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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 7,244 98.12% 7,069 98.19%
Spanish 33 0.45% 80 1.11%
Other Indo-European* 76 1.03% 27 0.38%
Asian Language** 26 0.35% 23 0.32%
Other 4 0.05% 0 0.00%
Total Population Age 5+ 7,383 100.00% 7,199 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 24 30.00%
Other Indo-European* 11 40.74%
Asian Language** 0 0.00%
Other Language 0 -
Total 35 0.49%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 7 21.21%
Other Indo-European* 42 55.26%
Asian Language** 6 23.08%
Other Language 2 50.00%
Total 57 0.77%

* "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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