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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

LegendU.S. State BoundariesOther CountriesWater Bodies

Age 5+ LEP Less Than Very Well (2012)<=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 OGulf of Mexico

Atlantic Ocean

Data Source:2008-2012 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 Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Bering Sea

C A N A D A

Pacific Ocean

MI

MI

Spanish87%

Vietnamese3%

Chinese2%

Korean1%

Other Asian1%

Other6%

Spanish81%

Navajo4%

Chinese2%

Vietnamese2%

Arabic1%

Other10%

Spanish57%

Chinese5%

Korean4%

Portuguese4%

Polish3%

Other27%

New Jersey

WA

NV

AZ

NM

IL

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)=2,439,417

All Other Languages

27%

Spanish57%

Total LEP (LVW)=1,022,845

Total LEP (LVW)=2,095,813

All OtherLanguages

6%

Spanish87%

Total LEP (LVW)=3,346,914

Total LEP (LVW)=1,140,966

Total LEP (LVW)=497,883

Total LEP (LVW)=321,025

Total LEP (LVW)=6,805,770

Total LEP (LVW)=593,745

Spanish81%

All OtherLanguages

10%

New York

Spanish47%

Chinese8%

Vietnamese7%

Korean6%

Russian5%

All Other Languages

27%

Tagalog7%

Chinese5%

Korean2%

African1%

All Other Languages

11%

Spanish74%

Spanish47%

Chinese8%

Vietnamese5%

Tagalog4%

Korean3% All Other

Languages13%

Spanish67%

Spanish76%

French Creole8%

Vietnamese2%

Portuguese2%

French1%

All Other Languages

11%

Spanish76%

Polish8%

Chinese4%

Korean2%

Tagalog2%

All Other Languages

21%

Spanish63%

Spanish50%

Chinese14%

Russian5%

Other Indic3%

Italian3%

All Other Languages

25%

Spanish50%

Portuguese6%

Polish6%

Chinese4%

Italian4%

All Other Languages

25%

Total LEP (LVW)=276,120

Connecticut

Spanish55%

Total LEP (LVW)=547,260

Massachusetts

Spanish39%

Portuguese15%

Chinese10%French Creole

5%

Vietnamese5%

All Other Languages

26% Spanish39%

Spanish84%

Navajo7%

Other Native N American 2%

Chinese2%

Vietnamese 1% All Other Languages

4%

Total LEP (LVW)=180,275

Spanish84%

Total LEP (LVW)=88,086

Rhode Island

Portuguese15%

Chinese4%

French Creole3%

French2%

All Other Languages

18%

Spanish58%

Caribbean Sea

Total LEP (LVW)=2,816,128

All OtherLanguages

.02%

Arabic.01%

Chinese.03%

French.01%

Portuguese.01%

Spanish99.9%

Total LEP (LVW)=156,676

Other Pacific Island34%

Tagalog19%

Japanese13%

Chinese13%

Korean8%

All Other Languages

13%Other Pacific

Island34%