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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 8,050 96.78% 9,329 97.11%
Spanish 60 0.72% 160 1.67%
Other Indo-European* 197 2.37% 104 1.08%
Asian Language** 8 0.10% 8 0.08%
Other 3 0.04% 6 0.06%
Total Population Age 5+ 8,318 100.00% 9,607 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 34 21.25%
Other Indo-European* 20 19.23%
Asian Language** 5 62.50%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 59 0.61%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 10 16.67%
Other Indo-European* 57 28.93%
Asian Language** 5 62.50%
Other Language 0 -
Total 72 0.87%

* "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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