Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Middlebury 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
5,979
100.0%
Speak only English
5,342
89.3%
Speak a language other than English
637
10.7%
Spanish
136
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
125
91.9%
Speak English "well"
11
8.1%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
426
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
292
68.5%
Speak English "well"
132
31.0%
Speak English "not well"
2
0.5%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
47
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
47
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
28
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
28
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
5,979
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
637
10.7%
5 to 17 years
106
1.8%
18 to 64 years
487
8.1%
65 years and over
44
0.7%
Speak English less than "very well"
145
2.4%
5 to 17 years
51
0.9%
18 to 64 years
84
1.4%
65 years and over
10
0.2%
Linguistically isolated households*
0
Population 5 years and over in households*
3,748
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"
