Table 12. Linguistic Ability of the Population Born in the Trust Territory, by Major Ethnic Group and Age, For the Trust Territory o the Pacific Islands: 1958
Territory and age	Total	Able to speak --				Able to Read --
		English		Japanese		English		Japanese
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total, 5 + years	56,673	14,488	25.6	15,406	27.2	14,304	25.2	11,981	21.1
5 to 14 years	18,039	2,169	12.0	440	2.4	2,858	15.8	219	1.2
15 to 24 years	10,307	5,788	56.2	1,225	11.9	6,217	60.3	967	9.4
25 to 44 years	16,328	4,174	25.6	9,757	59.8	3,587	22.0	7,865	48.2
45 years and over	11,999	2,357	19.6	3,984	33.2	1,642	13.7	2,930	24.4
CHAMORRO
Total, 5 + years	5,110	2,303	45.1	1,561	30.5	2,289	44.8	786	15.4
5 to 14 years	2,077	508	24.5	25	1.2	675	32.5	31	1.5
15 to 24 years	1,082	961	88.8	114	10.5	896	82.8	135	12.5
25 to 44 years	1,232	545	44.2	907	73.6	481	39.0	373	30.3
45 years and over	719	289	40.2	515	71.6	237	33.0	247	34.4
KAPINGAMARANGI-NUKUORO
Total, 5 + years	801	426	53.2	363	45.3	329	41.1	270	33.7
5 to 14 years	226	52	23.0	25	11.1	38	16.8	12	5.3
15 to 24 years	141	94	66.7	57	40.4	83	58.9	45	31.9
25 to 44 years	263	179	68.1	178	67.7	136	51.7	135	51.3
45 years and over	171	101	59.1	103	60.2	72	42.1	78	45.6
KOSRAEAN
Total, 5 + years	1,965	1,011	51.5	828	42.1	963	49.0	722	36.7
5 to 14 years	734	148	20.2	34	4.6	168	22.9	21	2.9
15 to 24 years	439	350	79.7	162	36.9	346	78.8	141	32.1
25 to 44 years	506	319	63.0	424	83.8	288	56.9	380	75.1
45 years and over	286	194	67.8	208	72.7	161	56.3	180	62.9
MARSHALLESE
Total, 5 + years	11,096	1,946	17.5	1,955	17.6	2,360	21.3	1,722	15.5
5 to 14 years	3,600	248	6.9	4	0.1	569	15.8	2	0.1
15 to 24 years	1,765	773	43.8	96	5.4	964	54.6	76	4.3
25 to 44 years	3,074	662	21.5	1,459	47.5	619	20.1	1,319	42.9
45 years and over	2,657	263	9.9	396	14.9	208	7.8	325	12.2
PALAUAN
Total, 5 + years	7,372	2,276	30.9	2,459	33.4	2,353	31.9	2,280	30.9
5 to 14 years	2,414	433	17.9	27	1.1	543	22.5	14	0.6
15 to 24 years	1,667	1,304	78.2	132	7.9	1,374	82.4	106	6.4
25 to 44 years	1,905	415	21.8	1,696	89.0	379	19.9	1,606	84.3
45 years and over	1,386	124	8.9	604	43.6	57	4.1	554	40.0
POHNPEIAN
Total, 5 + years	6,899	1,584	23.0	2,359	34.2	1,448	21.0	1,924	27.9
5 to 14 years	2,122	223	10.5	37	1.7	225	10.6	20	0.9
15 to 24 years	1,202	610	50.7	174	14.5	629	52.3	121	10.1
25 to 44 years	2,159	387	17.9	1,532	71.0	311	14.4	1,280	59.3
45 years and over	1,416	364	25.7	616	43.5	283	20.0	503	35.5
TRUKESE
Total, 5 + years	17,449	3,104	17.8	3,878	22.2	3,293	18.9	3,148	18.0
5 to 14 years	5,314	340	6.4	215	4.0	433	8.1	102	1.9
15 to 24 years	3,032	1,116	36.8	275	9.1	1,418	46.8	241	7.9
25 to 44 years	5,383	1,070	19.9	2,463	45.8	1,014	18.8	2,090	38.8
45 years and over	3,720	578	15.5	925	24.9	428	11.5	715	19.2
ULITHIAN-WOLEAIAN
Total, 5 + years	3,003	935	31.1	828	27.6	529	17.6	271	9.0
5 to 14 years	838	126	15.0	53	6.3	112	13.4	6	0.7
15 to 24 years	475	254	53.5	140	29.5	202	42.5	51	10.7
25 to 44 years	905	331	36.6	381	42.1	142	15.7	131	14.5
45 years and over	785	224	28.5	254	32.4	73	9.3	83	10.6
YAPESE
Total, 5 + years	2,592	746	28.8	1,075	41.5	571	22.0	772	29.8
5 to 14 years	614	60	9.8	15	2.4	50	8.1	7	1.1
15 to 24 years	390	265	67.9	60	15.4	243	62.3	42	10.8
25 to 44 years	806	231	28.7	673	83.5	181	22.5	509	63.2
45 years and over	782	190	24.3	327	41.8	97	12.4	214	27.4
OTHER ETHNIC GROUP
Total, 5 + years	386	157	40.7	100	25.9	169	43.8	86	22.3
5 to 14 years	100	31	31.0	5	5.0	45	45.0	4	4.0
15 to 24 years	114	61	53.5	15	13.2	62	54.4	9	7.9
25 to 44 years	95	35	36.8	44	46.3	36	37.9	42	44.2
45 years and over	77	30	39.0	36	46.8	26	33.8	31	40.3
Source: 1958 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Census