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An Equity Profile of Orange County
Less
than 1%
1% to 5%
5% to 10%
10% to 16%
16% or more
Linguistic isolation is common throughout northern
portions of the county
Many linguistically isolated households are in Garden Grove and Santa Ana
Connectedness
86. Percent Linguistically Isolated Households by Census Tract, 2016
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; TomTom, ESRI, HERE, DeLorme, MaymyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community. Universe includes all
households. Note: Data represent a 2012 through 2016 average. Areas in white have missing data.
Orange County has been home to large
immigrant populations for generations. Many
of these immigrants live in households that
are considered "linguistically isolated,"
defined as households in which no member
age 14 or older speaks only English or speaks
English at least "very well."
Not surprisingly, areas with high levels of
linguistic isolation tend to be neighborhoods
with more immigrants—and likely more
recently-arrived immigrants. Such areas
include Anaheim, Santa Ana, Garden Grove,
Buena Park, and Westminster. In Orange
County, 8 percent of households are
linguistically isolated.
