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2015 Washington 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 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-Dark-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): 24,406

Language

Spanish

Russian

Vietnamese

Other Slavic

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

9,137

4,853

1,908

1,901

1,318

5,289

% LEP LVW

37

20

8

8

5

22

 

King County

Total LEP (LVW): 201,293

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

African

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

52,428

34,085

19,453

14,274

10,386

70,667

% LEP LVW

26

17

10

7

5

35

 

Pierce County

Total LEP (LVW): 43,459

Language

Spanish

Korean

Vietnamese

Russian

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

16,397

5,723

4,289

2,377

2,136

12,537

% LEP LVW

38

13

10

5

5

29

 

Snohomish County

Total LEP (LVW): 54,981

Language

Spanish

Korean

Vietnamese

Chinese

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

17,228

6,104

5,482

4,564

3,254

18,349

% LEP LVW

31

11

10

8

6

34

 

Yakima County

Total LEP (LVW): 37,440

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Tagalog

Korean

Chinese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

36,161

430

148

138

113

450

% 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): 500,999

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

Russian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

228,470

45,808

37,551

26,237

24,712

138,221

% LEP LVW

46

9

7

5

5

28