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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 16,304 100.0%
Speak only English 15,536 95.3%
Speak a language other than English 768 4.7%
     
   Spanish 474 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 142 30.0%
Speak English "well" 78 16.5%
Speak English "not well" 221 46.6%
Speak English "not at all" 33 7.0%
     
   Other Indo-European languages 211 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 171 81.0%
Speak English "well" 27 12.8%
Speak English "not well" 5 2.4%
Speak English "not at all" 8 3.8%
     
   Asian and Pacific island languages 79 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 36 45.6%
Speak English "well" 15 19.0%
Speak English "not well" 28 35.4%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
   All other languages 4 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 4 100.0%
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 16,304 100.0%
Speak a language other than English 768 4.7%
  5 to 17 years 103 0.6%
  18 to 64 years 609 3.7%
  65 years and over 56 0.3%
 Speak English less than "very well" 415 2.5%
  5 to 17 years 52 0.3%
  18 to 64 years 354 2.2%
  65 years and over 9 0.1%
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN HOUSEHOLD    
Linguistically isolated households 103 (X)
     
   Population 5 years and over in households 14,441 100.0%
In linguistically isolated households 260 1.8%
  5 to 17 years 24 0.2%
  18 to 64 years 230 1.6%
  65 years and over 6 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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