Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Holbrook 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
10,107
100.0%
Speak only English
9,199
91.0%
Speak a language other than English
908
9.0%
Spanish
312
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
280
89.7%
Speak English "well"
7
2.2%
Speak English "not well"
25
8.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
408
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
297
72.8%
Speak English "well"
89
21.8%
Speak English "not well"
22
5.4%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
154
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
62
40.3%
Speak English "well"
82
53.2%
Speak English "not well"
10
6.5%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
34
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
6
17.6%
Speak English "well"
19
55.9%
Speak English "not well"
9
26.5%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
10,107
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
908
9.0%
5 to 17 years
223
2.2%
18 to 64 years
600
5.9%
65 years and over
85
0.8%
Speak English less than "very well"
263
2.6%
5 to 17 years
28
0.3%
18 to 64 years
228
2.3%
65 years and over
7
0.1%
Linguistically isolated households*
52
Population 5 years and over in households*
10,050
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
117
1.2%
5 to 17 years
30
0.3%
18 to 64 years
80
0.8%
65 years and over
7
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
