Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Center Line 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
7,982
100.0%
Speak only English
7,167
89.8%
Speak a language other than English
815
10.2%
Spanish
79
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
61
77.2%
Speak English "well"
18
22.8%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
547
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
391
71.5%
Speak English "well"
70
12.8%
Speak English "not well"
77
14.1%
Speak English "not at all"
9
1.6%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
86
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
56
65.1%
Speak English "well"
26
30.2%
Speak English "not well"
4
4.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
103
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
43
41.7%
Speak English "well"
26
25.2%
Speak English "not well"
34
33.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
7,982
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
815
10.2%
5 to 17 years
138
1.7%
18 to 64 years
414
5.2%
65 years and over
263
3.3%
Speak English less than "very well"
264
3.3%
5 to 17 years
22
0.3%
18 to 64 years
185
2.3%
65 years and over
57
0.7%
Linguistically isolated households*
93
Population 5 years and over in households*
7,760
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
212
2.7%
5 to 17 years
66
0.9%
18 to 64 years
103
1.3%
65 years and over
43
0.6%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
