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

State or Territory

Iowa

Year

2012

Map Level

county

Population Count Type

number

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

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Description of IA LEP Maps

IA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Black Hawk County- Light Yellow Shading

Buena Vista County- Light Yellow Shading

Johnson County- Light Yellow Shading

Polk County- Pale Orange Shading

Woodbury County- Light Yellow 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 Iowa 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 Iowa’s top five counties.

Black Hawk County

Total LEP (LVW): 3,448

Language	Spanish	Serbo_ Croatian	Vietnamese	Chinese	Arabic	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	1,306	1,207	281	163	91	400
% LEP LVW	38	35	8	5	3	11

Buena Vista County

Total LEP (LVW): 3,506

Language	Spanish	Laotian	Hmong	Other Asian	Mon Khmer_Cambodian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	2,604	580	102	49	44	127
% LEP LVW	74	17	3	1	1	4

Johnson County

Total LEP (LVW): 5,822

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Korean	Arabic	German	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	2,047	1,105	673	525	214	1258
% LEP LVW	35	19	11	9	4	22

Polk County

Total LEP (LVW): 22,154

Language	Spanish	Vietnamese	Serbo_Croatian	African	Arabic	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	11,379	2,140	1,864	1,017	724	5,030
% LEP LVW	51	10	8	5	3	23

Woodbury County

Total LEP (LVW): 6,242

Language	Spanish	Vietnamese	African	Mon Khmer_Cambodian	Laotian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	4,570	1,186	114	67	66	239
% LEP LVW	73	19	2	1	1	4

Each county in the State of Iowa 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 Iowa (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 Iowa.

State of Iowa

Total LEP (LVW): 84,289

Language	Spanish	Vietnamese	Chinese	Serbo_Croatian	German	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	49,819	5,554	4,450	3,628	2,515	18,323
% LEP LVW	59	7	5	4	3	22

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