This issue brief provides state-level estimates of people with limited English proficiency (LEP) by health insurance status from the American Community Survey. There are an estimated 24.5 million people with LEP in the United States. Over one-third of the LEP population, or 9.5million people with LEP, were uninsured in 2012. The remaining individuals with LEP are covered by private

and public health insurance plans and remain at risk of not receiving interpretation services or medical care in other languages.