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2014 Massachusetts Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2014
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Text Version
Description of MA LEP Maps

MA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Essex County-Orange Shading

Middlesex County-Dark Orange Shading

Norfolk County-Pale Orange Shading

Suffolk County-Dark Orange Shading

Worcester County-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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts’s top five counties.

Essex County

Total LEP (LVW): 71,324

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Mon Khmer_Cambodian

Russian

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

48,333

3,791

2,278

1,997

1,890

13,035

% LEP LVW

68

5

3

3

3

18

 

Middlesex County

Total LEP (LVW): 135,575

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

Mon Khmer_Cambodian

French Creole

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

31,356

23,326

20,368

7,060

6,666

46,799

% LEP LVW

23

17

15

5

5

35

 

Norfolk County

Total LEP (LVW): 45,357

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Portuguese

Vietnamese

French Creole

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

16,138

4,024

3,887

3,653

2,916

14,739

% LEP LVW

36

9

9

8

6

32

 

Suffolk County

Total LEP (LVW): 130,329

Language

Spanish

Chinese

French Creole

Vietnamese

Portuguese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

64,714

14,212

12,826

8,622

6,388

23,567

% LEP LVW

50

11

10

6

5

18

 

Worcester County

Total LEP (LVW): 55,781

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Vietnamese

Chinese

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

24,539

4,969

4,299

3,206

2,947

15,821

% LEP LVW

44

9

8

6

5

28

Each county in the State of Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts.

State of Massachusetts

Total LEP (LVW): 560,925

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

French Creole

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

219,004

81,920

59,573

30,607

24,785

145,036

% LEP LVW

39

15

11

5

4

26