Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Guilford 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
2,494
100.0%
Speak only English
2,273
91.1%
Speak a language other than English
221
8.9%
Spanish
108
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
52
48.1%
Speak English "well"
31
28.7%
Speak English "not well"
25
23.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
66
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
35
53.0%
Speak English "well"
28
42.4%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
3
4.5%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
47
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
5
10.6%
Speak English "well"
9
19.1%
Speak English "not well"
9
19.1%
Speak English "not at all"
24
51.1%
All other languages
0
Speak English "very well"
0
Speak English "well"
0
Speak English "not well"
0
Speak English "not at all"
0
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
2,494
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
221
8.9%
5 to 17 years
40
1.6%
18 to 64 years
148
5.9%
65 years and over
33
1.3%
Speak English less than "very well"
129
5.2%
5 to 17 years
16
0.6%
18 to 64 years
93
3.7%
65 years and over
20
0.8%
Linguistically isolated households*
33
Population 5 years and over in households*
2,477
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
76
3.1%
5 to 17 years
13
0.5%
18 to 64 years
57
2.3%
65 years and over
6
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
