Language Spoken at Home by Ability
to
Speak English for Several Age
Groups by County in State of Arizona, 2000
5 Years and Over
|
|
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
Speak other Indo-European
language
|
Speak Asian and Pacific Island
language
|
Speak other language
|
|
County
|
Count
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
63,202
|
38.3%
|
2.4%
|
0.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
51.3%
|
7.3%
|
|
Cochise
|
110,047
|
70.5%
|
20.7%
|
4.5%
|
2.1%
|
0.2%
|
1.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
|
Coconino
|
107,775
|
71.8%
|
5.2%
|
1.3%
|
1.2%
|
0.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
17.6%
|
2.3%
|
|
Gila
|
48,370
|
81.8%
|
8.6%
|
1.1%
|
1.6%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
6.1%
|
0.5%
|
|
Graham
|
30,909
|
76.3%
|
15.0%
|
1.4%
|
0.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
5.8%
|
0.6%
|
|
Greenlee
|
7,855
|
74.0%
|
23.2%
|
1.9%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
|
La Paz
|
18,774
|
78.4%
|
14.6%
|
4.1%
|
0.8%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.1%
|
1.6%
|
0.2%
|
|
Maricopa
|
2,832,694
|
75.9%
|
12.9%
|
6.2%
|
2.3%
|
0.2%
|
1.3%
|
0.3%
|
0.9%
|
0.1%
|
|
Mohave
|
145,803
|
89.3%
|
6.2%
|
1.5%
|
1.6%
|
0.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.0%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
|
Navajo
|
89,175
|
60.1%
|
4.0%
|
0.7%
|
0.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
30.1%
|
4.2%
|
|
Pima
|
788,868
|
72.5%
|
18.7%
|
4.0%
|
2.0%
|
0.2%
|
1.1%
|
0.3%
|
1.1%
|
0.1%
|
|
Pinal
|
167,639
|
74.8%
|
17.5%
|
4.3%
|
1.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
1.7%
|
0.1%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
35,184
|
19.5%
|
58.9%
|
20.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
Yavapai
|
158,931
|
90.3%
|
5.2%
|
1.8%
|
1.6%
|
0.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
|
Yuma
|
147,498
|
54.5%
|
30.7%
|
12.8%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
0.6%
|
0.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.0%
|
|
Total
|
4,752,724
|
74.1%
|
14.2%
|
5.3%
|
2.0%
|
0.2%
|
1.1%
|
0.2%
|
2.6%
|
0.3%
|
Summary, 5 Years and Over
|
|
|
Speak a Language other than
English
|
|
County
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
38.3%
|
54.1%
|
7.6%
|
|
Cochise
|
70.5%
|
24.7%
|
4.9%
|
|
Coconino
|
71.8%
|
24.4%
|
3.8%
|
|
Gila
|
81.8%
|
16.5%
|
1.7%
|
|
Graham
|
76.3%
|
21.7%
|
2.0%
|
|
Greenlee
|
74.0%
|
24.0%
|
1.9%
|
|
La Paz
|
78.4%
|
17.2%
|
4.4%
|
|
Maricopa
|
75.9%
|
17.4%
|
6.8%
|
|
Mohave
|
89.3%
|
9.1%
|
1.6%
|
|
Navajo
|
60.1%
|
34.9%
|
5.0%
|
|
Pima
|
72.5%
|
22.9%
|
4.6%
|
|
Pinal
|
74.8%
|
20.7%
|
4.5%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
19.5%
|
59.8%
|
20.7%
|
|
Yavapai
|
90.3%
|
7.7%
|
2.0%
|
|
Yuma
|
54.5%
|
32.5%
|
13.1%
|
|
Total
|
74.1%
|
19.8%
|
6.1%
|
5 to 17 Years of Age
|
|
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
Speak other Indo-European
language
|
Speak Asian and Pacific Island
language
|
Speak other language
|
|
County
|
Count
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
20,454
|
48.9%
|
1.2%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
47.2%
|
2.5%
|
|
Cochise
|
23,186
|
68.4%
|
26.5%
|
2.6%
|
1.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.7%
|
0.1%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
|
Coconino
|
24,790
|
71.9%
|
4.3%
|
1.0%
|
0.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
20.8%
|
1.3%
|
|
Gila
|
9,938
|
88.9%
|
4.7%
|
0.8%
|
0.9%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
4.4%
|
0.2%
|
|
Graham
|
7,498
|
88.0%
|
8.0%
|
1.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
2.6%
|
0.1%
|
|
Greenlee
|
2,029
|
88.0%
|
10.1%
|
1.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
