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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 189,980 96.75% 257,972 89.63%
Spanish 3,226 1.64% 22,875 7.95%
Other Indo-European* 2,039 1.04% 2,709 0.94%
Asian Language** 850 0.43% 3,832 1.33%
Other 270 0.14% 435 0.15%
Total Population Age 5+ 196,365 100.00% 287,823 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 13,696 59.87%
Other Indo-European* 522 19.27%
Asian Language** 1,914 49.95%
Other Language 145 33.33%
Total 16,277 5.66%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,227 38.03%
Other Indo-European* 579 28.40%
Asian Language** 470 55.29%
Other Language 89 32.96%
Total 2,365 1.20%

* "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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