Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Muscatine 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
20,850
100.0%
Speak only English
18,432
88.4%
Speak a language other than English
2,418
11.6%
Spanish
2,056
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,113
54.1%
Speak English "well"
435
21.2%
Speak English "not well"
360
17.5%
Speak English "not at all"
148
7.2%
Other Indo-European languages
224
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
161
71.9%
Speak English "well"
46
20.5%
Speak English "not well"
17
7.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
86
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
68
79.1%
Speak English "well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not well"
18
20.9%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
52
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
36
69.2%
Speak English "well"
16
30.8%
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
20,850
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
2,418
11.6%
5 to 17 years
529
2.5%
18 to 64 years
1,775
8.5%
65 years and over
114
0.5%
Speak English less than "very well"
1,040
5.0%
5 to 17 years
211
1.0%
18 to 64 years
777
3.7%
65 years and over
52
0.2%
Linguistically isolated households*
182
Population 5 years and over in households*
20,394
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
449
2.2%
5 to 17 years
111
0.5%
18 to 64 years
338
1.7%
65 years and over
0
0.0%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
