Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Meridian Population of the study includes all persons 5 years and over. Ability to speak English "very well" by age, and rate of linguistically isolated households* is shown in the second table.
Ability to speak English by language spoken at home
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
30,864
100.0%
Speak only English
29,117
94.3%
Speak a language other than English
1,747
5.7%
Spanish
844
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
575
68.1%
Speak English "well"
160
19.0%
Speak English "not well"
109
12.9%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
529
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
294
55.6%
Speak English "well"
114
21.6%
Speak English "not well"
96
18.1%
Speak English "not at all"
25
4.7%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
323
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
140
43.3%
Speak English "well"
82
25.4%
Speak English "not well"
72
22.3%
Speak English "not at all"
29
9.0%
All other languages
51
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
46
90.2%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
5
9.8%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
30,864
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,747
5.7%
5 to 17 years
290
0.9%
18 to 64 years
1,369
4.4%
65 years and over
88
0.3%
Speak English less than "very well"
692
2.2%
5 to 17 years
117
0.4%
18 to 64 years
542
1.8%
65 years and over
33
0.1%
Linguistically isolated households*
126
Population 5 years and over in households*
30,597
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
293
1.0%
5 to 17 years
52
0.2%
18 to 64 years
223
0.7%
65 years and over
18
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
