Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. North Kingstown 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
24,566
100.0%
Speak only English
23,006
93.6%
Speak a language other than English
1,560
6.4%
Spanish
641
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
410
64.0%
Speak English "well"
139
21.7%
Speak English "not well"
82
12.8%
Speak English "not at all"
10
1.6%
Other Indo-European languages
748
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
660
88.2%
Speak English "well"
33
4.4%
Speak English "not well"
51
6.8%
Speak English "not at all"
4
0.5%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
125
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
68
54.4%
Speak English "well"
35
28.0%
Speak English "not well"
9
7.2%
Speak English "not at all"
13
10.4%
All other languages
46
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
46
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
24,566
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,560
6.4%
5 to 17 years
385
1.6%
18 to 64 years
1,007
4.1%
65 years and over
168
0.7%
Speak English less than "very well"
376
1.5%
5 to 17 years
147
0.6%
18 to 64 years
207
0.8%
65 years and over
22
0.1%
Linguistically isolated households*
49
Population 5 years and over in households*
24,285
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
137
0.6%
5 to 17 years
51
0.2%
18 to 64 years
86
0.4%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
