Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Clifton Park 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
30,931
100.0%
Speak only English
28,672
92.7%
Speak a language other than English
2,259
7.3%
Spanish
329
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
242
73.6%
Speak English "well"
63
19.1%
Speak English "not well"
24
7.3%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
1,460
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,216
83.3%
Speak English "well"
194
13.3%
Speak English "not well"
50
3.4%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
392
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
316
80.6%
Speak English "well"
52
13.3%
Speak English "not well"
12
3.1%
Speak English "not at all"
12
3.1%
All other languages
78
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
72
92.3%
Speak English "well"
6
7.7%
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
30,931
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,259
7.3%
5 to 17 years
398
1.3%
18 to 64 years
1,596
5.2%
65 years and over
265
0.9%
Speak English less than "very well"
413
1.3%
5 to 17 years
35
0.1%
18 to 64 years
309
1.0%
65 years and over
69
0.2%
Linguistically isolated households*
70
Population 5 years and over in households*
30,838
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
119
0.4%
5 to 17 years
21
0.1%
18 to 64 years
47
0.2%
65 years and over
51
0.2%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
