2012 Pennsylvania Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory

Pennsylvania

Year

2012

Map Level

county

Population Count Type

number

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2012 Pennsylvania Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County - PDF

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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:

Berks 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.

Berks County

Total LEP (LVW): 25,654

Language	Spanish	Vietnamese	Other West Germanic	Chinese	Other IndoEuropean	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	20,211	775	623	487	481	3,077
% LEP LVW	79	3	2	2	2	12

Lancaster County

Total LEP (LVW): 27,866

Language	Spanish	Other West Germanic	Vietnamese	German	Chinese	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	11,565	7,347	1,810	1,530	883	4,731
% LEP LVW	42	26	7	5	3	17

Lehigh County

Total LEP (LVW): 28,156

Language	Spanish	Arabic	Chinese	Vietnamese	German	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	19,680	2,328	1,114	914	375	3,745
% LEP LVW	70	8	4	3	2	13

Montgomery County

Total LEP (LVW): 35,136

Language	Spanish	Korean	Chinese	Vietnamese	Gujarati	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	10,906	6,167	3,890	1,979	1,565	10,629
% LEP LVW	31	18	11	6	4	30

Philadelphia County

Total LEP (LVW): 135,903

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Vietnamese	Russian	MonKhmer_Cambodian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	55,229	16,836	9,751	7,779	4,593	41,715
% LEP LVW	41	12	7	6	3	31

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): 463,145

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Vietnamese	Other West Germanic	Russian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	201,926	38,820	23,047	19,725	17,424	162,203
% LEP LVW	44	8	5	4	4	35

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