Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Nevada 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
6,253
100.0%
Speak only English
6,058
96.9%
Speak a language other than English
195
3.1%
Spanish
75
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
56
74.7%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
14
18.7%
Speak English "not at all"
5
6.7%
Other Indo-European languages
88
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
79
89.8%
Speak English "well"
4
4.5%
Speak English "not well"
5
5.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
20
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
11
55.0%
Speak English "well"
9
45.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
12
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
5
41.7%
Speak English "well"
7
58.3%
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
6,253
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
195
3.1%
5 to 17 years
22
0.4%
18 to 64 years
168
2.7%
65 years and over
5
0.1%
Speak English less than "very well"
44
0.7%
5 to 17 years
5
0.1%
18 to 64 years
39
0.6%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
9
Population 5 years and over in households*
6,046
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
14
0.2%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
14
0.2%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
