Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Caldwell 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
10,397
100.0%
Speak only English
9,058
87.1%
Speak a language other than English
1,339
12.9%
Spanish
356
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
189
53.1%
Speak English "well"
68
19.1%
Speak English "not well"
99
27.8%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
694
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
497
71.6%
Speak English "well"
134
19.3%
Speak English "not well"
63
9.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
203
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
141
69.5%
Speak English "well"
50
24.6%
Speak English "not well"
9
4.4%
Speak English "not at all"
3
1.5%
All other languages
86
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
56
65.1%
Speak English "well"
14
16.3%
Speak English "not well"
16
18.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
10,397
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,339
12.9%
5 to 17 years
143
1.4%
18 to 64 years
924
8.9%
65 years and over
272
2.6%
Speak English less than "very well"
456
4.4%
5 to 17 years
31
0.3%
18 to 64 years
289
2.8%
65 years and over
136
1.3%
Linguistically isolated households*
99
Population 5 years and over in households*
10,139
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
157
1.5%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
93
0.9%
65 years and over
64
0.6%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
