Trumbull County

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 198,892 93.66% 199,400 94.34%
Spanish 1,484 0.70% 1,988 0.94%
Other Indo-European* 10,583 4.98% 8,363 3.96%
Asian Language** 478 0.23% 678 0.32%
Other 919 0.43% 932 0.44%
Total Population Age 5+ 212,356 100.00% 211,361 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 718 36.12%
Other Indo-European* 2,801 33.49%
Asian Language** 238 35.10%
Other Language 176 18.88%
Total 3,933 1.86%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 421 28.37%
Other Indo-European* 3,460 32.69%
Asian Language** 176 36.82%
Other Language 185 20.13%
Total 4,242 2.00%

* "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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