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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 3,182 95.27% 2,688 97.85%
Spanish 3 0.09% 20 0.73%
Other Indo-European* 108 3.23% 24 0.87%
Asian Language** 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Other 47 1.41% 15 0.55%
Total Population Age 5+ 3,340 100.00% 2,747 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 9 45.00%
Other Indo-European* 5 20.83%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 2 13.33%
Total 16 0.58%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1 33.33%
Other Indo-European* 28 25.93%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 15 31.91%
Total 44 1.32%

* "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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