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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 43,404 97.73% 46,695 97.15%
Spanish 475 1.07% 738 1.54%
Other Indo-European* 427 0.96% 414 0.86%
Asian Language** 57 0.13% 176 0.37%
Other 49 0.11% 41 0.09%
Total Population Age 5+ 44,412 100.00% 48,064 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 232 31.44%
Other Indo-European* 88 21.26%
Asian Language** 93 52.84%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 413 0.86%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 219 46.11%
Other Indo-European* 115 26.93%
Asian Language** 17 29.82%
Other Language 8 16.33%
Total 359 0.81%

* "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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