Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Durham 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
8,921
100.0%
Speak only English
8,054
90.3%
Speak a language other than English
867
9.7%
Spanish
148
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
82
55.4%
Speak English "well"
53
35.8%
Speak English "not well"
13
8.8%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
490
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
406
82.9%
Speak English "well"
74
15.1%
Speak English "not well"
10
2.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
170
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
111
65.3%
Speak English "well"
50
29.4%
Speak English "not well"
9
5.3%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
59
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
50
84.7%
Speak English "well"
9
15.3%
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
8,921
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
867
9.7%
5 to 17 years
76
0.9%
18 to 64 years
710
8.0%
65 years and over
81
0.9%
Speak English less than "very well"
218
2.4%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
178
2.0%
65 years and over
40
0.4%
Linguistically isolated households*
40
Population 5 years and over in households*
4,345
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
45
1.0%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
26
0.6%
65 years and over
19
0.4%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
