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

State or Territory
Delaware
Year
2012
Map Level
county
Population Count Type
number
Associated document
2012 Delaware Mapping LEP Populations in Your Community - Number by County - PDF
Text Version
Description of DE LEP Maps

DE Raw Count Map (Description)

This map illustrates the LEP counties of Delaware with pie charts of the top three LEP counties:

Kent County- Light Yellow Shading

New Castle County- Pale Orange Shading

Sussex County- Light Yellow 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 three 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 Delaware 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 Delaware’s Top three Counties.

Kent County

Total LEP (LVW): 4,620

Language

Spanish

Other West Germanic

German

French

Tagalog

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

2,149

374

350

234

215

1,298

% LEP LVW

46

8

8

5

5

28

New Castle County

Total LEP (LVW): 24,821

Language

Spanish

Chinese

Gujarati

French

Other Asian

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

15,517

2,557

786

533

506

4,922

% LEP LVW

63

10

3

2

2

20

Sussex County

Total LEP (LVW): 9,598

Language

Spanish

French

Russian

Other IndoEuropean

Vietnamese

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

7,510

551

173

151

149

1064

% LEP LVW

78

6

2

2

1

11

Each county in the State of Delaware 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 Delaware (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 Delaware.

State of Delaware

Total LEP (LVW): 39,039

Language

Spanish

Chinese

French

Gujarari

German

All Other Languages

Raw Count LEP LVW

25,176

2,837

1,013

880

707

8,426

% LEP LVW

64

7

3

2

2

22