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2012 Rhode Island 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 RI LEP Maps

RI Raw Count Map (Description)

This map illustrates the LEP counties of Rhode Island with pie charts of the top five LEP counties:

Bristol County- Light Yellow Shading

Kent County- Light Yellow Shading

Newport County- Light Yellow Shading

Providence County- Orange Shading

Washington County- Light Yellow 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island’s top five counties.

Bristol County

Total LEP (LVW): 2,178

Language

Portuguese

Spanish

Chinese

Greek

Hungarian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,595

181

64

60

39

239

% LEP LVW

73

8

3

3

2

11

Kent County

Total LEP (LVW): 4,272

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Tagalog

Chinese

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,444

579

341

297

200

1,411

% LEP LVW

34

13

8

7

5

33

Newport County

Total LEP (LVW): 1,938

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Tagalog

French

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

811

459

192

83

51

342

% LEP LVW

42

24

10

4

2

18

Providence County

Total LEP (LVW): 77,688

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

French Creole

MonKhmer_Cambodian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

48,399

10,767

2,458

2,224

1,923

11,917

% LEP LVW

62

14

3

3

3

15

Washington County

Total LEP (LVW): 2,010

Language

Chinese

Spanish

Italian

Portuguese

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

436

410

327

161

140

536

% LEP LVW

22

20

16

8

7

27

Each county in the State of Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island (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 Rhode Island.

State of Rhode Island

Total LEP (LVW): 88,086

Language

Spanish

Portuguese

Chinese

French Creole

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

51,245

13,561

3,255

2,265

2,051

15,709

% LEP LVW

58

15

4

3

2

18