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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 50,022 97.91% 63,664 96.86%
Spanish 368 0.72% 1,115 1.70%
Other Indo-European* 421 0.82% 528 0.80%
Asian Language** 153 0.30% 168 0.26%
Other 127 0.25% 253 0.38%
Total Population Age 5+ 51,091 100.00% 65,728 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 308 27.62%
Other Indo-European* 89 16.86%
Asian Language** 89 52.98%
Other Language 37 14.62%
Total 523 0.80%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 130 35.33%
Other Indo-European* 130 30.88%
Asian Language** 84 54.90%
Other Language 47 37.01%
Total 391 0.77%

* "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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