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2015 Pennsylvania 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 PA LEP Maps

PA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Allegheny County-Pale Orange Shading

Lancaster County-Pale Orange Shading

Lehigh County-Pale Orange Shading

Montgomery County-Pale Orange Shading

Philadelphia County-Dark 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania’s top five counties.

Allegheny County

Total LEP (LVW): 27,440

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Other Indic

Italian

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

5,209

4.316

2,255

1,907

1,809

11,944

% LEP LVW

19

16

8

7

7

43

 

Lancaster County

Total LEP (LVW): 28,520

Language

Spanish

Other West Germanic

Vietnamese

German

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

11,652

7,814

1,760

1,014

757

5,523

% LEP LVW

41

27

6

4

3

19

 

Lehigh County

Total LEP (LVW): 29,833

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Vietnamese

Chinese

German

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

21,179

2,127

1,083

1,056

361

4,027

% LEP LVW

71

7

4

4

1

13

 

Montgomery County

Total LEP (LVW): 34,279

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

Vietnamese

Italian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

9,726

5,327

4,003

2,014

1,348

11,861

% LEP LVW

28

15

12

6

4

35

 

Philadelphia County

Total LEP (LVW): 147,501

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Russian

MonKhmer_Cambodian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

60,905

21,230

10,248

8,441

4,846

41,831

% LEP LVW

41

15

7

6

3

28

Each county in the State of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania.

State of Pennsylvania

Total LEP (LVW): 492,286

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Other West Germanic

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

215,745

46,768

23,699

21,478

18,396

166,200

% LEP LVW

44

9

5

4

4

34