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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 39,390 91.00% 45,800 94.20%
Spanish 1,042 2.41% 1,096 2.25%
Other Indo-European* 1,725 3.99% 1,368 2.81%
Asian Language** 90 0.21% 54 0.11%
Other 1,037 2.40% 302 0.62%
Total Population Age 5+ 43,284 100.00% 48,620 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 644 58.76%
Other Indo-European* 265 19.37%
Asian Language** 34 62.96%
Other Language 16 5.30%
Total 959 1.97%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 410 39.35%
Other Indo-European* 533 30.90%
Asian Language** 40 44.44%
Other Language 235 22.66%
Total 1,218 2.81%

* "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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