---
title: "Ability to speak English among persons 5 years and over, by nativity and language spoken at home, from the American Comm"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/census/english_ability_by_nativity"
tags: ["census"]
---

# Ability to speak English among persons 5 years and over, by nativity and language spoken at home, from the American Comm

`GET /api/v1/census/english_ability_by_nativity`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://georgiacivicdata.org`
- URL: `https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/census/english_ability_by_nativity`
- Auth: none declared

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

## Query parameters

- `year` integer, nullable: Exact year
- `year_min` integer, nullable: Inclusive lower bound
- `year_max` integer, nullable: Inclusive upper bound
- `district_code` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of GOSA district codes (e.g. `601,602`)
- `school_code` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of GOSA school codes. Combine with `district_code` for unique school keys.
- `county_fips` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of 5-digit county FIPS codes (e.g. `13121,13067`)
- `tract_geoid` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of 11-digit census tract GEOIDs (e.g. `13121011100`)
- `block_group_geoid` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of 12-digit census block group GEOIDs (e.g. `131210111001`)
- `demographic` string, nullable: Comma-separated demographic codes (e.g. `all,black,hispanic`)
- `detail` string, nullable: Detail level (whatever the topic publishes — e.g. schools, districts, counties, or states).
- `limit` integer, nullable: Page size
- `offset` integer: Page offset
- `columns` string, nullable: Comma-separated output columns to return (fact columns plus joined dimension attributes). Defaults to all.
- `format` 'json' | 'csv' | 'parquet': Response format: json | csv | parquet

## Response `200`

Paginated rows. JSON returns an envelope with `data` and `pagination`; CSV/Parquet return raw bytes with `X-Total-Count` header.

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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