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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 23,897 96.87% 26,368 97.13%
Spanish 299 1.21% 274 1.01%
Other Indo-European* 448 1.82% 457 1.68%
Asian Language** 22 0.09% 40 0.15%
Other 4 0.02% 8 0.03%
Total Population Age 5+ 24,670 100.00% 27,147 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 110 40.15%
Other Indo-European* 135 29.54%
Asian Language** 10 25.00%
Other Language 2 25.00%
Total 257 0.95%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 65 21.74%
Other Indo-European* 141 31.47%
Asian Language** 3 13.64%
Other Language 0 -
Total 209 0.85%

* "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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