Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Closter Population of the study includes all persons 5 years and over. Ability to speak English "very well" by age, and rate of linguistically isolated households* is shown in the second table.
Ability to speak English by language spoken at home
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
7,844
100.0%
Speak only English
5,152
65.7%
Speak a language other than English
2,692
34.3%
Spanish
326
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
220
67.5%
Speak English "well"
92
28.2%
Speak English "not well"
14
4.3%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
833
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
654
78.5%
Speak English "well"
128
15.4%
Speak English "not well"
51
6.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,392
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
641
46.0%
Speak English "well"
437
31.4%
Speak English "not well"
314
22.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
141
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
94
66.7%
Speak English "well"
47
33.3%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
7,844
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,692
34.3%
5 to 17 years
622
7.9%
18 to 64 years
1,838
23.4%
65 years and over
232
3.0%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,083
13.8%
5 to 17 years
141
1.8%
18 to 64 years
811
10.3%
65 years and over
131
1.7%
Linguistically isolated households*
99
Population 5 years and over in households*
7,770
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
309
4.0%
5 to 17 years
94
1.2%
18 to 64 years
185
2.4%
65 years and over
30
0.4%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
