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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