Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Eglin AFB 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
6,743
100.0%
Speak only English
6,033
89.5%
Speak a language other than English
710
10.5%
Spanish
410
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
290
70.7%
Speak English "well"
62
15.1%
Speak English "not well"
58
14.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
122
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
102
83.6%
Speak English "well"
20
16.4%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
178
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
105
59.0%
Speak English "well"
41
23.0%
Speak English "not well"
32
18.0%
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
6,743
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
710
10.5%
5 to 17 years
106
1.6%
18 to 64 years
595
8.8%
65 years and over
9
0.1%
Speak English less than "very well"
213
3.2%
5 to 17 years
36
0.5%
18 to 64 years
177
2.6%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
19
Population 5 years and over in households*
6,715
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
59
0.9%
5 to 17 years
21
0.3%
18 to 64 years
38
0.6%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
