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2013 New Jersey Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2013
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Text Version
Description of NJ LEP Maps

NJ Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Bergen County-Dark-Dark Orange Shading

Essex County-Dark Orange Shading

Hudson County-Dark Orange Shading

Middlesex County-Dark Orange Shading

Passaic County-Dark 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey’s top five counties.

Bergen County

Total LEP (LVW): 125,402

Language

Spanish

Korean

Polish

Chinese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

44,727

24,757

8,270

5,944

4,966

36,738

% LEP LVW

36

20

6

5

4

29

 

Essex County

Total LEP (LVW): 106,007

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

French Creole

Chinese

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

61,342

13,711

8,277

2,893

2,752

17,032

% LEP LVW

58

13

8

3

2

16

 

Hudson County

Total LEP (LVW): 155,455

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Chinese

Tagalog

Gujarati

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

109,444

6,140

4,922

4,397

4,042

26,168

% LEP LVW

70

4

3

3

3

17

 

Middlesex County

Total LEP (LVW): 128,120

Language

Spanish

Gujarati

Chinese

Other Asian

Other Indic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

57,548

11,461

10,940

6,956

5,702

35,513

% LEP LVW

45

9

9

5

4

28

 

Passaic County

Total LEP (LVW): 103,479

Language

Spanish

Arabic

Polish

Gujarati

Italian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

78,286

4,043

3,034

2,302

2,249

13,565

% LEP LVW

76

4

3

2

2

13

Each county in the State of New Jersey 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 New Jersey (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 New Jersey.

State of New Jersey

Total LEP (LVW): 1,026,943

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Portuguese

Gujarati

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

593,496

50,560

39,333

39,213

30,279

274,062

% LEP LVW

58

5

4

4

3

26