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<br />ESTIMATED
<br />POPULATION
<br />PERCENT OF
<br />POPULATION
<br />LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS:
<br />GENERAL POPULATION
<br />84,950 100% Total population 5 years and over
<br />79,786 94.2% Residents who speak English only at home
<br />39,433 49.3% Residents who speak a language other than English
<br />37,034 50.7% Residents who speak English less than “very well” ESTIMATED
<br />POPULATION
<br />PERCENT OF
<br />POPULATION
<br />LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS:
<br /> LEP POPULATION 2
<br />11,490 14.4% Spanish-speaking residents who speak English less than “very well”
<br />9,980 12.4% Asian and Pacific Islanders who speak English less than “very well”
<br /> 788 0.98% Other Indo-Europeans who speak English less than “very well”
<br />0 0% Others who speak English less than “very well”
<br />22,186 27.7% TOTAL LEP POPULATION
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<br />Source: US Census Bureau 2011 American Community Survey.
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<br />According to the above Census data, Spanish and Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI) persons who
<br />speak English less than “very well” each constitute over 5% of the City's population and equal
<br />more than 50 persons, a HUD threshold requiring translated documents. Although other Indo-
<br />Europeans and others who speak English less than “very well” constitute less than 5%, their
<br />numbers exceed 1,000, another HUD threshold for translated documents.
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<br />Unfortunately, Census data about the above populations does not provide detailed information
<br />about the types of A/PI, Indo Europeans or others who speak English less than “very well".
<br />Since the Census data treats LEP Asian, Indo European, and other language speakers as
<br />monolithic groups, this data should not be used to determine the groups eligible to receive
<br />translation services. Due to the incomplete and unspecific LEP data, Census information about
<br />the types of LEP A/PI, Indo European, and other speakers, the City will need to collect more data
<br />in the future to determine which specific A/PI, Indo European, and other speakers should receive
<br />appropriate language services, as well as use our data from the type of employee language
<br />interpreters who are needed.
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<br />It is clear, however, that Spanish speakers who speak English less than “very well" are eligible to
<br />be served or likely to be served. Because the City’s Spanish LEP population meets HUD’s
<br />thresholds for recommended provisions of written language assistance (i.e., more than 5% of the
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<br />2 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey Report, Language Use in the United States: 2007
<br /> Four Major Language Groups
<br />Spanish includes Spanish, Spanish Creole, and Latino.
<br />Other Indo-European languages include most languages of Europe and the Indic languages of India. These include the
<br />Germanic languages, such as German, Yiddish, and Dutch; the Scandinavian languages, such as Swedish and Norwegian; the
<br />Romance languages, such as French, Italian, and Portuguese; the Slavic languages, such as Russian, Polish, and Serbo -Croatian;
<br />the Indic languages, such as Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Urdu; Celtic languages; Greek; Baltic languages; and Iranian
<br />languages.
<br />Asian and Pacific Island languages include Chinese; Korean; Japanese; Vietnamese; Hmong; Khmer; Lao; Thai; Tagalog or
<br />Pilipino; the Dravidian languages of India, such as Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam; and other languages of Asia and the Pacific,
<br />including the Philippine, Polynesian, and Micronesian languages.
<br />All Other languages include Uralic languages, such as Hungarian; the Semitic languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew; languages
<br />of Africa; native North American languages, including the American Indian and Alaska native languages; and indigenous
<br />languages of Central and South America.
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