Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Cranford 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
21,100
100.0%
Speak only English
18,458
87.5%
Speak a language other than English
2,642
12.5%
Spanish
633
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
443
70.0%
Speak English "well"
114
18.0%
Speak English "not well"
68
10.7%
Speak English "not at all"
8
1.3%
Other Indo-European languages
1,567
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,189
75.9%
Speak English "well"
247
15.8%
Speak English "not well"
108
6.9%
Speak English "not at all"
23
1.5%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
292
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
181
62.0%
Speak English "well"
57
19.5%
Speak English "not well"
54
18.5%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
150
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
129
86.0%
Speak English "well"
21
14.0%
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
21,100
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,642
12.5%
5 to 17 years
366
1.7%
18 to 64 years
1,815
8.6%
65 years and over
461
2.2%
Speak English less than "very well"
700
3.3%
5 to 17 years
69
0.3%
18 to 64 years
423
2.0%
65 years and over
208
1.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
114
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,556
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
203
1.0%
5 to 17 years
17
0.1%
18 to 64 years
112
0.5%
65 years and over
74
0.4%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
