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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 62,575 97.57% 73,647 96.16%
Spanish 749 1.17% 1,784 2.33%
Other Indo-European* 591 0.92% 618 0.81%
Asian Language** 125 0.19% 433 0.57%
Other 94 0.15% 107 0.14%
Total Population Age 5+ 64,134 100.00% 76,589 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,046 58.63%
Other Indo-European* 153 24.76%
Asian Language** 284 65.59%
Other Language 15 14.02%
Total 1,498 1.96%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 265 35.38%
Other Indo-European* 184 31.13%
Asian Language** 53 42.40%
Other Language 64 68.09%
Total 566 0.88%

* "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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