2012 New Jersey Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory

New Jersey

Year

2012

Map Level

county

Population Count Type

number

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2012 New Jersey Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County - PDF

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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 Orange Shading

Essex County-Dark Orange Shading

Hudson County-Dark Orange Shading

Middlesex County-Dark Orange Shading

Union 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): 124,667

Language	Spanish	Korean	Polish	Chinese	Italian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	44,586	25,964	8,393	6,075	5,162	34,487
% LEP LVW	36	21	7	5	4	27

Essex County

Total LEP (LVW): 106,895

Language	Spanish	Portuguese	French Creole	French	African	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	60,996	13,926	8,623	2,971	2,962	17,417
% LEP LVW	57	13	8	3	3	16

Hudson County

Total LEP (LVW): 151,862

Language	Spanish	Arabic	Chinese	Tagalog	Gujarati	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	106,484	5,895	4,768	4,597	3,951	26,167
% LEP LVW	70	4	3	3	3	17

Middlesex County

Total LEP (LVW): 125,122

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Gujarati	Other Indic	Other Asian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	55,895	10,864	10,170	6,584	6,416	35,193
% LEP LVW	45	9	8	5	5	28

Union County

Total LEP (LVW): 104,258

Language	Spanish	Portuguese	French Creole	Polish	Chinese	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	71,629	8,767	5,183	3,405	2,004	13,270
% LEP LVW	69	8	5	3	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): 1,022,845

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Korean	Portuguese	Polish	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	588,162	49,783	40,993	39,499	29,090	275,318
% LEP LVW	57	5	4	4	3	27

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