Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Ridgeland 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
18,687
100.0%
Speak only English
17,661
94.5%
Speak a language other than English
1,026
5.5%
Spanish
346
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
260
75.1%
Speak English "well"
40
11.6%
Speak English "not well"
25
7.2%
Speak English "not at all"
21
6.1%
Other Indo-European languages
271
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
229
84.5%
Speak English "well"
23
8.5%
Speak English "not well"
19
7.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
309
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
180
58.3%
Speak English "well"
118
38.2%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
11
3.6%
All other languages
100
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
89
89.0%
Speak English "well"
11
11.0%
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
18,687
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,026
5.5%
5 to 17 years
99
0.5%
18 to 64 years
748
4.0%
65 years and over
179
1.0%
Speak English less than "very well"
268
1.4%
5 to 17 years
35
0.2%
18 to 64 years
161
0.9%
65 years and over
72
0.4%
Linguistically isolated households*
65
Population 5 years and over in households*
18,419
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
162
0.9%
5 to 17 years
58
0.3%
18 to 64 years
80
0.4%
65 years and over
24
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
