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Limited English Proficiency by Language Spoken at Home, New Jersey, 2023

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Language Spoken at HomeSpanishChinesePortugueseKoreanGujaratiHaitianArabicTagalogPolishRussianItalian0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%70.0%Estimated Percentage with Limited English ProficiencyLimited English Proficiency by Language Spoken at Home, New Jersey, 2023
Language Spoken at HomeEstimated Percentage with Limited English Proficiency90% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit90% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitEstimated Count
Spanish248.2%47.1%49.3%731,151
Chinese341.3%37.7%45.0%53,425
Portuguese446.5%40.7%52.3%45,647
Korean555.1%48.6%61.5%41,452
Gujarati635.0%30.6%39.3%31,300
Haitian742.6%34.1%51.1%28,036
Arabic832.4%27.0%37.8%25,922
Tagalog926.2%22.7%29.6%21,831
Polish1035.8%29.8%41.8%20,576
Russian1136.8%30.8%42.8%17,265
Italian1234.4%29.3%39.5%16,696

Why Is This Important?

Having limited English proficiency can be a barrier to accessing health care services and understanding health information. Institutional barriers such as a lack of well-trained interpreters and culturally competent health care providers adversely affect the health of individuals with limited English proficiency. Quality of care is lowered when patients do not understand their health care providers, when patients and providers do not speak the same language, and when a provider's approach is not linguistically competent. Trained interpreters and bilingual health care providers improve patient satisfaction, quality of care, and health outcomes for individuals with limited English proficiency. 1

Definition

Estimated percentage of persons over age 5 who speak English less than "very well"

Data Notes

Languages shown are those with more than 15,000 speakers who speak English less than "very well."

Data Source

American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau
(https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Estimated number of persons over age 5 who speak a given language other than English at home and who speak English less than "very well."

  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons over age 5 who speak a given language other than English at home

Data Issues

The U.S. Census Bureau did not release its standard 1-year estimates from the 2020 American Community Survey because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection.

Related Health Objectives and Indicators


Environmental Public Health Tracking Indicator PV-52

Description: Demographics: socioeconomic status, age, sex, race/ethnicity, English language proficiency, medical issues and disability
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages?selectedContentAreaAbbreviation=13&selectedIndicatorId=52


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Health Topic Pages Related to: Limited English Proficiency

Indicator Data Last Updated On 10/17/2024, Published on 10/18/2024
NJ State Health Assessment Data, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 (https://nj.gov/health/shad)