Attachment 4
Language Proficiency in the City of Burbank
Languages Spoken and English
Proficiency
Population Age 5
and Older
Percent of
Population Age 5
and Over
All languages 98,301 100.00%
English only 52,023 52.92%
Language other than English 46,278 47.08%
Speak English “less than very well:” 17,473 17.77%
Spanish 19,401 19.74%
Speak English “less than very well:” 6,728 6.84%
Armenian 11,939 12.15%
Speak English “less than very well:” 5,805 5.91%
*Arabic 1,827 1.86%
Speak English “less than very well:” 857 0.87%
*Korean 1,500 1.53%
Speak English “less than very well:” 784 0.80%
Languages spoken by persons at home by ability to speak English for populations 5 years and over.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2015 American Community Survey, Table B16001 by census tract for the City of Burbank (2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates). 2020 data for Table B16001 is not available at this time.
The FTA Title VI guidance refers to the US Department of Justice Safe Harbor Provision, which has been adopted by USDOT. The Safe Harbor Provision stipulates that “if a recipient provides written translation of vital documents for each eligible LEP language group that constitutes five percent or 1,000 persons, whichever is less, of the total population of persons eligible to be served or likely to be affected or encountered, then such action will be considered strong evidence of compliance with the recipient’s written translation obligations.” Under this provision, BurbankBus would be viewed as in compliance with LEP requirements if it provides translations of its vital transit documents into Spanish and Armenian.
*These populations are slightly under the FTA/DOJ Safe Harbor Provision’s threshold of 1,000 persons
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