Limited English Proficiency by Census Tract () [Pennsylvania] {2020} Full Details

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Title:

Limited English Proficiency by Census Tract () [Pennsylvania] {2020}

Description:

Please refer to U:\_OngoingProjects\LEP\ACS_5YR_C16001_LEP_metadata.xlsx for full attribute loop up and fields used in making the DVRPC LEP Map Series.Please contact Jared Dobkin (jdobkin@dvrpc.org) should you have any questions about this dataset.Methodology to generate this dataset can be found onGithubThe Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is committed to upholding the principles and intentions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and related nondiscrimination statutes in all of the Commission's work, including publications, products, communications, public input, and decision-making processes. Language barriers may prohibit people who are Limited in English Proficiency (also known as LEP persons) from obtaining services, information, or participating in public planning processes. To better identify LEP populations and thoroughly evaluate the Commission's efforts to provide meaningful access, DVRPC has produced this Limited-English Proficiency Plan. This is the data that was used to make the maps for the upcoming plan.Census tables used to gather data from the 2016 - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesACS 2016-2020, Table C16001: Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over. ACS data are derived from a survey and are subject to sampling variablity.*Limited English Proficiency (LEP) refers to those persons that speak English less than "very well". DVRPC has mapped the below Language Groups for our Plan.SpanishRussianChineseKoreanVietnameseSource of tract boundaries: US Census Bureau. The TIGER/Line Files

Creator:

DVRPC-GIS

Provider:

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Resource Type:

Vector data

Temporal Coverage:

2020

Date Issued:

2022-11-07

Place:

Pennsylvania

Rights:

This data is made available for planning purposes only by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) as a public service and is provided AS IS for you to use at your own risk. DVRPC makes no representation of warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, with respect to this information. Please credit DVRPC as the source when using this data.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-03-08