Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Bloomfield 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
18,609
100.0%
Speak only English
16,814
90.4%
Speak a language other than English
1,795
9.6%
Spanish
787
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
590
75.0%
Speak English "well"
113
14.4%
Speak English "not well"
67
8.5%
Speak English "not at all"
17
2.2%
Other Indo-European languages
694
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
527
75.9%
Speak English "well"
121
17.4%
Speak English "not well"
38
5.5%
Speak English "not at all"
8
1.2%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
220
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
100
45.5%
Speak English "well"
27
12.3%
Speak English "not well"
71
32.3%
Speak English "not at all"
22
10.0%
All other languages
94
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
85
90.4%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
9
9.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
18,609
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,795
9.6%
5 to 17 years
294
1.6%
18 to 64 years
1,153
6.2%
65 years and over
348
1.9%
Speak English less than "very well"
493
2.6%
5 to 17 years
61
0.3%
18 to 64 years
288
1.5%
65 years and over
144
0.8%
Linguistically isolated households*
96
Population 5 years and over in households*
18,057
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
213
1.2%
5 to 17 years
38
0.2%
18 to 64 years
108
0.6%
65 years and over
67
0.4%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
