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2014 South Carolina 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 SC LEP Maps

SC Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Beaufort County-Light Yellow Shading

Greenville County-Pale Orange Shading

Horry County-Light Yellow Shading

Richland County-Pale Orange Shading

Spartanburg County-Pale 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina’s top five counties.

Beaufort County

Total LEP (LVW): 9,288

Language

Spanish

Chinese

French

Vietnamese

Portuguese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

8,210

159

147

135

86

551

% LEP LVW

88

2

2

1

1

6

 

Greenville County

Total LEP (LVW): 20,752

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

15,709

774

638

448

432

2,751

% LEP LVW

76

4

3

2

2

13

 

Horry County

Total LEP (LVW): 9,991

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Portuguese

Other IndoEuropean

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

7,173

538

500

347

220

1,213

% LEP LVW

72

5

5

4

2

12

 

Richland County

Total LEP (LVW): 11,295

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

Vietnamese

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

5,906

1,002

991

426

385

2,585

% LEP LVW

52

9

9

4

3

23

 

Spartanburg County

Total LEP (LVW): 12,002

Language

Spanish

Russian

Other Slavic

MonKhmer_Cambodian

Laotian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

7,429

874

867

369

329

2,134

% LEP LVW

62

7

7

3

3

18

Each county in the State of South Carolina 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 South Carolina (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 South Carolina.

State of South Carolina

Total LEP (LVW): 127,613

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

91,878

5,355

3,766

2,446

2,187

21,981

% LEP LVW

72

4

3

2

2

17