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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 41,518 90.21% 44,908 85.56%
Spanish 3,452 7.50% 6,808 12.97%
Other Indo-European* 816 1.77% 551 1.05%
Asian Language** 163 0.35% 160 0.30%
Other 75 0.16% 59 0.11%
Total Population Age 5+ 46,024 100.00% 52,486 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 3,867 56.80%
Other Indo-European* 117 21.23%
Asian Language** 31 19.38%
Other Language 9 15.25%
Total 4,024 7.67%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,520 44.03%
Other Indo-European* 176 21.57%
Asian Language** 57 34.97%
Other Language 19 25.33%
Total 1,772 3.85%

* "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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