Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Shelton 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
35,749
100.0%
Speak only English
30,505
85.3%
Speak a language other than English
5,244
14.7%
Spanish
1,104
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
728
65.9%
Speak English "well"
184
16.7%
Speak English "not well"
155
14.0%
Speak English "not at all"
37
3.4%
Other Indo-European languages
3,539
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
2,461
69.5%
Speak English "well"
727
20.5%
Speak English "not well"
329
9.3%
Speak English "not at all"
22
0.6%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
477
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
168
35.2%
Speak English "well"
245
51.4%
Speak English "not well"
57
11.9%
Speak English "not at all"
7
1.5%
All other languages
124
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
99
79.8%
Speak English "well"
18
14.5%
Speak English "not well"
7
5.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
35,749
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
5,244
14.7%
5 to 17 years
854
2.4%
18 to 64 years
3,635
10.2%
65 years and over
755
2.1%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,788
5.0%
5 to 17 years
218
0.6%
18 to 64 years
1,260
3.5%
65 years and over
310
0.9%
Linguistically isolated households*
339
Population 5 years and over in households*
35,185
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
795
2.3%
5 to 17 years
143
0.4%
18 to 64 years
511
1.5%
65 years and over
141
0.4%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
