Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Branford 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
5,369
100.0%
Speak only English
4,777
89.0%
Speak a language other than English
592
11.0%
Spanish
163
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
69
42.3%
Speak English "well"
67
41.1%
Speak English "not well"
27
16.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
338
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
236
69.8%
Speak English "well"
56
16.6%
Speak English "not well"
39
11.5%
Speak English "not at all"
7
2.1%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
84
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
64
76.2%
Speak English "well"
15
17.9%
Speak English "not well"
5
6.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
7
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
7
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
5,369
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
592
11.0%
5 to 17 years
54
1.0%
18 to 64 years
462
8.6%
65 years and over
76
1.4%
Speak English less than "very well"
216
4.0%
5 to 17 years
12
0.2%
18 to 64 years
185
3.4%
65 years and over
19
0.4%
Linguistically isolated households*
38
Population 5 years and over in households*
5,361
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
43
0.8%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
36
0.7%
65 years and over
7
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
