Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Burr Ridge 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
9,779
100.0%
Speak only English
8,063
82.5%
Speak a language other than English
1,716
17.5%
Spanish
256
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
184
71.9%
Speak English "well"
27
10.5%
Speak English "not well"
45
17.6%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
919
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
795
86.5%
Speak English "well"
110
12.0%
Speak English "not well"
9
1.0%
Speak English "not at all"
5
0.5%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
391
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
270
69.1%
Speak English "well"
76
19.4%
Speak English "not well"
36
9.2%
Speak English "not at all"
9
2.3%
All other languages
150
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
124
82.7%
Speak English "well"
20
13.3%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
6
4.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
9,779
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
1,716
17.5%
5 to 17 years
283
2.9%
18 to 64 years
1,242
12.7%
65 years and over
191
2.0%
Speak English less than "very well"
343
3.5%
5 to 17 years
37
0.4%
18 to 64 years
216
2.2%
65 years and over
90
0.9%
Linguistically isolated households*
39
Population 5 years and over in households*
9,495
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
96
1.0%
5 to 17 years
13
0.1%
18 to 64 years
57
0.6%
65 years and over
26
0.3%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
