Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Snowflake 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
4,026
100.0%
Speak only English
3,502
87.0%
Speak a language other than English
524
13.0%
Spanish
306
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
251
82.0%
Speak English "well"
16
5.2%
Speak English "not well"
32
10.5%
Speak English "not at all"
7
2.3%
Other Indo-European languages
18
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
12
66.7%
Speak English "well"
6
33.3%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
39
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
19
48.7%
Speak English "well"
9
23.1%
Speak English "not well"
11
28.2%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
161
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
86
53.4%
Speak English "well"
66
41.0%
Speak English "not well"
9
5.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
4,026
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
524
13.0%
5 to 17 years
150
3.7%
18 to 64 years
350
8.7%
65 years and over
24
0.6%
Speak English less than "very well"
156
3.9%
5 to 17 years
21
0.5%
18 to 64 years
124
3.1%
65 years and over
11
0.3%
Linguistically isolated households*
29
Population 5 years and over in households*
3,987
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
86
2.2%
5 to 17 years
24
0.6%
18 to 64 years
55
1.4%
65 years and over
7
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
