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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 14,886 83.77% 14,530 78.25%
Spanish 2,653 14.93% 3,782 20.37%
Other Indo-European* 149 0.84% 181 0.97%
Asian Language** 7 0.04% 51 0.27%
Other 75 0.42% 25 0.13%
Total Population Age 5+ 17,770 100.00% 18,569 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,854 49.02%
Other Indo-European* 50 27.62%
Asian Language** 19 37.25%
Other Language 10 40.00%
Total 1,933 10.41%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,293 48.74%
Other Indo-European* 51 34.23%
Asian Language** 2 28.57%
Other Language 24 32.00%
Total 1,370 7.71%

* "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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