Coweta 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 48,239 97.66% 77,496 94.37%
Spanish 484 0.98% 3,011 3.67%
Other Indo-European* 576 1.17% 1,177 1.43%
Asian Language** 91 0.18% 318 0.39%
Other 5 0.01% 115 0.14%
Total Population Age 5+ 49,395 100.00% 82,117 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,748 58.05%
Other Indo-European* 347 29.48%
Asian Language** 105 33.02%
Other Language 36 31.30%
Total 2,236 2.72%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 167 34.50%
Other Indo-European* 183 31.77%
Asian Language** 45 49.45%
Other Language 5 100.00%
Total 400 0.81%

* "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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