Commonwealth of Virginia Number of % State Population % of LEP Language LEP Speaking Population Individuals Language Speaking Language 216,714 Spanish or Spanish Creole 2.80% 49.72% 30,242 0.39% 6.94% Korean 27,189 Vietnamese 0.35% 6.24% 25,180 Chinese 0.33% 5.78% 16,848 African languages 0.22% 3.87% 15,056 Arabic 0.19% 3.45% 13,163 Tagalog 0.17% 3.02% 12,339 Other Indic languages 0.16% 2.83% 10,285 Persian 0.13% 2.36% 9,377 Other Asian languages 0.12% 2.15% 8,590 Urdu 0.11% 1.97% 6,612 French 0.09% 1.52% 5,346 Russian 0.07% 1.23% 4,390 Hindi 0.06% 1.01% 3,627 Other Indo-European languages 0.05% 0.83% 3,625 German 0.05% 0.83% 3,551 Thai 0.05% 0.81% 3,424 Japanese 0.04% 0.79% 2,921 Gujarati 0.04% 0.67% 2,706 Mon-Khmer 0.03% 0.62% 2,220 Portuguese or Portuguese Creole 0.03% 0.51% 1,591 Italian 0.02% 0.37% 1,567 Other Pacific Island languages 0.02% 0.36% 1,516 Serbo-Croatian 0.02% 0.35% 1,455 Greek 0.02% 0.33% 1,421 Other Slavic languages 0.02% 0.33% 1,289 French Creole 0.02% 0.30% 792 Laotian 0.01% 0.18% 498 Other and unspecified languages 0.01% 0.11% 476 Other West Germanic languages 0.01% 0.11% 373 Polish 0.00% 0.09% 348 Armenian 0.00% 0.08% 316 Hebrew 0.00% 0.07% 301 Hungarian 0.00% 0.07% 276 Scandinavian languages 0.00% 0.06% Other Native North American 189 languages 0.00% 0.04%
Commonwealth of Virginia Language Number of LEP Individuals % State Population Speaking Language % of LEP Population Speaking Language Spanish or Spanish Creole 216,714 2.80% 49.72% Korean 30,242 0.39% 6.94% Vietnamese 27,189 0.35% 6.24% Chinese 25,180 0.33% 5.78% African languages 16,848 0.22% 3.87% Arabic 15,056 0.19% 3.45% Tagalog 13,163 0.17% 3.02% Other Indic languages 12,339 0.16% 2.83% Persian 10,285 0.13% 2.36% Other Asian languages 9,377 0.12% 2.15% Urdu 8,590 0.11% 1.97% French 6,612 0.09% 1.52% Russian 5,346 0.07% 1.23% Hindi 4,390 0.06% 1.01% Other Indo-European languages 3,627 0.05% 0.83% German 3,625 0.05% 0.83% Thai 3,551 0.05% 0.81% Japanese 3,424 0.04% 0.79% Gujarati 2,921 0.04% 0.67% Mon-Khmer 2,706 0.03% 0.62% Portuguese or Portuguese Creole 2,220 0.03% 0.51% Italian 1,591 0.02% 0.37% Other Pacific Island languages 1,567 0.02% 0.36% Serbo-Croatian 1,516 0.02% 0.35% Greek 1,455 0.02% 0.33% Other Slavic languages 1,421 0.02% 0.33% French Creole 1,289 0.02% 0.30% Laotian 792 0.01% 0.18% Other and unspecified languages 498 0.01% 0.11% Other West Germanic languages 476 0.01% 0.11% Polish 373 0.00% 0.09% Armenian 348 0.00% 0.08% Hebrew 316 0.00% 0.07% Hungarian 301 0.00% 0.07% Scandinavian languages 276 0.00% 0.06% Other Native North American languages 189 0.00% 0.04%
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