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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 5,537 94.76% 6,338 96.07%
Spanish 11 0.19% 60 0.91%
Other Indo-European* 163 2.79% 128 1.94%
Asian Language** 0 0.00% 13 0.20%
Other 132 2.26% 58 0.88%
Total Population Age 5+ 5,843 100.00% 6,597 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 10 16.67%
Other Indo-European* 35 27.34%
Asian Language** 3 23.08%
Other Language 5 8.62%
Total 53 0.80%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 0 -
Other Indo-European* 14 8.59%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 31 23.48%
Total 45 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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