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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 30,922 97.88% 39,379 97.17%
Spanish 398 1.26% 463 1.14%
Other Indo-European* 225 0.71% 475 1.17%
Asian Language** 31 0.10% 160 0.39%
Other 17 0.05% 49 0.12%
Total Population Age 5+ 31,593 100.00% 40,526 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 279 60.26%
Other Indo-European* 141 29.68%
Asian Language** 51 31.88%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 471 1.16%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 71 17.84%
Other Indo-European* 67 29.78%
Asian Language** 8 25.81%
Other Language 8 47.06%
Total 154 0.49%

* "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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