Walton County

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 25,231 96.61% 36,490 94.92%
Spanish 508 1.95% 1,016 2.64%
Other Indo-European* 335 1.28% 760 1.98%
Asian Language** 42 0.16% 114 0.30%
Other 0 0.00% 61 0.16%
Total Population Age 5+ 26,116 100.00% 38,441 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 408 40.16%
Other Indo-European* 164 21.58%
Asian Language** 74 64.91%
Other Language 17 27.87%
Total 663 1.72%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 126 24.80%
Other Indo-European* 68 20.30%
Asian Language** 14 33.33%
Other Language 0 -
Total 208 0.80%

* "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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