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2015 New Mexico Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2015
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Text Version
Description of NM LEP Maps

NM Raw Count Map (Description)

This map illustrates the LEP counties of New Mexico with pie charts of the top five LEP counties:

Bernalillo County-Orange Shading

Dona Ana County-Pale Orange Shading

Lea County-Light Yellow Shading

McKinley County-Light Yellow Shading

Santa Fe County-Pale Orange Shading

Each county is color shaded to indicate the total number of limited English proficient (LEP) persons in the county. We have defined LEP persons as individuals five years and over who speak a language other than English at home and who have indicated that they speak English less than very well (LVW). For each of the top five LEP counties, we have provided a pie chart that breaks down the top five languages spoken in the county (according to the total number of each language spoken) with the remaining languages in a sixth category called “All Other Languages”.

Raw Counts:

The colors correspond to the total number of LEP individuals in the county as follows:

·        Pale White: (<=1K)

·        Light Yellow: (>1K AND <=10K)

·        Pale Orange: (>10K AND <=50K)

·        Orange: (>50K AND <=100K)

·        Dark Orange: (>100K AND <=250K)

·        Brown: (>250K AND <=750K)

·        Dark Brown: (>750K)

The counties in New Mexico are shaded to indicate the number of limited English proficient (LEP) persons in the county. We have defined LEP persons as individuals five years or older who speak a language other than English at home and who have indicated that they speak English less than very well (LVW). The tables explain the raw count number and percentage of LEP persons by language spoken for New Mexico’s top five counties.

Bernalillo County

Total LEP (LVW): 53,799

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Navajo

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

45,213

1,955

1,295

798

522

4,016

% LEP LVW

84

4

2

2

1

7

 

Dona Ana County

Total LEP (LVW): 29,769

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Hindi

Navajo

German

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

28,879

250

90

88

75

387

% LEP LVW

97

1

0

0

0

2

 

Lea County

Total LEP (LVW): 8,423

Language

Spanish

Navajo

Chinese

Japanese

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

8,347

18

13

12

11

22

% LEP LVW

99

0

0

0

0

1

 

McKinley County

Total LEP (LVW): 7,946

Language

Navajo

Other Native N American

Spanish

Other Indic

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

3,806

2,546

1,400

84

49

61

% LEP LVW

48

32

17

1

1

1

 

Santa Fe County

Total LEP (LVW): 14,167

Language

Spanish

Other Native N American

French

Other Asian

Japanese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

13,424

110

108

101

52

372

% LEP LVW

95

1

1

1

0

2

Each county in the State of New Mexico is color shaded to indicate the total number of limited English proficient (LEP) persons in the county. We have defined LEP persons as individuals five years and over who speak a language other than English at home and who have indicated that they speak English less than very well (LVW). We have provided a pie chart that breaks down the top five languages spoken in the entire State of New Mexico (according to the total number of each language spoken) with the remaining languages in a sixth category called “All Other Languages”. The table below explains the raw count number and percentage of LEP persons by language spoken for the State of New Mexico.

State of New Mexico

Total LEP (LVW): 181,430

Language

Spanish

Navajo

Other Native N American

Vietnamese

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

151,878

10,008

5,681

2,397

2,317

9,149

% LEP LVW

84

6

3

1

1

5