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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 16,800 100.0%
Speak only English 16,150 96.1%
Speak a language other than English 650 3.9%
     
   Spanish 527 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 179 34.0%
Speak English "well" 33 6.3%
Speak English "not well" 183 34.7%
Speak English "not at all" 132 25.0%
     
   Other Indo-European languages 93 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 74 79.6%
Speak English "well" 15 16.1%
Speak English "not well" 4 4.3%
Speak English "not at all" 0 0.0%
     
   Asian and Pacific island languages 23 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 9 39.1%
Speak English "well" 4 17.4%
Speak English "not well" 9 39.1%
Speak English "not at all" 1 4.3%
     
   All other languages 7 100.0%
Speak English "very well" 7 100.0%
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 16,800 100.0%
Speak a language other than English 650 3.9%
  5 to 17 years 131 0.8%
  18 to 64 years 453 2.7%
  65 years and over 66 0.4%
 Speak English less than "very well" 381 2.3%
  5 to 17 years 77 0.5%
  18 to 64 years 294 1.8%
  65 years and over 10 0.1%
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN HOUSEHOLD    
Linguistically isolated households 82 (X)
     
   Population 5 years and over in households 16,646 100.0%
In linguistically isolated households 330 2.0%
  5 to 17 years 70 0.4%
  18 to 64 years 250 1.5%
  65 years and over 10 0.1%

 

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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