Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Salisbury 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
22,789
100.0%
Speak only English
20,580
90.3%
Speak a language other than English
2,209
9.7%
Spanish
675
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
258
38.2%
Speak English "well"
165
24.4%
Speak English "not well"
214
31.7%
Speak English "not at all"
38
5.6%
Other Indo-European languages
905
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
479
52.9%
Speak English "well"
204
22.5%
Speak English "not well"
209
23.1%
Speak English "not at all"
13
1.4%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
586
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
142
24.2%
Speak English "well"
110
18.8%
Speak English "not well"
280
47.8%
Speak English "not at all"
54
9.2%
All other languages
43
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
38
88.4%
Speak English "well"
5
11.6%
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
22,789
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,209
9.7%
5 to 17 years
526
2.3%
18 to 64 years
1,567
6.9%
65 years and over
116
0.5%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,292
5.7%
5 to 17 years
299
1.3%
18 to 64 years
941
4.1%
65 years and over
52
0.2%
Linguistically isolated households*
265
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,452
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
864
4.2%
5 to 17 years
205
1.0%
18 to 64 years
628
3.1%
65 years and over
31
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
