Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Rawlins 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
8,087
100.0%
Speak only English
6,940
85.8%
Speak a language other than English
1,147
14.2%
Spanish
929
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
680
73.2%
Speak English "well"
144
15.5%
Speak English "not well"
62
6.7%
Speak English "not at all"
43
4.6%
Other Indo-European languages
155
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
113
72.9%
Speak English "well"
16
10.3%
Speak English "not well"
23
14.8%
Speak English "not at all"
3
1.9%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
40
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
40
100.0%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
23
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
18
78.3%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
5
21.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
8,087
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,147
14.2%
5 to 17 years
139
1.7%
18 to 64 years
848
10.5%
65 years and over
160
2.0%
Speak English less than "very well"
296
3.7%
5 to 17 years
23
0.3%
18 to 64 years
195
2.4%
65 years and over
78
1.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
61
Population 5 years and over in households*
7,584
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
117
1.5%
5 to 17 years
23
0.3%
18 to 64 years
40
0.5%
65 years and over
54
0.7%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
