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2014 Michigan 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 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): 29,916

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Serbo_Croatian

Other Indic

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

19,148

3,002

1,852

943

839

4,132

% LEP LVW

64

10

6

3

3

14

 

Macomb County

Total LEP (LVW): 46,502

Language

Arabic

Other

Other IndoEuropean

Spanish

Italian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

8,645

7,434

5,069

3,574

2,886

18,894

% LEP LVW

18

16

11

8

6

41

 

Oakland County

Total LEP (LVW): 52,684

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Other

Other IndoEuropean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

9,150

8,138

5,068

3,879

3,255

23,194

% LEP LVW

17

16

10

7

6

44

 

Washtenaw County

Total LEP (LVW): 13,980

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Korean

Arabic

Japanese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

3,502

2,656

1,664

1,005

959

4,194

% LEP LVW

25

19

12

7

7

30

 

Wayne County

Total LEP (LVW): 79,888

Language

Arabic

Spanish

Other Indic

Other IndoEuropean

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

27,032

23,377

6,188

2,917

2,535

17,839

% LEP LVW

34

29

8

4

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): 302,277

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Other IndoEuropean

Other

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

93,487

50,019

20,265

12,612

12,480

113,414

% LEP LVW

31

17

7

4

4

37