2023 Limited English Proficiency (LEP) for the DVRPC Region Public Use Microdata Areas

The 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. Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA), are geographies of at least 100,000 people that are nested within states or equivalent entities. States are able to delineate PUMAs within their borders, or use PUMA Criteria provided by the Census Bureau. Census tables used to gather data from the 2019- 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates ACS 2019-2023, Table B16001: 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. Spanish Russian Chinese Korean Vietnamese Source of PUMA boundaries: US Census Bureau. The TIGER/Line Files Please refer to U:\_OngoingProjects\LEP\ACS_5YR_B16001_PUMAs_metadata.xlsx for full attribute loop up and fields used in making the DVRPC LEP Map Series. Please contact Chris Pollard ([e-mail]) should you have any questions about this dataset.特拉华谷区域规划委员会（Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission，DVRPC）承诺在委员会的所有工作中恪守1964年《民权法案》及相关反歧视法规的原则与宗旨，涵盖出版物、产品、沟通、公众意见征询及决策流程等所有环节。英语能力有限（Limited English Proficiency，简称LEP）人群可能因语言壁垒无法获取服务、信息或参与公共规划流程。为更好地识别LEP人群，并全面评估委员会为提供有效无障碍获取服务所开展的工作，DVRPC编制了本《英语能力有限人群计划》。本数据集即为该计划后续地图制作所使用的基础数据。 公共使用微数据区域（Public Use Microdata Area，PUMA）是人口不少于10万人的地理单元，嵌套于各州或同等行政实体之内。各州可在其辖区内划定PUMA，或采用美国人口普查局提供的PUMA划分标准。本数据集所采用的普查数据源自2019-2023年美国社区调查（American Community Survey，ACS）5年估计值的B16001表：《5岁及以上人口在家使用语言与英语口语能力分布》。ACS数据基于抽样调查得出，存在抽样变异性。*英语能力有限（LEP）指英语口语能力未达到“非常好”水平的人群。DVRPC为本计划划定了以下语言群体：西班牙语、俄语、汉语、韩语、越南语。 PUMA边界数据来源：美国人口普查局TIGER/Line文件。完整属性字段及DVRPC LEP地图集制作所涉字段信息，请参阅路径U:\_OngoingProjectsLEPACS_5YR_B16001_PUMAs_metadata.xlsx。若对本数据集有任何疑问，请联系Chris Pollard（邮箱：[e-mail]）。