I would only add that this data is provided at the county level -- great
information for planning!


on 8/2/05 9:13 AM, Donna Brian at djgbrian at utk.edu wrote:


> The Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor

> (DOL) has released a special tabulation of 2000 Census data on LEP

> populations as a resource for One-Stop Career Centers and their education

> and job training partners.

> 

> The data are broken out for 39 Census languages and are disaggregated by

> state and by local workforce investment areas within states (LWIAs).

> Census information for each state and LWIA is divided into three tables:

> ·       Table 1: Persons over age 5 who speak a language other than English

> at home (broken down by 39 census languages) contrasted with their

> self-reported level of English proficiency.

> ·       Table 2: Persons over age 18 who speak another language other than

> English at home contrasted with their self-reported level of English

> proficiency.

> ·       Table 3: Data on a foreign-born person's year of entry, level of

> educational attainment, employment status, occupational categories,

> household and median income, poverty status, and linguistic isolation

> contrasted with their self-reported level of English proficiency. This

> section includes data on LEP persons, as defined by the Census Bureau, as

> individuals who reported that they did not speak English "well" or "at all."

> 

> Every LWIA census file includes three references to make it easier to use:

> ·       An introduction page that describes each of the three tables and

> provides Excel tips.

> ·       A reference guide that shows samples of each table.

> ·       A glossary of terms used in the tables.

> 

> For more information and to access the data, visit DOL's Web site at:

> <http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/whatsnew/eta_default.cfm?id=1231>

> 

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