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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 31,104 93.13% 29,170 94.25%
Spanish 388 1.16% 396 1.28%
Other Indo-European* 1,778 5.32% 1,240 4.01%
Asian Language** 44 0.13% 79 0.26%
Other 83 0.25% 65 0.21%
Total Population Age 5+ 33,397 100.00% 30,950 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 124 31.31%
Other Indo-European* 504 40.65%
Asian Language** 9 11.39%
Other Language 5 7.69%
Total 642 2.07%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 147 37.89%
Other Indo-European* 615 34.59%
Asian Language** 10 22.73%
Other Language 26 31.33%
Total 798 2.39%

* "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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