Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Medford 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
58,901
100.0%
Speak only English
53,227
90.4%
Speak a language other than English
5,674
9.6%
Spanish
4,385
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
2,188
49.9%
Speak English "well"
954
21.8%
Speak English "not well"
798
18.2%
Speak English "not at all"
445
10.1%
Other Indo-European languages
717
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
476
66.4%
Speak English "well"
134
18.7%
Speak English "not well"
100
13.9%
Speak English "not at all"
7
1.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
502
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
273
54.4%
Speak English "well"
146
29.1%
Speak English "not well"
60
12.0%
Speak English "not at all"
23
4.6%
All other languages
70
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
54
77.1%
Speak English "well"
16
22.9%
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
58,901
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
5,674
9.6%
5 to 17 years
1,385
2.4%
18 to 64 years
3,827
6.5%
65 years and over
462
0.8%
Speak English less than "very well"
2,683
4.6%
5 to 17 years
596
1.0%
18 to 64 years
1,908
3.2%
65 years and over
179
0.3%
Linguistically isolated households*
468
Population 5 years and over in households*
57,611
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
1,589
2.8%
5 to 17 years
524
0.9%
18 to 64 years
993
1.7%
65 years and over
72
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
