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Wilkes 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 61,500 100.0%
Speak only English 58,406 95.0%
Speak a language other than English 3,094 5.0%
     
   Spanish 2,375 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 949 40.0%
Speak English "well" 449 18.9%
Speak English "not well" 589 24.8%
Speak English "not at all" 388 16.3%
     
   Other Indo-European languages 455 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 293 64.4%
Speak English "well" 50 11.0%
Speak English "not well" 98 21.5%
Speak English "not at all" 14 3.1%
     
   Asian and Pacific island languages 159 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 68 42.8%
Speak English "well" 58 36.5%
Speak English "not well" 33 20.8%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
   All other languages 105 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 32 30.5%
Speak English "well" 10 9.5%
Speak English "not well" 34 32.4%
Speak English "not at all" 29 27.6%
     
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH    
   Population 5 years and over 61,500 100.0%
Speak a language other than English 3,094 5.0%
  5 to 17 years 780 1.3%
  18 to 64 years 2,179 3.5%
  65 years and over 135 0.2%
 Speak English less than "very well" 1,752 2.8%
  5 to 17 years 363 0.6%
  18 to 64 years 1,325 2.2%
  65 years and over 64 0.1%
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN HOUSEHOLD    
Linguistically isolated households 322 (X)
     
   Population 5 years and over in households 60,600 100.0%
In linguistically isolated households 1,123 1.9%
  5 to 17 years 198 0.3%
  18 to 64 years 913 1.5%
  65 years and over 12 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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