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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 22,526 98.67% 23,953 96.80%
Spanish 127 0.56% 416 1.68%
Other Indo-European* 126 0.55% 305 1.23%
Asian Language** 49 0.21% 63 0.25%
Other 2 0.01% 8 0.03%
Total Population Age 5+ 22,830 100.00% 24,745 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 202 48.56%
Other Indo-European* 53 17.38%
Asian Language** 14 22.22%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 269 1.09%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 31 24.41%
Other Indo-European* 34 26.98%
Asian Language** 26 53.06%
Other Language 0 -
Total 91 0.40%

* "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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