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2015 Florida 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 FL LEP Maps

FL Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Broward County-Brown Shading

Hillsborough County-Dark Orange Shading

Miami-Dade County-Dark Brown Shading

Orange County-Dark Orange Shading

Palm Beach 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 Florida 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 Florida’s top five counties.

Broward County

Total LEP (LVW): 265,326

Language

Spanish

French Creole

Portuguese

French

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

163,692

46,880

9,540

9,454

6,072

29,688

% LEP LVW

62

18

4

3

2

11

 

Hillsborough County

Total LEP (LVW): 119,833

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

French Creole

Arabic

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

96,961

4,178

2,440

2,148

2,078

11,992

% LEP LVW

81

3

2

2

2

10

 

Miami-Dade County

Total LEP (LVW): 856,594

Language

Spanish

French Creole

Chinese

Portuguese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

771,571

52,651

5,099

4,547

4,189

18,537

% LEP LVW

90

6

1

1

0

2

 

Orange County

Total LEP (LVW): 145,897

Language

Spanish

French Creole

Vietnamese

Portuguese

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

102,202

14,324

5,521

4,222

3,590

16,038

% LEP LVW

70

10

4

3

2

11

 

Palm Beach County

Total LEP (LVW): 167,531

Language

Spanish

French Creole

Portuguese

French

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

104,839

33,077

4,794

3,185

3,177

18,459

% LEP LVW

62

20

3

2

2

11

Each county in the State of Florida 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 Florida (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 Florida.

State of Florida

Total LEP (LVW): 2,167,671

Language

Spanish

French Creole

Chinese

Vietnamese

Portuguese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,665,389

176,888

34,922

34,670

32,400

223,402

% LEP LVW

77

8

2

2

1

10