Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Tualatin 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
20,926
100.0%
Speak only English
17,943
85.7%
Speak a language other than English
2,983
14.3%
Spanish
1,948
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
585
30.0%
Speak English "well"
458
23.5%
Speak English "not well"
549
28.2%
Speak English "not at all"
356
18.3%
Other Indo-European languages
451
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
263
58.3%
Speak English "well"
115
25.5%
Speak English "not well"
65
14.4%
Speak English "not at all"
8
1.8%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
529
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
222
42.0%
Speak English "well"
195
36.9%
Speak English "not well"
92
17.4%
Speak English "not at all"
20
3.8%
All other languages
55
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
33
60.0%
Speak English "well"
22
40.0%
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
20,926
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,983
14.3%
5 to 17 years
548
2.6%
18 to 64 years
2,375
11.3%
65 years and over
60
0.3%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,880
9.0%
5 to 17 years
293
1.4%
18 to 64 years
1,535
7.3%
65 years and over
52
0.2%
Linguistically isolated households*
414
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,800
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
1,239
6.0%
5 to 17 years
233
1.1%
18 to 64 years
978
4.7%
65 years and over
28
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
