Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Boulder Creek 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
3,908
100.0%
Speak only English
3,491
89.3%
Speak a language other than English
417
10.7%
Spanish
164
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
154
93.9%
Speak English "well"
10
6.1%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
223
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
190
85.2%
Speak English "well"
33
14.8%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
23
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
23
100.0%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
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 by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
3,908
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
417
10.7%
5 to 17 years
47
1.2%
18 to 64 years
350
9.0%
65 years and over
20
0.5%
Speak English less than "very well"
43
1.1%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
43
1.1%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
0
Population 5 years and over in households*
3,908
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
0
0.0%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
0
0.0%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
