Ability to speak English among persons 5 years and over, by nativity and language spoken at home, from the American Comm
Ability to speak English among persons 5 years and over, by nativity and language spoken at home, from the American Community Survey 5-year estimates (detailed table B16005, Nativity by Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over), for Georgia at state, county, school district, and census tract geography, vintages 2020-2024: the share of native-born and foreign-born persons 5 years and over who speak English less than 'very well', by language group (English only, Spanish, other Indo-European, Asian and Pacific Island, other), with the four English-ability counts and 90 percent margins of error.
Filterable categorical columns (comma-separated values union; multiple columns AND together):
- citizenship_status — one of: all, native, foreign_born
- language_group — one of: all, english_only, spanish, other_indo_european, asian_pacific_island, other
Detail levels available: counties, districts, states, tracts (default: counties)
Year coverage: 2020–2024 (5 years, no gaps)
NULL handling: zero is a real value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Request
- Base URL: https://georgiacivicdata.org
- URL: https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/census/english_ability_by_nativity
- Auth: none declared
Query parameters
Exact year
Inclusive lower bound
Inclusive upper bound
Comma-separated list of GOSA district codes (e.g. 601,602)
Comma-separated list of GOSA school codes. Combine with district_code for unique school keys.
Comma-separated list of 5-digit county FIPS codes (e.g. 13121,13067)
Comma-separated list of 11-digit census tract GEOIDs (e.g. 13121011100)
Comma-separated list of 12-digit census block group GEOIDs (e.g. 131210111001)
Comma-separated demographic codes (e.g. all,black,hispanic)
Detail level (whatever the topic publishes — e.g. schools, districts, counties, or states).
Page size
Page offset
Comma-separated output columns to return (fact columns plus joined dimension attributes). Defaults to all.
Response format: json | csv | parquet
Response
Paginated rows. JSON returns an envelope with data and pagination; CSV/Parquet return raw bytes with X-Total-Count header.
Changes
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