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2012 North Carolina Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2012
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Text Version
Description of NC LEP Maps

NC Raw Count Map (Description)

This map illustrates the LEP counties of North Carolina with pie charts of the top five LEP counties:

Durham County- Pale Orange Shading

Forsyth County- Pale Orange Shading

Guilford County- Pale Orange Shading

Mecklenburg County- Orange Shading

Wake County- 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina’s top five counties.

Durham County

Total LEP (LVW): 23,566

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

18,751

1,315

467

403

387

2,243

% LEP LVW

79

6

2

2

2

9

Forsyth County

Total LEP (LVW): 22,868

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Other Asian

Greek

Persian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

19,676

565

285

246

220

1,876

% LEP LVW

86

3

1

1

1

8

Guilford County

Total LEP (LVW): 26,912

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

African

Chinese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

14,694

2,831

1,139

951

840

6,457

% LEP LVW

55

11

4

4

3

24

Mecklenburg County

Total LEP (LVW): 71,830

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Other Asian

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

48,116

4,154

2,714

1,703

1,319

13,824

% LEP LVW

67

6

4

2

2

19

Wake County

Total LEP (LVW): 54,447

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

34,690

3,349

2,284

2,118

1,480

10,526

% LEP LVW

64

6

4

4

3

19

Each county in the State of North Carolina 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 North Carolina (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 North Carolina.

State of North Carolina

Total LEP (LVW): 436,448

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

333,201

13,289

13,170

7,529

6,341

62,918

% LEP LVW

76

3

3

2

2

14