Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Lawton 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
85,524
100.0%
Speak only English
74,623
87.3%
Speak a language other than English
10,901
12.7%
Spanish
5,477
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
3,665
66.9%
Speak English "well"
1,134
20.7%
Speak English "not well"
515
9.4%
Speak English "not at all"
163
3.0%
Other Indo-European languages
2,964
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
2,317
78.2%
Speak English "well"
448
15.1%
Speak English "not well"
199
6.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2,062
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,148
55.7%
Speak English "well"
645
31.3%
Speak English "not well"
231
11.2%
Speak English "not at all"
38
1.8%
All other languages
398
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
356
89.4%
Speak English "well"
22
5.5%
Speak English "not well"
20
5.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
85,524
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
10,901
12.7%
5 to 17 years
1,608
1.9%
18 to 64 years
8,490
9.9%
65 years and over
803
0.9%
Speak English less than "very well"
3,415
4.0%
5 to 17 years
423
0.5%
18 to 64 years
2,712
3.2%
65 years and over
280
0.3%
Linguistically isolated households*
574
Population 5 years and over in households*
75,345
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
1,154
1.5%
5 to 17 years
254
0.3%
18 to 64 years
811
1.1%
65 years and over
89
0.1%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
