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

State or Territory

California

Year

2012

Map Level

county

Population Count Type

number

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

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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): 2,438,809

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Korean	Armenian	Tagalog	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	1,695,391	203,422	116,618	83,940	74,394	265,044
% LEP LVW	70	8	5	3	3	11

Orange County

Total LEP (LVW): 602,409

Language	Spanish	Vietnamese	Korean	Chinese	Tagalog	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	362,900	98,506	42,983	28,876	11,186	57,958
% LEP LVW	60	16	7	5	2	10

Riverside County

Total LEP (LVW): 327,448

Language	Spanish	Tagalog	Vietnamese	Chinese	Korean	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	276,304	8,994	7,565	7,472	5,166	21,947
% LEP LVW	84	3	2	2	2	7

San Diego County

Total LEP (LVW): 466,677

Language	Spanish	Tagalog	Vietnamese	Chinese	Arabic	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	316,282	34,156	25,224	19,631	8,925	62,459
% LEP LVW	68	7	6	4	2	13

Santa Clara County

Total LEP (LVW): 357,924

Language	Spanish	Vietnamese	Chinese	Tagalog	Korean	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	139,415	66,539	61,534	19,204	12,915	58,317
% LEP LVW	39	19	17	5	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): 6,805,770

Language	Spanish	Chinese	Vietnamese	Tagalog	Korean	All Other Languages
Raw Count LEP LVW	4,570,554	579,779	308,936	254,190	223,114	869,197
% LEP LVW	67	8	5	4	3	13

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