Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Bellmore 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
15,316
100.0%
Speak only English
13,515
88.2%
Speak a language other than English
1,801
11.8%
Spanish
484
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
324
66.9%
Speak English "well"
97
20.0%
Speak English "not well"
63
13.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
942
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
686
72.8%
Speak English "well"
190
20.2%
Speak English "not well"
66
7.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
240
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
103
42.9%
Speak English "well"
71
29.6%
Speak English "not well"
66
27.5%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
135
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
84
62.2%
Speak English "well"
28
20.7%
Speak English "not well"
17
12.6%
Speak English "not at all"
6
4.4%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
15,316
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,801
11.8%
5 to 17 years
246
1.6%
18 to 64 years
1,326
8.7%
65 years and over
229
1.5%
Speak English less than "very well"
604
3.9%
5 to 17 years
99
0.6%
18 to 64 years
429
2.8%
65 years and over
76
0.5%
Linguistically isolated households*
87
Population 5 years and over in households*
15,307
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
194
1.3%
5 to 17 years
43
0.3%
18 to 64 years
117
0.8%
65 years and over
34
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
