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2013 California Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County

State or Territory
Year
2013
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): 2,424,409

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Armenian

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

1,677,978

209,232

112,982

86,012

75,352

262,853

% LEP LVW

69

9

5

3

3

11

 

Orange County

Total LEP (LVW): 597,313

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Korean

Chinese

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

355,110

98,656

43,361

30,344

11,339

58,503

% LEP LVW

59

17

7

5

2

10

 

Riverside County

Total LEP (LVW): 324,583

Language

Spanish

Tagalog

Chinese

Vietnamese

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

271,452

9,388

8,042

6,237

5,631

23,833

% LEP LVW

84

3

2

2

2

7

 

San Diego County

Total LEP (LVW): 476,405

Language

Spanish

Tagalog

Vietnamese

Chinese

Arabic

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

319,880

35,580

26,076

20,296

10,133

64,440

% LEP LVW

67

7

6

4

2

14

 

Santa Clara County

Total LEP (LVW): 360,401

Language

Spanish

Vietnamese

Chinese

Tagalog

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

138,489

69,205

61,658

19,866

12,454

58,729

% LEP LVW

38

19

17

6

4

16

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): 6,799,270

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

Korean

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

4,539,249

593,816

311,142

258,008

218,622

878,433

% LEP LVW

67

9

4

4

3

13