Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Beaumont 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
10,337
100.0%
Speak only English
7,375
71.3%
Speak a language other than English
2,962
28.7%
Spanish
2,701
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,376
50.9%
Speak English "well"
531
19.7%
Speak English "not well"
590
21.8%
Speak English "not at all"
204
7.6%
Other Indo-European languages
169
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
118
69.8%
Speak English "well"
51
30.2%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
54
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
33
61.1%
Speak English "well"
21
38.9%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
38
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
38
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
10,337
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,962
28.7%
5 to 17 years
761
7.4%
18 to 64 years
1,966
19.0%
65 years and over
235
2.3%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,397
13.5%
5 to 17 years
220
2.1%
18 to 64 years
1,038
10.0%
65 years and over
139
1.3%
Linguistically isolated households*
289
Population 5 years and over in households*
10,176
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
897
8.8%
5 to 17 years
248
2.4%
18 to 64 years
582
5.7%
65 years and over
67
0.7%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
