Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Tiverton 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
6,940
100.0%
Speak only English
6,153
88.7%
Speak a language other than English
787
11.3%
Spanish
75
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
63
84.0%
Speak English "well"
12
16.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
673
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
500
74.3%
Speak English "well"
89
13.2%
Speak English "not well"
72
10.7%
Speak English "not at all"
12
1.8%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
0
Speak English "very well"
0
Speak English "well"
0
Speak English "not well"
0
Speak English "not at all"
0
All other languages
39
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
39
100.0%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
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
6,940
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
787
11.3%
5 to 17 years
59
0.9%
18 to 64 years
425
6.1%
65 years and over
303
4.4%
Speak English less than "very well"
185
2.7%
5 to 17 years
17
0.2%
18 to 64 years
112
1.6%
65 years and over
56
0.8%
Linguistically isolated households*
37
Population 5 years and over in households*
6,918
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
56
0.8%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
32
0.5%
65 years and over
24
0.3%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
