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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 36,363 95.90% 38,946 92.62%
Spanish 1,095 2.89% 2,644 6.29%
Other Indo-European* 394 1.04% 292 0.69%
Asian Language** 47 0.12% 87 0.21%
Other 17 0.04% 78 0.19%
Total Population Age 5+ 37,916 100.00% 42,047 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,399 52.91%
Other Indo-European* 57 19.52%
Asian Language** 36 41.38%
Other Language 19 24.36%
Total 1,511 3.59%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 482 44.02%
Other Indo-European* 101 25.63%
Asian Language** 17 36.17%
Other Language 0 -
Total 600 1.58%

* "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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