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LANGUAGE

The Census asks questions about language use at home to locate groups of people who speak a language other than English. Their isolation or integration into a primarily English speaking community can be determined by their ability to speak English proficiently.

Language Spoken at Home, 1990-2000
1990 2000
Number Percent Number Percent
Only English 343,729 91.23% 418,495 89.18%
Spanish 14,923 3.96% 28,540 6.08%
Other Indo-European* 15,409 4.09% 17,422 3.71%
Asian Language** 1,545 0.41% 2,895 0.62%
Other 1,181 0.31% 1,908 0.41%
Total Population Age 5+ 376,787 100.00% 469,260 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 11,659 40.85%
Other Indo-European* 4,894 28.09%
Asian Language** 1,375 47.50%
Other Language 609 31.92%
Total 18,537 3.95%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 7,063 47.33%
Other Indo-European* 4,474 29.03%
Asian Language** 586 37.93%
Other Language 270 22.86%
Total 12,393 3.29%

* "Other Indo-European" excludes English and Spanish. "Indo-European" is not synonymous with "European." French, German, Hindi, and Persian are all classified as Indo-European. Hungarian, on the other hand, is lumped into "Other Language."

** "Asian Language" includes languages indigenous to Asia and Pacific islands areas that are not also Indo-European languages. Chinese, Japanese, Telugu, and Hawaiian are all classified here.

Also note that ability to speak English "very well" is based on the self-assessment of those responding to Census questions, not on a test of language ability.

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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