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WY
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MN
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WA
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LA
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Percent of Persons 5 Years and Over Who Speak a LanguageOther Than English at Home and Speak English Less Than "Very Well"®
0 125 250 375 500Miles
LegendOther CountriesU.S. State BoundariesWater Bodies
Age 5+ LEP Less Than Very Well (2015)<=1%>1% AND <=4%>4% AND <=7%>7% AND <=10%>10% AND <=14%>14% AND <=20%>20%
C A N A D AC A N A D A
M E X I C OM E X I C O
Gulf of MexicoAtlantic Ocean
Data Source:2011-2015 5-Year American Community Survey (ACS) Data.The estimates from the ACS are based on a sample surveyand hence are subject to a sampling error.0 180 360 540 720
Miles 0 30 60 90 120Miles
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Pacific Ocean
Bering Sea
C A N A D A
MI
MI
WA
NV
NM
AK
HI
PR
LANGUAGE ABBREVIATIONS:FrenchPatCaj = French (includes Patois and Cajun)Other Native NA = Other Native North American
Pie Charts represent top fifteen states with thehighest LEP and the LEP languages spokenSizes are not relative to Population
Prepared by:U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights DivisionWashington D.C. 20530
Total LEP (LVW)=2,491,216
Total LEP (LVW)=1,028,981
Total LEP (LVW)=318,830
Total LEP (LVW)=83,228
Caribbean Sea
Total LEP (LVW)=281,646
Total LEP (LVW)=565,818
Total LEP (LVW)=181,430
Total LEP (LVW)=2,727,776
Spanish100%
Total LEP (LVW)=500,999
Total LEP (LVW)=6,766,073
C A N A D A
Total LEP (LVW)=570,144
Total LEP (LVW)=3,486,872
AZ Spanish84%
Navajo6%
Other Native N American
3%
Vietnamese1%
Chinese1%
All Other Languages
5%
New Mexico
Total LEP (LVW)=2,167,671
Total LEP (LVW)=163,995
ILTotal LEP (LVW)=1,109,874
Spanish55%
Portuguese6%
Polish5%
Chinese5%
Italian3%
All Other Languages
26%
Connecticut
Spanish50%
Chinese15%Russian
5%
Other Indic3%
French Creole
3%
All Other Languages
24%
New York
Spanish58%Portuguese
14%
Chinese5%French
Creole3%
MonKhmer-Cambodian
3% All Other Languages
17%
Rhode Island
Spanish58%
Chinese5%
Korean4%
Portuguese3%
Gujarati3%
All Other Languages
27%
New Jersey
Pacific OceanPacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Spanish86%
Vietnamese3%
Chinese2%
Other Asian1%
Korean1%
All Other Languages
7%
Texas
Other Pacific Island34%
Tagalog19%
Japanese13%
Chinese13%
Korean8%
All Other Languages
13%
Spanish61%
Polish8%
Chinese5%
Korean2%
Tagalog2%
All Other Languages
22%
Illinois
Spanish77%
French Creole
8%
Chinese2%
Vietnamese2%
Portuguese1%
All Other Languages
10% Florida
Spanish39%
Portuguese14%
Chinese11%
French Creole
6%
Vietnamese4%
All Other Languages
26%
Massachusetts
Spanish72%
Tagalog7%
Chinese5%
Korean2%
African2%
All Other Languages
12% Nevada
Spanish79%
Navajo4%
Chinese3%
Vietnamese2%
Arabic1%
All Other Languages
11%Arizona
Spanish46%
Chinese9%
Vietnamese7%
Korean5%
Russian5%
All Other Languages
28%
WWashington
Spanish66%Chinese
9%
Vietnamese5%
Tagalog4%
Korean3% All Other
Languages13%
California