Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Chowchilla 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
10,516
100.0%
Speak only English
7,672
73.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,844
27.0%
Spanish
2,504
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,540
61.5%
Speak English "well"
445
17.8%
Speak English "not well"
384
15.3%
Speak English "not at all"
135
5.4%
Other Indo-European languages
214
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
159
74.3%
Speak English "well"
28
13.1%
Speak English "not well"
10
4.7%
Speak English "not at all"
17
7.9%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
69
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
47
68.1%
Speak English "well"
22
31.9%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
57
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
52
91.2%
Speak English "well"
5
8.8%
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
10,516
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,844
27.0%
5 to 17 years
604
5.7%
18 to 64 years
2,145
20.4%
65 years and over
95
0.9%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,046
9.9%
5 to 17 years
269
2.6%
18 to 64 years
718
6.8%
65 years and over
59
0.6%
Linguistically isolated households*
190
Population 5 years and over in households*
6,952
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
593
8.5%
5 to 17 years
235
3.4%
18 to 64 years
332
4.8%
65 years and over
26
0.4%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
