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Ashe County

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 23,091 100.0%
Speak only English 22,319 96.7%
Speak a language other than English 772 3.3%
     
   Spanish 612 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 305 49.8%
Speak English "well" 105 17.2%
Speak English "not well" 144 23.5%
Speak English "not at all" 58 9.5%
     
   Other Indo-European languages 121 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 79 65.3%
Speak English "well" 25 20.7%
Speak English "not well" 17 14.0%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
   Asian and Pacific island languages 36 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 4 11.1%
Speak English "well" 13 36.1%
Speak English "not well" 19 52.8%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
   All other languages 3 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 0 0.0%
Speak English "well" 3 100.0%
Speak English "not well" 0 0.0%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH    
   Population 5 years and over 23,091 100.0%
Speak a language other than English 772 3.3%
  5 to 17 years 179 0.8%
  18 to 64 years 558 2.4%
  65 years and over 35 0.2%
 Speak English less than "very well" 384 1.7%
  5 to 17 years 99 0.4%
  18 to 64 years 275 1.2%
  65 years and over 10 0.0%
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN HOUSEHOLD    
Linguistically isolated households 78 (X)
     
   Population 5 years and over in households 22,788 100.0%
In linguistically isolated households 209 0.9%
  5 to 17 years 38 0.2%
  18 to 64 years 163 0.7%
  65 years and over 8 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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