Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. West Linn 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
20,745
100.0%
Speak only English
19,174
92.4%
Speak a language other than English
1,571
7.6%
Spanish
523
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
404
77.2%
Speak English "well"
20
3.8%
Speak English "not well"
93
17.8%
Speak English "not at all"
6
1.1%
Other Indo-European languages
587
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
498
84.8%
Speak English "well"
64
10.9%
Speak English "not well"
25
4.3%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
282
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
172
61.0%
Speak English "well"
79
28.0%
Speak English "not well"
31
11.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
179
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
123
68.7%
Speak English "well"
43
24.0%
Speak English "not well"
13
7.3%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
20,745
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,571
7.6%
5 to 17 years
306
1.5%
18 to 64 years
1,129
5.4%
65 years and over
136
0.7%
Speak English less than "very well"
374
1.8%
5 to 17 years
69
0.3%
18 to 64 years
256
1.2%
65 years and over
49
0.2%
Linguistically isolated households*
65
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,648
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
121
0.6%
5 to 17 years
6
0.0%
18 to 64 years
90
0.4%
65 years and over
25
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
