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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 4,543 92.11% 4,710 86.71%
Spanish 194 3.93% 473 8.71%
Other Indo-European* 191 3.87% 247 4.55%
Asian Language** 1 0.02% 0 0.00%
Other 3 0.06% 2 0.04%
Total Population Age 5+ 4,932 100.00% 5,432 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 321 67.86%
Other Indo-European* 146 59.11%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 2 100.00%
Total 469 8.63%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 118 60.82%
Other Indo-European* 108 56.54%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 3 100.00%
Total 229 4.64%

* "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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