Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Mountain Home 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
10,681
100.0%
Speak only English
10,164
95.2%
Speak a language other than English
517
4.8%
Spanish
212
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
152
71.7%
Speak English "well"
53
25.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
7
3.3%
Other Indo-European languages
292
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
199
68.2%
Speak English "well"
87
29.8%
Speak English "not well"
6
2.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
13
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
6
46.2%
Speak English "well"
7
53.8%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
0
Speak English "very well"
0
Speak English "well"
0
Speak English "not well"
0
Speak English "not at all"
0
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
10,681
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
517
4.8%
5 to 17 years
78
0.7%
18 to 64 years
252
2.4%
65 years and over
187
1.8%
Speak English less than "very well"
160
1.5%
5 to 17 years
10
0.1%
18 to 64 years
56
0.5%
65 years and over
94
0.9%
Linguistically isolated households*
49
Population 5 years and over in households*
10,152
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
65
0.6%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
7
0.1%
65 years and over
58
0.6%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
