Bulloch 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 38,920 96.27% 49,849 94.48%
Spanish 637 1.58% 1,455 2.76%
Other Indo-European* 717 1.77% 801 1.52%
Asian Language** 133 0.33% 476 0.90%
Other 20 0.05% 180 0.34%
Total Population Age 5+ 40,427 100.00% 52,761 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 726 49.90%
Other Indo-European* 191 23.85%
Asian Language** 218 45.80%
Other Language 55 30.56%
Total 1,190 2.26%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 294 46.15%
Other Indo-European* 226 31.52%
Asian Language** 94 70.68%
Other Language 0 -
Total 614 1.52%

* "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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