Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Lancaster 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
7,924
100.0%
Speak only English
7,651
96.6%
Speak a language other than English
273
3.4%
Spanish
186
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
142
76.3%
Speak English "well"
10
5.4%
Speak English "not well"
34
18.3%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
41
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
18
43.9%
Speak English "well"
23
56.1%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
46
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
18
39.1%
Speak English "well"
20
43.5%
Speak English "not well"
8
17.4%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
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
7,924
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
273
3.4%
5 to 17 years
52
0.7%
18 to 64 years
221
2.8%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Speak English less than "very well"
95
1.2%
5 to 17 years
15
0.2%
18 to 64 years
80
1.0%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
29
Population 5 years and over in households*
7,791
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
57
0.7%
5 to 17 years
5
0.1%
18 to 64 years
52
0.7%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
