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2012 Washington 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 WA LEP Maps

 

WA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Clark County- Pale Orange Shading

King County- Dark Orange Shading

Pierce County- Pale Orange Shading

Snohomish County- Orange Shading

Yakima 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 Washington 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 Washington’s top five counties.

Clark County

Total LEP (LVW): 24,947

Language

Spanish

Russian

Other Slavic

Vietnamese

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

7,706

5,630

2,403

2,254

1,297

5,657

% LEP LVW

31

22

10

9

5

23

King County

Total LEP (LVW): 198,362

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

African

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

54,355

30,929

19,360

13,593

11,071

69,054

% LEP LVW

27

16

10

7

5

35

Pierce County

Total LEP (LVW): 42,095

Language

Spanish

Korean

Vietnamese

Russian

MonKhmer_Cambodian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

15,669

6,764

3,116

2,893

2,046

11,607

% LEP LVW

37

16

7

7

5

28

Snohomish County

Total LEP (LVW): 54,144

Language

Spanish

Korean

Vietnamese

Chinese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

18,050

6,024

5,346

4,038

3,005

17,681

% LEP LVW

33

11

10

7

6

33

Yakima County

Total LEP (LVW): 42,058

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Tagalog

Other IndoEuropean

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

40,634

371

175

160

135

583

% LEP LVW

97

1

1

0

0

1

Each county in the State of Washington 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 Washington (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 Washington.

State of Washington

Total LEP (LVW): 497,883

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

232,199

41,010

36,117

28,049

26,718

133,790

% LEP LVW

47

8

7

6

5

27