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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 10,970 96.65% 13,055 96.87%
Spanish 101 0.89% 196 1.45%
Other Indo-European* 212 1.87% 174 1.29%
Asian Language** 30 0.26% 38 0.28%
Other 37 0.33% 14 0.10%
Total Population Age 5+ 11,350 100.00% 13,477 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 30 15.31%
Other Indo-European* 53 30.46%
Asian Language** 10 26.32%
Other Language 2 14.29%
Total 95 0.70%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 26 25.74%
Other Indo-European* 52 24.53%
Asian Language** 9 30.00%
Other Language 15 40.54%
Total 102 0.90%

* "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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