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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 56,161 96.90% 59,571 94.22%
Spanish 819 1.41% 2,320 3.67%
Other Indo-European* 695 1.20% 809 1.28%
Asian Language** 185 0.32% 415 0.66%
Other 97 0.17% 109 0.17%
Total Population Age 5+ 57,957 100.00% 63,224 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 938 40.43%
Other Indo-European* 167 20.64%
Asian Language** 218 52.53%
Other Language 36 33.03%
Total 1,359 2.15%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 279 34.07%
Other Indo-European* 149 21.44%
Asian Language** 71 38.38%
Other Language 49 50.52%
Total 548 0.95%

* "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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