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.