Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Aberdeen 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
12,676
100.0%
Speak only English
11,593
91.5%
Speak a language other than English
1,083
8.5%
Spanish
379
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
228
60.2%
Speak English "well"
100
26.4%
Speak English "not well"
45
11.9%
Speak English "not at all"
6
1.6%
Other Indo-European languages
477
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
369
77.4%
Speak English "well"
53
11.1%
Speak English "not well"
42
8.8%
Speak English "not at all"
13
2.7%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
183
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
110
60.1%
Speak English "well"
61
33.3%
Speak English "not well"
12
6.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
44
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
22
50.0%
Speak English "well"
6
13.6%
Speak English "not well"
11
25.0%
Speak English "not at all"
5
11.4%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
12,676
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,083
8.5%
5 to 17 years
178
1.4%
18 to 64 years
705
5.6%
65 years and over
200
1.6%
Speak English less than "very well"
354
2.8%
5 to 17 years
83
0.7%
18 to 64 years
175
1.4%
65 years and over
96
0.8%
Linguistically isolated households*
92
Population 5 years and over in households*
12,596
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
160
1.3%
5 to 17 years
45
0.4%
18 to 64 years
84
0.7%
65 years and over
31
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
