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2012 Texas 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 TX LEP Maps

 

TX Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Dallas County- Brown Shading

El Paso County- Dark Orange Shading

Harris County- Dark Brown Shading

Hidalgo County- Dark Orange Shading

Tarrant County- Dark 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 Texas 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 Texas’s top five counties.

Dallas County

Total LEP (LVW): 419,317

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Korean

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

362,013

14,630

6,185

5,424

4,955

26,110

% LEP LVW

86

4

2

1

1

6

El Paso County

Total LEP (LVW): 226,379

Language

Spanish

German

Korean

Chinese

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

221,014

960

751

607

373

2,674

% LEP LVW

98

1

0

0

0

1

Harris County

Total LEP (LVW): 785,516

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Arabic

Urdu

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

658,676

44,058

21,237

5,979

5,563

50,003

% LEP LVW

84

5

3

1

1

6

Hidalgo County

Total LEP (LVW): 229,913

Language

Spanish

Tagalog

Korean

French

Japanese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

227,464

548

386

310

185

1,020

% LEP LVW

99

0

0

0

0

1

Tarrant County

Total LEP (LVW): 206,821

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

African

Arabic

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

164,100

14,671

2,924

2,722

2,700

19,704

% LEP LVW

79

7

2

1

1

10

Each county in the State of Texas 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 Texas (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 Texas.

State of Texas

Total LEP (LVW): 3,346,914

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Korean

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

2,913,000

107,934

67,854

30,945

22,443

204,738

% LEP LVW

87

3

2

1

1

6