Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Holiday 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
20,844
100.0%
Speak only English
17,865
85.7%
Speak a language other than English
2,979
14.3%
Spanish
690
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
414
60.0%
Speak English "well"
182
26.4%
Speak English "not well"
94
13.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
2,050
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,283
62.6%
Speak English "well"
503
24.5%
Speak English "not well"
237
11.6%
Speak English "not at all"
27
1.3%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
76
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
55
72.4%
Speak English "well"
11
14.5%
Speak English "not well"
6
7.9%
Speak English "not at all"
4
5.3%
All other languages
163
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
37
22.7%
Speak English "well"
71
43.6%
Speak English "not well"
55
33.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
20,844
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,979
14.3%
5 to 17 years
333
1.6%
18 to 64 years
1,525
7.3%
65 years and over
1,121
5.4%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,190
5.7%
5 to 17 years
144
0.7%
18 to 64 years
571
2.7%
65 years and over
475
2.3%
Linguistically isolated households*
338
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,822
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
741
3.6%
5 to 17 years
109
0.5%
18 to 64 years
290
1.4%
65 years and over
342
1.6%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
