Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Branson 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
5,948
100.0%
Speak only English
5,650
95.0%
Speak a language other than English
298
5.0%
Spanish
121
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
89
73.6%
Speak English "well"
19
15.7%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
13
10.7%
Other Indo-European languages
61
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
44
72.1%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
17
27.9%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
116
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
73
62.9%
Speak English "well"
8
6.9%
Speak English "not well"
24
20.7%
Speak English "not at all"
11
9.5%
All other languages
0
Speak English "very well"
0
Speak English "well"
0
Speak English "not well"
0
Speak English "not at all"
0
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
5,948
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
298
5.0%
5 to 17 years
41
0.7%
18 to 64 years
248
4.2%
65 years and over
9
0.2%
Speak English less than "very well"
92
1.5%
5 to 17 years
8
0.1%
18 to 64 years
84
1.4%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
Linguistically isolated households*
17
Population 5 years and over in households*
5,859
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
24
0.4%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
24
0.4%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
