Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Dunellen 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
6,342
100.0%
Speak only English
5,007
78.9%
Speak a language other than English
1,335
21.1%
Spanish
874
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
394
45.1%
Speak English "well"
257
29.4%
Speak English "not well"
166
19.0%
Speak English "not at all"
57
6.5%
Other Indo-European languages
257
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
209
81.3%
Speak English "well"
48
18.7%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
197
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
79
40.1%
Speak English "well"
78
39.6%
Speak English "not well"
33
16.8%
Speak English "not at all"
7
3.6%
All other languages
7
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
7
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
6,342
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,335
21.1%
5 to 17 years
242
3.8%
18 to 64 years
971
15.3%
65 years and over
122
1.9%
Speak English less than "very well"
646
10.2%
5 to 17 years
80
1.3%
18 to 64 years
533
8.4%
65 years and over
33
0.5%
Linguistically isolated households*
96
Population 5 years and over in households*
6,256
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
239
3.8%
5 to 17 years
57
0.9%
18 to 64 years
170
2.7%
65 years and over
12
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
