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2012 Colorado 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 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

Boulder County-Pale Orange Shading

Denver County-Orange Shading

El Paso 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): 54,605

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

African

Laotian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

45,077

2,297

991

805

560

4,875

% LEP LVW

83

4

2

1

1

9

Arapahoe County

Total LEP (LVW): 52,064

Language

Spanish

African

Korean

Russian

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

31,199

3,511

3,073

2,315

2,231

9,735

% LEP LVW

60

7

6

4

4

19

Boulder County

Total LEP (LVW): 16,952

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Vietnamese

French

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

12,381

910

549

354

301

2,457

% LEP LVW

73

5

3

2

2

15

Denver County

Total LEP (LVW): 67,303

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Russian

African

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

52,114

3,538

2,067

1,804

1,226

6,554

% LEP LVW

77

5

3

3

2

10

El Paso County

Total LEP (LVW): 22,174

Language

Spanish

Korean

Chinese

German

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

13,807

1,824

908

899

686

4,050

% LEP LVW

63

8

4

4

3

18

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): 313,866

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Korean

African

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

234,822

11,734

8,926

7,894

7,136

43,354

% LEP LVW

75

4

3

2

2

14