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2015 South Carolina 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 SC LEP Maps

SC Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Charleston County-Light Yellow Shading

Greenville County-Pale Orange Shading

Horry County-Light Yellow Shading

Richland County-Pale Orange Shading

Spartanburg 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina’s top five counties.

Charleston County

Total LEP (LVW): 8,402

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

5,902

777

322

198

180

1,023

% LEP LVW

70

9

4

3

2

12

 

Greenville County

Total LEP (LVW): 21,443

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Japanese

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

16,321

852

732

419

397

2,722

% LEP LVW

76

4

3

2

2

13

 

Horry County

Total LEP (LVW): 9,498

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Portuguese

French

Other IndoEuropean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

6,475

701

522

266

264

1,270

% LEP LVW

68

7

6

3

3

13

 

Richland County

Total LEP (LVW): 11,530

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

Other Asian

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

5,608

1,101

893

440

432

3,056

% LEP LVW

49

9

8

4

4

26

 

Spartanburg County

Total LEP (LVW): 11,845

Language

Spanish

Russian

Other Slavic

Laotian

MonKhmer-Cambodian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

7,072

1,001

993

357

327

2,095

% LEP LVW

60

8

8

3

3

18

Each county in the State of South Carolina 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 South Carolina (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 South Carolina.

State of South Carolina

Total LEP (LVW): 126,584

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

89,487

5,550

3,946

2,483

2,199

22,919

% LEP LVW

71

4

3

2

2

18