Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Harvey 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
20,319
100.0%
Speak only English
17,634
86.8%
Speak a language other than English
2,685
13.2%
Spanish
985
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
539
54.7%
Speak English "well"
182
18.5%
Speak English "not well"
146
14.8%
Speak English "not at all"
118
12.0%
Other Indo-European languages
595
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
471
79.2%
Speak English "well"
82
13.8%
Speak English "not well"
42
7.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,001
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
558
55.7%
Speak English "well"
298
29.8%
Speak English "not well"
121
12.1%
Speak English "not at all"
24
2.4%
All other languages
104
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
62
59.6%
Speak English "well"
35
33.7%
Speak English "not well"
7
6.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
20,319
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,685
13.2%
5 to 17 years
470
2.3%
18 to 64 years
1,898
9.3%
65 years and over
317
1.6%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,055
5.2%
5 to 17 years
104
0.5%
18 to 64 years
824
4.1%
65 years and over
127
0.6%
Linguistically isolated households*
219
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,035
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
484
2.4%
5 to 17 years
88
0.4%
18 to 64 years
350
1.7%
65 years and over
46
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
