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Greensboro City
Language Statistics


From the 1990 Census of Population
AGE BY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH
Universe: Persons 5 years and over
5 to 17 years: 
  Speak only English.....................................26401
  Speak Spanish:
    Speak English "very well"..............................458
    Speak English "well"...................................101
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"...............147
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language:
    Speak English "very well"..............................222
    Speak English "well"...................................125
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"................92
  Speak other language:
    Speak English "very well"..............................234
    Speak English "well"....................................41
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"................33
18 to 64 years:
  Speak only English....................................116763
  Speak Spanish:
    Speak English "very well".............................1302
    Speak English "well"...................................303
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"...............320
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language:
    Speak English "very well"..............................353
    Speak English "well"...................................319
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"...............452
  Speak other language: 
    Speak English "very well".............................1632
    Speak English "well"...................................551
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"...............334
65 years and over:
  Speak only English.....................................20985
  Speak Spanish:
    Speak English "very well"..............................106
    Speak English "well"....................................27
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all".................6
  Speak Asian or Pacific Island language:
    Speak English "very well"...............................11
    Speak English "well".....................................0
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"................15
  Speak other language:
    Speak English "very well"..............................278
    Speak English "well"...................................151
    Speak English "not well" or "not at all"................52

HOUSEHOLD LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC ISOLATION
Universe: Households
English..................................................69969
Spanish:
  Linguistically isolated..................................154
  Not linguistically isolated.............................1851
Asian or Pacific Island language:
  Linguistically isolated..................................229
  Not linguistically isolated..............................349
Other language:
  Linguistically isolated..................................378
  Not linguistically isolated.............................1760

AGE, LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME, AND LINGUISTIC ISOLATION
Universe: Persons 5 years and over
Persons in households:
  5 to 13 years:
    Speak only English:
      Linguistically isolated:
        Spanish spoken in household.........................36
        Asian or Pacific Island language spoken in household.0
        Other language spoken in household..................11
      Not linguistically isolated........................18408
    Speak Spanish:
      Linguistically isolated................................0
      Not linguistically isolated..........................502
    Speak Asian or Pacific Island language:
      Linguistically isolated..............................143
      Not linguistically isolated..........................168
    Speak other language:
      Linguistically isolated...............................40
      Not linguistically isolated..........................163
  14 to 17 years:
    Speak only English....................................7883
    Speak Spanish:
      Linguistically isolated................................0
      Not linguistically isolated..........................204
    Speak Asian or Pacific Island language:
      Linguistically isolated...............................39
      Not linguistically isolated...........................89
    Speak other language:
      Linguistically isolated................................7
      Not linguistically isolated...........................98
  18 to 64 years:
    Speak only English..................................109651
    Speak Spanish:
      Linguistically isolated..............................169
      Not linguistically isolated.........................1558
    Speak Asian or Pacific Island language:
      Linguistically isolated..............................499
      Not linguistically isolated..........................603
    Speak other language:
      Linguistically isolated..............................494
      Not linguistically isolated.........................1905
  65 years and over:
    Speak only English...................................19828
    Speak Spanish:
      Linguistically isolated................................7
      Not linguistically isolated..........................126
    Speak Asian or Pacific Island language:
      Linguistically isolated................................5
      Not linguistically isolated...........................21
    Speak other language:
      Linguistically isolated...............................94
      Not linguistically isolated..........................380
Persons in group quarters.................................8683

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Universe: Persons 5 years and over
Speak only English......................................164149
German (607, 613)..........................................470
Yiddish (609)................................................0
Other West Germanic language (608, 610-612).................23
Scandinavian (614-618)......................................63
Greek (637)................................................181
Indic (662-678)............................................337
Italian (619)..............................................193
French or French Creole (620-624).........................1160
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole (629-630)..................150
Spanish or Spanish Creole (625, 627-628)..................2770
Polish (645)................................................35
Russian (639)...............................................43
South Slavic (647-652)......................................34
Other Slavic language (640-644, 646)........................22
Other Indo-European language (601-606, 626, 631-636, 
			      638, 653-661).................71
Arabic (777)...............................................206
Tagalog (742)................................................5
Chinese (708-715)..........................................346
Hungarian (682).............................................32
Japanese (723).............................................187
Mon-Khmer (726)............................................224
Korean (724)...............................................130
Native North American languages (800-955, 959-966, 
				 977-982)...................39
Vietnamese (728)...........................................384
Other and unspecified languages (679-681, 683-707, 
				 716-722, 725,)............560


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