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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 11,491 93.38% 12,475 93.56%
Spanish 111 0.90% 330 2.47%
Other Indo-European* 72 0.59% 99 0.74%
Asian Language** 38 0.31% 9 0.07%
Other 593 4.82% 421 3.16%
Total Population Age 5+ 12,305 100.00% 13,334 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 104 31.52%
Other Indo-European* 13 13.13%
Asian Language** 6 66.67%
Other Language 154 36.58%
Total 277 2.08%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 20 18.02%
Other Indo-European* 4 5.56%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 193 32.55%
Total 217 1.76%

* "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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