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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 6,805 95.71% 6,653 97.29%
Spanish 109 1.53% 128 1.87%
Other Indo-European* 175 2.46% 27 0.39%
Asian Language** 13 0.18% 30 0.44%
Other 8 0.11% 0 0.00%
Total Population Age 5+ 7,110 100.00% 6,838 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 41 32.03%
Other Indo-European* 7 25.93%
Asian Language** 30 100.00%
Other Language 0 -
Total 78 1.14%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 52 47.71%
Other Indo-European* 43 24.57%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 8 100.00%
Total 103 1.45%

* "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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