Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Milford 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
7,557
100.0%
Speak only English
6,921
91.6%
Speak a language other than English
636
8.4%
Spanish
62
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
57
91.9%
Speak English "well"
5
8.1%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
494
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
321
65.0%
Speak English "well"
94
19.0%
Speak English "not well"
63
12.8%
Speak English "not at all"
16
3.2%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
57
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "well"
36
63.2%
Speak English "not well"
21
36.8%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
23
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
12
52.2%
Speak English "well"
11
47.8%
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
7,557
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
636
8.4%
5 to 17 years
51
0.7%
18 to 64 years
475
6.3%
65 years and over
110
1.5%
Speak English less than "very well"
246
3.3%
5 to 17 years
21
0.3%
18 to 64 years
175
2.3%
65 years and over
50
0.7%
Linguistically isolated households*
62
Population 5 years and over in households*
7,424
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
142
1.9%
5 to 17 years
7
0.1%
18 to 64 years
110
1.5%
65 years and over
25
0.3%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
