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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 3,460 95.77% 4,176 96.53%
Spanish 48 1.33% 77 1.78%
Other Indo-European* 36 1.00% 23 0.53%
Asian Language** 14 0.39% 15 0.35%
Other 55 1.52% 35 0.81%
Total Population Age 5+ 3,613 100.00% 4,326 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 16 20.78%
Other Indo-European* 8 34.78%
Asian Language** 4 26.67%
Other Language 20 57.14%
Total 48 1.11%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 4 8.33%
Other Indo-European* 9 25.00%
Asian Language** 7 50.00%
Other Language 27 49.09%
Total 47 1.30%

* "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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