Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Crofton 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
18,501
100.0%
Speak only English
17,199
93.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,302
7.0%
Spanish
491
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
379
77.2%
Speak English "well"
64
13.0%
Speak English "not well"
48
9.8%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
508
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
433
85.2%
Speak English "well"
40
7.9%
Speak English "not well"
35
6.9%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
224
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
146
65.2%
Speak English "well"
71
31.7%
Speak English "not well"
4
1.8%
Speak English "not at all"
3
1.3%
All other languages
79
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
73
92.4%
Speak English "well"
6
7.6%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
18,501
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,302
7.0%
5 to 17 years
317
1.7%
18 to 64 years
857
4.6%
65 years and over
128
0.7%
Speak English less than "very well"
271
1.5%
5 to 17 years
75
0.4%
18 to 64 years
176
1.0%
65 years and over
20
0.1%
Linguistically isolated households*
40
Population 5 years and over in households*
18,336
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
74
0.4%
5 to 17 years
16
0.1%
18 to 64 years
58
0.3%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
