Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Jennings 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
10,189
100.0%
Speak only English
8,620
84.6%
Speak a language other than English
1,569
15.4%
Spanish
197
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
55
27.9%
Speak English "well"
130
66.0%
Speak English "not well"
12
6.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
1,310
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,057
80.7%
Speak English "well"
218
16.6%
Speak English "not well"
35
2.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
42
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
14
33.3%
Speak English "well"
28
66.7%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
20
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
20
100.0%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
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
10,189
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,569
15.4%
5 to 17 years
206
2.0%
18 to 64 years
773
7.6%
65 years and over
590
5.8%
Speak English less than "very well"
423
4.2%
5 to 17 years
95
0.9%
18 to 64 years
181
1.8%
65 years and over
147
1.4%
Linguistically isolated households*
98
Population 5 years and over in households*
9,882
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
218
2.2%
5 to 17 years
73
0.7%
18 to 64 years
78
0.8%
65 years and over
67
0.7%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
