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2012 California 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 CA LEP Maps

CA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Los Angeles County-Dark Brown Shading

Orange County-Brown Shading

Riverside County-Brown Shading

San Diego County-Brown Shading

Santa Clara County-Brown 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 California 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 California’s top five counties.

Los Angeles County

Total LEP (LVW): 2,438,809

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Armenian

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,695,391

203,422

116,618

83,940

74,394

265,044

% LEP LVW

70

8

5

3

3

11

Orange County

Total LEP (LVW): 602,409

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Korean

Chinese

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

362,900

98,506

42,983

28,876

11,186

57,958

% LEP LVW

60

16

7

5

2

10

Riverside County

Total LEP (LVW): 327,448

Language

Spanish

Tagalog

Vietnamese

Chinese

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

276,304

8,994

7,565

7,472

5,166

21,947

% LEP LVW

84

3

2

2

2

7

San Diego County

Total LEP (LVW): 466,677

Language

Spanish

Tagalog

Vietnamese

Chinese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

316,282

34,156

25,224

19,631

8,925

62,459

% LEP LVW

68

7

6

4

2

13

Santa Clara County

Total LEP (LVW): 357,924

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Tagalog

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

139,415

66,539

61,534

19,204

12,915

58,317

% LEP LVW

39

19

17

5

4

16

Each county in the State of California 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 California (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 California.

State of California

Total LEP (LVW): 6,805,770

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

4,570,554

579,779

308,936

254,190

223,114

869,197

% LEP LVW

67

8

5

4

3

13