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2015 Maine 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 ME LEP Maps

ME Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Androscoggin County-Light Yellow Shading

Aroostook County-Light Yellow Shading

Cumberland County-Light Yellow Shading

Kennebec County-Light Yellow Shading

York 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 Maine 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 Maine’s top five counties.

Androscoggin County

Total LEP (LVW): 2,747

Language

French

African

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,672

256

253

187

113

266

% LEP LVW

61

9

9

7

4

10

 

Aroostook County

Total LEP (LVW): 2,414

Language

French

Spanish

Other West Germanic

Chinese

Other Native N American

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

2,019

131

69

45

34

116

% LEP LVW

84

5

3

2

1

5

 

Cumberland County

Total LEP (LVW): 7,419

Language

African

French

Spanish

Arabic

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,404

1,331

1,000

715

537

2,432

% LEP LVW

19

18

13

10

7

33

 

Kennebec County

Total LEP (LVW): 1,477

Language

French

Chinese

Spanish

Arabic

German

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

716

245

113

107

58

238

% LEP LVW

48

17

8

7

4

16

 

York County

Total LEP (LVW): 2,632

Language

French

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,108

237

226

181

153

727

% LEP LVW

42

9

8

7

6

28

Each county in the State of Maine 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 Maine (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 Maine.

State of Maine

Total LEP (LVW): 20,966

Language

French

Spanish

African

Chinese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

8,156

2,550

1,716

1,525

1,110

5,909

% LEP LVW

39

12

8

7

6

28