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QT-P17. Ability to Speak English: 2000
Subject Number Percent
     
POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH    
   Population 5 years and over 14,912 100.0%
Speak only English 14,335 96.1%
Speak a language other than English 577 3.9%
     
   Spanish 399 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 199 49.9%
Speak English "well" 59 14.8%
Speak English "not well" 104 26.1%
Speak English "not at all" 37 9.3%
     
   Other Indo-European languages 147 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 117 79.6%
Speak English "well" 24 16.3%
Speak English "not well" 6 4.1%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
   Asian and Pacific island languages 0 N/A
Speak English "very well" 0 N/A
Speak English "well" 0 N/A
Speak English "not well" 0 N/A
Speak English "not at all" 0 N/A
     
   All other languages 31 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 31 100.0%
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    
   Population 5 years and over 14,912 100.0%
Speak a language other than English 577 3.9%
  5 to 17 years 177 1.2%
  18 to 64 years 317 2.1%
  65 years and over 83 0.6%
 Speak English less than "very well" 230 1.5%
  5 to 17 years 69 0.5%
  18 to 64 years 151 1.0%
  65 years and over 10 0.1%
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN HOUSEHOLD    
Linguistically isolated households 33 (X)
     
   Population 5 years and over in households 14,723 100.0%
In linguistically isolated households 72 0.5%
  5 to 17 years 11 0.1%
  18 to 64 years 61 0.4%
  65 years and over 0 0.0%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P19, P20, PCT13, and PCT14.
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