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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 15,450 90.74% 15,644 94.45%
Spanish 45 0.26% 202 1.22%
Other Indo-European* 685 4.02% 334 2.02%
Asian Language** 6 0.04% 26 0.16%
Other 840 4.93% 357 2.16%
Total Population Age 5+ 17,026 100.00% 16,563 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 63 31.19%
Other Indo-European* 84 25.15%
Asian Language** 6 23.08%
Other Language 60 16.81%
Total 213 1.29%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 6 13.33%
Other Indo-European* 104 15.18%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 127 15.12%
Total 237 1.39%

* "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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