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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 24,042 98.55% 23,581 98.63%
Spanish 128 0.52% 165 0.69%
Other Indo-European* 175 0.72% 124 0.52%
Asian Language** 33 0.14% 18 0.08%
Other 17 0.07% 21 0.09%
Total Population Age 5+ 24,395 100.00% 23,909 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 44 26.67%
Other Indo-European* 36 29.03%
Asian Language** 0 0.00%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 80 0.33%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 49 38.28%
Other Indo-European* 75 42.86%
Asian Language** 7 21.21%
Other Language 0 -
Total 131 0.54%

* "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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