2012 Washington Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory

Washington

Year

2012

Map Level

county

Population Count Type

number

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2012 Washington Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County - PDF

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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- 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): 24,947

Language	Spanish	Russian	Other Slavic	Vietnamese	Chinese	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	7,706	5,630	2,403	2,254	1,297	5,657
% LEP LVW	31	22	10	9	5	23

King County

Total LEP (LVW): 198,362

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Vietnamese	African	Korean	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	54,355	30,929	19,360	13,593	11,071	69,054
% LEP LVW	27	16	10	7	5	35

Pierce County

Total LEP (LVW): 42,095

Language	Spanish	Korean	Vietnamese	Russian	MonKhmer_Cambodian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	15,669	6,764	3,116	2,893	2,046	11,607
% LEP LVW	37	16	7	7	5	28

Snohomish County

Total LEP (LVW): 54,144

Language	Spanish	Korean	Vietnamese	Chinese	Russian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	18,050	6,024	5,346	4,038	3,005	17,681
% LEP LVW	33	11	10	7	6	33

Yakima County

Total LEP (LVW): 42,058

Language	Spanish	Vietnamese	Tagalog	Other IndoEuropean	Arabic	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	40,634	371	175	160	135	583
% 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): 497,883

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Vietnamese	Korean	Russian	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	232,199	41,010	36,117	28,049	26,718	133,790
% LEP LVW	47	8	7	6	5	27

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