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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 16,905 98.24% 17,952 97.58%
Spanish 151 0.88% 291 1.58%
Other Indo-European* 127 0.74% 95 0.52%
Asian Language** 5 0.03% 38 0.21%
Other 20 0.12% 22 0.12%
Total Population Age 5+ 17,208 100.00% 18,398 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 135 46.39%
Other Indo-European* 27 28.42%
Asian Language** 4 10.53%
Other Language 22 100.00%
Total 188 1.02%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 49 32.45%
Other Indo-European* 49 38.58%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 11 55.00%
Total 109 0.63%

* "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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