Uinta County

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 16,025 94.74% 17,097 94.42%
Spanish 532 3.15% 826 4.56%
Other Indo-European* 308 1.82% 129 0.71%
Asian Language** 25 0.15% 37 0.20%
Other 25 0.15% 18 0.10%
Total Population Age 5+ 16,915 100.00% 18,107 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 321 38.86%
Other Indo-European* 31 24.03%
Asian Language** 2 5.41%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 354 1.96%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 152 28.57%
Other Indo-European* 72 23.38%
Asian Language** 13 52.00%
Other Language 2 8.00%
Total 239 1.41%

* "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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