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2015 Minnesota 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 MN LEP Maps

MN Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Anoka County-Pale Orange Shading

Dakota County-Pale Orange Shading

Hennepin County-Orange Shading

Olmsted County-Light Yellow Shading

Ramsey 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota’s top five counties.

Anoka County

Total LEP (LVW): 12,746

Language

Spanish

African

Hmong

Vietnamese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

3,927

1,579

1,158

1,146

778

4,158

% LEP LVW

31

12

9

9

6

33

 

Dakota County

Total LEP (LVW): 17,318

Language

Spanish

African

Vietnamese

Russian

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

8,080

2,020

1,680

1,058

1,057

3,423

% LEP LVW

47

11

10

6

6

20

 

Hennepin County

Total LEP (LVW): 83,925

Language

Spanish

African

Hmong

Vietnamese

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

31,674

16,606

7,200

5,446

4,187

18,812

% LEP LVW

38

20

9

6

5

22

 

Olmsted County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,869

Language

Spanish

African

Vietnamese

Chinese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,841

1,402

710

653

564

1,699

% LEP LVW

27

20

10

10

8

25

 

Ramsey County

Total LEP (LVW): 49,082

Language

Hmong

Spanish

Other Asian

African

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

14,780

11,698

6,911

6,266

2,134

7,293

% LEP LVW

30

24

14

13

4

15

Each county in the State of Minnesota 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 Minnesota (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 Minnesota.

State of Minnesota

Total LEP (LVW): 224,803

Language

Spanish

African

Hmong

Vietnamese

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

83,771

33,133

25,470

13,982

10,825

57,622

% LEP LVW

37

15

11

6

5

26