Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Boonton 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
7,873
100.0%
Speak only English
6,146
78.1%
Speak a language other than English
1,727
21.9%
Spanish
551
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
257
46.6%
Speak English "well"
148
26.9%
Speak English "not well"
120
21.8%
Speak English "not at all"
26
4.7%
Other Indo-European languages
901
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
617
68.5%
Speak English "well"
184
20.4%
Speak English "not well"
83
9.2%
Speak English "not at all"
17
1.9%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
257
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
151
58.8%
Speak English "well"
55
21.4%
Speak English "not well"
51
19.8%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
18
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
13
72.2%
Speak English "well"
5
27.8%
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
7,873
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,727
21.9%
5 to 17 years
345
4.4%
18 to 64 years
1,129
14.3%
65 years and over
253
3.2%
Speak English less than "very well"
689
8.8%
5 to 17 years
52
0.7%
18 to 64 years
491
6.2%
65 years and over
146
1.9%
Linguistically isolated households*
130
Population 5 years and over in households*
7,712
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
328
4.3%
5 to 17 years
14
0.2%
18 to 64 years
231
3.0%
65 years and over
83
1.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
