Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Lake Geneva 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
6,737
100.0%
Speak only English
5,522
82.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,215
18.0%
Spanish
911
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
376
41.3%
Speak English "well"
183
20.1%
Speak English "not well"
276
30.3%
Speak English "not at all"
76
8.3%
Other Indo-European languages
283
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
149
52.7%
Speak English "well"
88
31.1%
Speak English "not well"
35
12.4%
Speak English "not at all"
11
3.9%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
18
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
18
100.0%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
3
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "well"
3
100.0%
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
6,737
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,215
18.0%
5 to 17 years
276
4.1%
18 to 64 years
816
12.1%
65 years and over
123
1.8%
Speak English less than "very well"
672
10.0%
5 to 17 years
163
2.4%
18 to 64 years
446
6.6%
65 years and over
63
0.9%
Linguistically isolated households*
149
Population 5 years and over in households*
6,710
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
351
5.2%
5 to 17 years
74
1.1%
18 to 64 years
232
3.5%
65 years and over
45
0.7%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
