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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 9,723 95.01% 10,628 94.35%
Spanish 383 3.74% 478 4.24%
Other Indo-European* 97 0.95% 104 0.92%
Asian Language** 19 0.19% 42 0.37%
Other 12 0.12% 12 0.11%
Total Population Age 5+ 10,234 100.00% 11,264 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 184 38.49%
Other Indo-European* 6 5.77%
Asian Language** 8 19.05%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 198 1.76%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 112 29.24%
Other Indo-European* 15 15.46%
Asian Language** 4 21.05%
Other Language 10 83.33%
Total 141 1.38%

* "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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