Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Buchanan 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
4,563
100.0%
Speak only English
4,313
94.5%
Speak a language other than English
250
5.5%
Spanish
121
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
111
91.7%
Speak English "well"
10
8.3%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
55
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
43
78.2%
Speak English "well"
12
21.8%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
6
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
6
100.0%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
68
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
55
80.9%
Speak English "well"
13
19.1%
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
4,563
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
250
5.5%
5 to 17 years
42
0.9%
18 to 64 years
200
4.4%
65 years and over
8
0.2%
Speak English less than "very well"
35
0.8%
5 to 17 years
13
0.3%
18 to 64 years
22
0.5%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
0
Population 5 years and over in households*
4,501
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
0
0.0%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
0
0.0%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
