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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 29,230 94.57% 29,896 93.99%
Spanish 432 1.40% 923 2.90%
Other Indo-European* 86 0.28% 146 0.46%
Asian Language** 54 0.17% 17 0.05%
Other 1,105 3.58% 826 2.60%
Total Population Age 5+ 30,907 100.00% 31,808 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 356 38.57%
Other Indo-European* 17 11.64%
Asian Language** 13 76.47%
Other Language 153 18.52%
Total 539 1.69%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 237 54.86%
Other Indo-European* 29 33.72%
Asian Language** 39 72.22%
Other Language 425 38.46%
Total 730 2.36%

* "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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