Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Bedford 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
5,944
100.0%
Speak only English
5,743
96.6%
Speak a language other than English
201
3.4%
Spanish
51
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
41
80.4%
Speak English "well"
10
19.6%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
115
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
93
80.9%
Speak English "well"
15
13.0%
Speak English "not well"
7
6.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
20
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
9
45.0%
Speak English "well"
11
55.0%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
15
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
15
100.0%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
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
5,944
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
201
3.4%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
152
2.6%
65 years and over
49
0.8%
Speak English less than "very well"
43
0.7%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
33
0.6%
65 years and over
10
0.2%
Linguistically isolated households*
18
Population 5 years and over in households*
5,341
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
18
0.3%
5 to 17 years
0
0.0%
18 to 64 years
18
0.3%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
