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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 17,765 98.39% 16,439 98.37%
Spanish 131 0.73% 93 0.56%
Other Indo-European* 148 0.82% 137 0.82%
Asian Language** 2 0.01% 12 0.07%
Other 10 0.06% 31 0.19%
Total Population Age 5+ 18,056 100.00% 16,712 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 43 46.24%
Other Indo-European* 24 17.52%
Asian Language** 10 83.33%
Other Language 12 38.71%
Total 89 0.53%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 28 21.37%
Other Indo-European* 27 18.24%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 0 -
Total 55 0.30%

* "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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