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2014 California Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2014
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Text Version
Description of CA LEP Maps

CA Raw Count Map (Description)

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

Los Angeles County-Dark Brown Shading

Orange County-Brown Shading

Riverside County-Brown Shading

San Diego County-Brown Shading

Santa Clara County-Brown 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 California 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 California’s top five counties.

Los Angeles County

Total LEP (LVW):2,407,270

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Armenian

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,656,302

212,843

112,411

86,432

73,492

265,790

% LEP LVW

69

9

5

3

3

11

 

Orange County

Total LEP (LVW): 596,227

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Korean

Chinese

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

349,617

99,700

44,321

31,524

11,732

59,333

% LEP LVW

59

17

7

5

2

10

 

Riverside County

Total LEP (LVW): 323,348

Language

Spanish

Tagalog

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

270,137

8,784

8,410

6,400

5,802

23,815

% LEP LVW

83

3

3

2

2

7

 

San Diego County

Total LEP (LVW): 471,531

Language

Spanish

Tagalog

Vietnamese

Chinese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

312,145

37,539

25,157

21,362

11,771

63,557

% LEP LVW

66

8

5

5

3

13

 

Santa Clara County

Total LEP (LVW): 365,791

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Tagalog

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

136,084

72,377

64,674

19,525

12,108

61,023

% LEP LVW

37

20

18

5

3

17

Each county in the State of California 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 California (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 California.

State of California

Total LEP (LVW): 6,789,522

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

4,490,408

610,934

316,886

260,443

218,938

891,913

% LEP LVW

67

9

5

4

3

13