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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 402,706 97.96% 441,754 97.49%
Spanish 3,162 0.77% 5,768 1.27%
Other Indo-European* 4,129 1.00% 3,925 0.87%
Asian Language** 835 0.20% 1,365 0.30%
Other 266 0.06% 336 0.07%
Total Population Age 5+ 411,098 100.00% 453,148 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 2,133 36.98%
Other Indo-European* 929 23.67%
Asian Language** 530 38.83%
Other Language 59 17.56%
Total 3,651 0.81%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,077 34.06%
Other Indo-European* 1,273 30.83%
Asian Language** 281 33.65%
Other Language 80 30.08%
Total 2,711 0.66%

* "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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