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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