|
La Paz
|
3,192
|
68.6%
|
27.3%
|
2.7%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.2%
|
1.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
Maricopa
|
585,856
|
72.8%
|
19.1%
|
4.7%
|
1.4%
|
0.1%
|
1.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.7%
|
0.1%
|
|
Mohave
|
26,460
|
87.2%
|
9.6%
|
1.0%
|
1.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
|
Navajo
|
26,322
|
66.3%
|
2.5%
|
0.2%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
28.7%
|
1.9%
|
|
Pima
|
152,105
|
70.7%
|
23.8%
|
2.8%
|
1.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
0.7%
|
0.1%
|
|
Pinal
|
32,909
|
76.2%
|
19.5%
|
2.7%
|
0.4%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.1%
|
0.9%
|
0.1%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
9,703
|
12.0%
|
76.0%
|
10.9%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.9%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
Yavapai
|
26,785
|
89.5%
|
6.8%
|
1.7%
|
0.5%
|
0.1%
|
0.3%
|
0.1%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
|
Yuma
|
33,566
|
38.9%
|
50.8%
|
9.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
|
Total
|
984,793
|
71.2%
|
19.6%
|
4.0%
|
1.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
2.9%
|
0.2%
|
Summary, 5 to 17 Years of Age
|
|
|
Speak a Language other than
English
|
|
County
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
48.9%
|
48.5%
|
2.6%
|
|
Cochise
|
68.4%
|
28.8%
|
2.8%
|
|
Coconino
|
71.9%
|
25.8%
|
2.3%
|
|
Gila
|
88.9%
|
10.0%
|
1.0%
|
|
Graham
|
88.0%
|
10.9%
|
1.1%
|
|
Greenlee
|
88.0%
|
10.3%
|
1.7%
|
|
La Paz
|
68.6%
|
28.5%
|
2.9%
|
|
Maricopa
|
72.8%
|
22.2%
|
5.0%
|
|
Mohave
|
87.2%
|
11.7%
|
1.1%
|
|
Navajo
|
66.3%
|
31.6%
|
2.1%
|
|
Pima
|
70.7%
|
26.3%
|
3.0%
|
|
Pinal
|
76.2%
|
21.0%
|
2.8%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
12.0%
|
77.1%
|
10.9%
|
|
Yavapai
|
89.5%
|
8.5%
|
2.0%
|
|
Yuma
|
38.9%
|
51.6%
|
9.5%
|
|
Total
|
71.2%
|
24.5%
|
4.3%
|
18 to 64 Years of
Age
|
|
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
Speak other Indo-European
language
|
Speak Asian and Pacific Island
language
|
Speak other language
|
|
County
|
Count
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
36,939
|
32.9%
|
2.8%
|
0.3%
|
0.4%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
57.9%
|
5.6%
|
|
Cochise
|
69,651
|
69.3%
|
20.9%
|
4.9%
|
2.2%
|
0.2%
|
1.7%
|
0.2%
|
0.6%
|
0.0%
|
|
Coconino
|
75,005
|
72.1%
|
5.3%
|
1.5%
|
1.3%
|
0.2%
|
0.5%
|
0.1%
|
17.7%
|
1.3%
|
|
Gila
|
28,162
|
78.9%
|
9.8%
|
1.3%
|
1.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
7.9%
|
0.5%
|
|
Graham
|
19,483
|
72.2%
|
16.9%
|
1.3%
|
1.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
7.6%
|
0.5%
|
|
Greenlee
|
4,985
|
71.6%
|
25.5%
|
1.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.6%
|
0.0%
|
|
La Paz
|
10,427
|
75.6%
|
15.7%
|
5.6%
|
0.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
0.0%
|
2.0%
|
0.1%
|
|
Maricopa
|
1,888,004
|
74.4%
|
12.6%
|
7.5%
|
2.3%
|
0.2%
|
1.5%
|
0.3%
|
1.0%
|
0.1%
|
|
Mohave
|
87,695
|
88.5%
|
6.5%
|
2.1%
|
1.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.9%
|
0.0%
|
|
Navajo
|
53,206
|
56.0%
|
4.6%
|
1.1%
|
0.8%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.1%
|
33.7%
|
3.6%
|
|
Pima
|
517,096
|
70.8%
|
19.3%
|
4.6%
|
2.0%
|
0.1%
|
1.4%
|
0.3%
|
1.3%
|
0.1%
|
|
Pinal
|
105,489
|
71.3%
|
19.3%
|
5.3%
|
1.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.5%
|
0.1%
|
2.1%
|
0.1%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
21,418
|
19.5%
|
57.3%
|
22.2%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
Yavapai
|
95,438
|
89.2%
|
5.7%
|
2.4%
|
1.7%
|
0.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
|
Yuma
|
87,326
|
51.6%
|
30.1%
|
16.0%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
0.8%
