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2015 U.S. Asian and Pacific Islander National Language Maps - Percentage by State

Year
2015
Map Level
state
Population Count Type
percentage
Text Version

Description of US CAPIL Maps

US % CAPI LEP Map (Description)

This US map illustrates all 50 states:

 Each state is color shaded to indicate the percent of limited English proficient (LEP) persons who speak an Asian Pacific Islander (API) language in the state.  We have defined LEP persons as individuals 5 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). 

 

Percentages:

The colors correspond to percentage of CAPI LEP individuals in the state as follows:

Light Yellow: (<=5%)

            Pale Orange: (>5% AND <=10%)

            Orange: (>10% AND <=20%)

            Dark Orange: (>20% AND <=30%)

            Brown: (>30% AND <=50%)

            Dark Brown: (>50%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US CAPI Raw Count Map (Description)

This map illustrates the CAPI LEP states in the United States with pie charts of the top 5 CAPI LEP states:

State of California (CA) –Dark Brown Shading

State of Illinois (IL) -Brown Shading

State of New Jersey (NJ) -Brown Shading

State of New York (NY) –Dark Brown Shading

State of Texas (TX) –Dark Brown Shading

The states are color shaded to indicate the total number of limited English proficient (LEP) persons who speak an Asian Pacific Islander (API) language in the state.  We have defined LEP persons as individuals 5 years and older who speak a language other than English at home and who have indicated that they speak English less than very well (LVW).  For each state, we have also provided a pie chart that breaks down the top 5 API languages spoken in the state (according to the total number of each API language spoken) with the remaining languages in a 6th category called “Other CAPIL”.

 

Raw Counts:

The colors correspond to the total number of CAPI LEP individuals in the state as follows:

Light Yellow: (<=10K)

            Pale Orange: (>10K AND <=50K)

            Orange: (>50K AND <=100K)

            Dark Orange: (>100K AND <=200K)

            Brown: (>200K AND <=300K)

            Dark Brown: (>300K)

 

 

 

 

The states are shaded to indicate the number of CAPI limited English proficient (LEP) persons in the state.  We have defined LEP persons as individuals 5 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 CAPI LEP persons by language spoken for the Top 5 States.

     State of California

             Total LEP (LVW): 1,995,616

Language

Chinese

Vietnamese

Tagalog

Korean

Other Indic

Other CAPIL

Raw Count LEP LVW

633,043

319,841

266,692

215,449

80,630

479,961

% LEP LVW

32

16

13

11

4

24

 

       State of Illinois

              Total LEP (LVW): 221,307

Language

Chinese

Korean

Tagalog

Arab

Gujarati

Other CAPIL

Raw Count LEP LVW

55,104

24,760

24,083

20,532

18,322

78,506

% LEP LVW

25

11

11

9

8

35

 

     State of New Jersey

                   Total LEP (LVW): 257,559

Language

Chinese

Korean

Gujarati

Arab

Tagalog

Other CAPIL

Raw Count LEP LVW

52,846

40,787

28,420

23,134

21,627

90,745

% LEP LVW

21

16

11

9

8

35

       

      State of New York

                  Total LEP (LVW): 711,924

Language

Chinese

Other Indic

Korean

Other Asian

Arab

Other CAPIL

Raw Count LEP LVW

361,074

84,408

61,639

41,234

36,876

126,693

% LEP LVW

51

12

9

6

5

18

 

          State of Texas

                  Total LEP (LVW): 404,755           

Language

Vietnamese

Chinese

Other Asian

Korean

Arabic

Other CAPIL

Raw Count LEP LVW

117,367

75,070

33,462

29,947

23,762

125,147

% LEP LVW

29

19

8

7

6

31