEP LVW

62

6

5

4

3

20

 

Middlesex County

Total LEP (LVW): 133,790

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

MonKhmer_

Cambodian

French Creole

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

30,153

24,402

19,706

6,427

6,279

46,823

% LEP LVW

22

18

15

5

5

35

 

Suffolk County

Total LEP (LVW): 127,628

Language

Spanish

Chinese

French Creole

Vietnamese

Portuguese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

64,907

13,817

11,787

8,596

6,143

22,378

% LEP LVW

51

11

9

7

5

17

 

Worcester County

Total LEP (LVW): 55,726

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Vietnamese

African

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

25,019

5,218

3,978

3,075

2,756

15,680

% LEP LVW

45

9

7

6

5

28

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): 553,602

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

French Creole

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

215,660

84,755

56,534

28,704

24,741

143,208

% LEP LVW

39

15

10

5

5

26