|
0.1%
|
0.5%
|
0.0%
|
|
Total
|
3,100,324
|
72.6%
|
14.2%
|
6.5%
|
2.0%
|
0.2%
|
1.3%
|
0.3%
|
2.8%
|
0.2%
|
Summary, 18 to 64 Years of Age
|
|
|
Speak a Language other than
English
|
|
County
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
32.9%
|
61.2%
|
6.0%
|
|
Cochise
|
69.3%
|
25.5%
|
5.2%
|
|
Coconino
|
72.1%
|
24.8%
|
3.1%
|
|
Gila
|
78.9%
|
19.2%
|
1.9%
|
|
Graham
|
72.2%
|
25.9%
|
1.9%
|
|
Greenlee
|
71.6%
|
26.7%
|
1.6%
|
|
La Paz
|
75.6%
|
18.6%
|
5.8%
|
|
Maricopa
|
74.4%
|
17.5%
|
8.1%
|
|
Mohave
|
88.5%
|
9.3%
|
2.2%
|
|
Navajo
|
56.0%
|
39.2%
|
4.8%
|
|
Pima
|
70.8%
|
24.0%
|
5.2%
|
|
Pinal
|
71.3%
|
23.0%
|
5.6%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
19.5%
|
58.1%
|
22.4%
|
|
Yavapai
|
89.2%
|
8.3%
|
2.5%
|
|
Yuma
|
51.6%
|
32.2%
|
16.2%
|
|
Total
|
72.6%
|
20.3%
|
7.2%
|
65 Years and
Over
|
|
|
|
Speak Spanish
|
Speak other Indo-European
language
|
Speak Asian and Pacific Island
language
|
Speak other language
|
|
County
|
Count
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
5,809
|
35.1%
|
4.4%
|
0.3%
|
0.7%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
24.2%
|
35.2%
|
|
Cochise
|
17,210
|
77.7%
|
11.8%
|
5.7%
|
2.9%
|
0.2%
|
1.2%
|
0.2%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
|
Coconino
|
7,980
|
68.9%
|
7.0%
|
0.4%
|
1.7%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
7.5%
|
14.2%
|
|
Gila
|
10,270
|
82.8%
|
9.4%
|
0.9%
|
3.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
2.7%
|
1.0%
|
|
Graham
|
3,928
|
74.5%
|
18.5%
|
2.2%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
2.9%
|
1.8%
|
|
Greenlee
|
841
|
54.5%
|
40.9%
|
4.4%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
|
La Paz
|
5,155
|
90.2%
|
4.5%
|
2.0%
|
1.6%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
1.2%
|
0.3%
|
|
Maricopa
|
358,834
|
88.6%
|
4.3%
|
1.7%
|
3.6%
|
0.5%
|
0.6%
|
0.4%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
|
Mohave
|
31,648
|
93.4%
|
2.8%
|
0.3%
|
2.5%
|
0.1%
|
0.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.6%
|
0.0%
|
|
Navajo
|
9,647
|
65.9%
|
4.8%
|
0.3%
|
1.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
13.8%
|
13.8%
|
|
Pima
|
119,667
|
82.3%
|
9.8%
|
3.0%
|
3.1%
|
0.3%
|
0.4%
|
0.3%
|
0.6%
|
0.2%
|
|
Pinal
|
29,241
|
85.8%
|
8.6%
|
2.3%
|
1.7%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
1.3%
|
0.1%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
4,063
|
37.0%
|
26.7%
|
35.1%
|
1.2%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
|
Yavapai
|
36,708
|
93.6%
|
2.8%
|
0.4%
|
2.5%
|
0.2%
|
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.3%
|
0.1%
|
|
Yuma
|
26,606
|
83.7%
|
7.2%
|
6.8%
|
1.1%
|
0.2%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
0.4%
|
0.1%
|
|
Total
|
667,607
|
85.8%
|
6.0%
|
2.3%
|
3.0%
|
0.3%
|
0.4%
|
0.3%
|
1.0%
|
0.8%
|
Summary, 65 Years and Over
|
|
|
Speak a Language other than
English
|
|
County
|
Speak Only English
|
Speak English "very well" or
"well"
|
Speak English "not well" or "not at
all"
|
|
Apache
|
35.1%
|
29.3%
|
35.6%
|
|
Cochise
|
77.7%
|
16.1%
|
6.2%
|
|
Coconino
|
68.9%
|
16.4%
|
14.8%
|
|
Gila
|
82.8%
|
15.2%
|
2.0%
|
|
Graham
|
74.5%
|
21.4%
|
4.1%
|
|
Greenlee
|
54.5%
|
41.1%
|
4.4%
|
|
La Paz
|
90.2%
|
7.4%
|
2.4%
|
|
Maricopa
|
88.6%
|
8.8%
|
2.6%
|
|
Mohave
|
93.4%
|
6.1%
|
0.4%
|
|
Navajo
|
65.9%
|
20.0%
|
14.1%
|
|
Pima
|
82.3%
|
13.9%
|
3.8%
|
|
Pinal
|
85.8%
|
11.7%
|
2.5%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
37.0%
|
27.9%
|
35.1%
|
|
Yavapai
|
93.6%
|
5.6%
|
0.8%
|
|
Yuma
|
83.7%
|
9.1%
|
7.3%
|
|
Total
|
85.8%
|
10.5%
|
3.7%
|
Source: Compiled by the Language Policy Research Unit,
Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State
University
using U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF
3) -
Sample Data.
|