Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Lanham 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
16,967
100.0%
Speak only English
13,993
82.5%
Speak a language other than English
2,974
17.5%
Spanish
895
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
417
46.6%
Speak English "well"
239
26.7%
Speak English "not well"
201
22.5%
Speak English "not at all"
38
4.2%
Other Indo-European languages
657
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
436
66.4%
Speak English "well"
196
29.8%
Speak English "not well"
17
2.6%
Speak English "not at all"
8
1.2%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
699
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
285
40.8%
Speak English "well"
256
36.6%
Speak English "not well"
124
17.7%
Speak English "not at all"
34
4.9%
All other languages
723
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
650
89.9%
Speak English "well"
35
4.8%
Speak English "not well"
33
4.6%
Speak English "not at all"
5
0.7%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
16,967
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,974
17.5%
5 to 17 years
502
3.0%
18 to 64 years
2,310
13.6%
65 years and over
162
1.0%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,186
7.0%
5 to 17 years
182
1.1%
18 to 64 years
904
5.3%
65 years and over
100
0.6%
Linguistically isolated households*
189
Population 5 years and over in households*
16,828
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
627
3.7%
5 to 17 years
156
0.9%
18 to 64 years
439
2.6%
65 years and over
32
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
