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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 32,235 96.42% 34,156 95.22%
Spanish 251 0.75% 784 2.19%
Other Indo-European* 550 1.65% 418 1.17%
Asian Language** 300 0.90% 345 0.96%
Other 95 0.28% 168 0.47%
Total Population Age 5+ 33,431 100.00% 35,871 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 371 47.32%
Other Indo-European* 68 16.27%
Asian Language** 230 66.67%
Other Language 75 44.64%
Total 744 2.07%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 95 37.85%
Other Indo-European* 138 25.09%
Asian Language** 161 53.67%
Other Language 35 36.84%
Total 429 1.28%

* "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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