Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Owatonna 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
20,769
100.0%
Speak only English
18,984
91.4%
Speak a language other than English
1,785
8.6%
Spanish
826
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
494
59.8%
Speak English "well"
169
20.5%
Speak English "not well"
140
16.9%
Speak English "not at all"
23
2.8%
Other Indo-European languages
427
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
338
79.2%
Speak English "well"
65
15.2%
Speak English "not well"
24
5.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
159
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
98
61.6%
Speak English "well"
42
26.4%
Speak English "not well"
12
7.5%
Speak English "not at all"
7
4.4%
All other languages
373
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
193
51.7%
Speak English "well"
94
25.2%
Speak English "not well"
86
23.1%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
20,769
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,785
8.6%
5 to 17 years
540
2.6%
18 to 64 years
1,110
5.3%
65 years and over
135
0.7%
Speak English less than "very well"
662
3.2%
5 to 17 years
183
0.9%
18 to 64 years
451
2.2%
65 years and over
28
0.1%
Linguistically isolated households*
130
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,281
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
335
1.7%
5 to 17 years
136
0.7%
18 to 64 years
192
0.9%
65 years and over
7
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
