The Department of Labor has sponsored a special tabulation of Census data on Limited English proficient (LEP) populations as a resource for One Stop Career Centers and other providers of employment and training services. Information is broken out for 39 Census languages and language clusters, and the tabulations are designed to match the service areas of states and local Workforce Investment Areas.

Table 1: Total Population, and Table 2: Adults show the number of people who speak a language other than English at home, along with a self-reported measure of how well they speak English. Table 1 includes the entire population age 5 and above, while Table 2 is limited to the population age 18 and above.

Table 3: Characteristics is a socio-economic profile of the population that reports speaking English "not very well" or "not at all" with their employment status, occupation, income, earnings and other labor market characteristics. These tables are different from any of the Census Public Use Tables, and have not been published before.

Output for each area comes in an Excel workbook containing six pages. In addition to the three tables, the workforce community will also find:

An Introduction page, with detailed descriptions of the tables, their source data, Excel tips and other background information;

A Quick Reference Guide showing a sample of each table, with notes to help in interpreting the results, and

A Glossary with definitions of all important terms used in the tables.

• Special Tabulation of LEP Information from Census 2000
  
• View or Download LEP Data for Specified Area
  
• Census Technical Documentation
  

Created: March 27, 2004

Updated: January 26, 2010