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2015 Colorado 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 CO LEP Maps

CO Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Adams County-Orange Shading

Arapahoe County-Orange Shading

Denver County-Orange Shading

El Paso County-Pale Orange Shading

Weld 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 Colorado 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 Colorado’s top five counties.

Adams County

Total LEP (LVW): 51,453

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

African

Other Indic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

41,742

1,757

1,209

925

846

4,974

% LEP LVW

81

3

2

2

2

10

 

Arapahoe County

Total LEP (LVW): 50,513

Language

Spanish

African

Korean

Vietnamese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

27,494

3,893

3,358

2,485

2,296

10,987

% LEP LVW

54

8

7

5

4

22

 

Denver County

Total LEP (LVW): 67,396

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

African

Chinese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

51,224

3,502

2,374

2,230

1,406

6,660

% LEP LVW

76

5

4

3

2

10

 

El Paso County

Total LEP (LVW): 23,608

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

15,328

1,764

1,044

830

617

4,025

% LEP LVW

65

7

4

4

3

17

 

Weld County

Total LEP (LVW): 17,240

Language

Spanish

African

Other Asian

Chinese

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

15,310

329

292

221

148

940

% LEP LVW

89

2

2

1

1

5

Each county in the State of Colorado 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 Colorado (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 Colorado.

State of Colorado

Total LEP (LVW): 306,225

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

African

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

221,594

11,062

11,033

8,405

8,249

45,882

% LEP LVW

72

4

3

3

3

15