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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 9,645 89.35% 10,842 89.08%
Spanish 52 0.48% 9 0.07%
Other Indo-European* 521 4.83% 483 3.97%
Asian Language** 33 0.31% 39 0.32%
Other 544 5.04% 798 6.56%
Total Population Age 5+ 10,795 100.00% 12,171 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 0 0.00%
Other Indo-European* 364 75.36%
Asian Language** 22 56.41%
Other Language 190 23.81%
Total 576 4.73%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 0 -
Other Indo-European* 371 71.21%
Asian Language** 13 39.39%
Other Language 92 16.91%
Total 476 4.41%

* "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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