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2015 Michigan 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 MI LEP Maps

MI Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Kent County-Pale Orange Shading

Macomb County-Pale Orange Shading

Oakland County-Orange Shading

Washtenaw County-Pale Orange Shading

Wayne 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 Michigan 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 Michigan’s top five counties.

Kent County

Total LEP (LVW): 30,681

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Serbo_Croatian

Chinese

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

19,278

2,739

1,931

1,084

1,062

4,587

% LEP LVW

63

9

6

4

3

15

 

Macomb County

Total LEP (LVW): 47,603

Language

Arabic

Other

Other IndoEuropean

Spanish

Other Indic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

8,852

7,550

5,110

3,710

2,942

19,439

% LEP LVW

18

16

11

8

6

41

 

Oakland County

Total LEP (LVW): 53,807

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Other

Other IndoEuropean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

8,740

8,381

5,833

3,784

3,636

23,433

% LEP LVW

16

16

11

7

7

43

 

Washtenaw County

Total LEP (LVW): 15,072

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Korean

Japanese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

4,177

2,898

1,739

976

929

4,353

% LEP LVW

28

19

12

6

6

29

 

Wayne County

Total LEP (LVW): 81,694

Language

Arabic

Spanish

Other Indic

Chinese

Other IndoEuropean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

27,265

24,024

6,854

2,702

2,611

18,238

% LEP LVW

33

30

9

3

3

22

Each county in the State of Michigan 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 Michigan (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 Michigan.

State of Michigan

Total LEP (LVW): 307,351

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Other Indic

Other IndoEuropean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

93,583

50,892

22,504

14,252

12,790

113,330

% LEP LVW

30

17

7

5

4

37