Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Decorah 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
7,950
100.0%
Speak only English
7,292
91.7%
Speak a language other than English
658
8.3%
Spanish
266
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
187
70.3%
Speak English "well"
39
14.7%
Speak English "not well"
40
15.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
251
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
223
88.8%
Speak English "well"
28
11.2%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
86
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
37
43.0%
Speak English "well"
36
41.9%
Speak English "not well"
13
15.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
55
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
55
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
7,950
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
658
8.3%
5 to 17 years
61
0.8%
18 to 64 years
523
6.6%
65 years and over
74
0.9%
Speak English less than "very well"
156
2.0%
5 to 17 years
16
0.2%
18 to 64 years
140
1.8%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
0
Population 5 years and over in households*
5,756
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
0
0.0%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
0
0.0%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
