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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 28,395 92.99% 40,707 92.63%
Spanish 1,422 4.66% 2,204 5.02%
Other Indo-European* 657 2.15% 864 1.97%
Asian Language** 28 0.09% 87 0.20%
Other 35 0.11% 84 0.19%
Total Population Age 5+ 30,537 100.00% 43,946 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 869 39.43%
Other Indo-European* 162 18.75%
Asian Language** 43 49.43%
Other Language 15 17.86%
Total 1,089 2.48%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 395 27.78%
Other Indo-European* 158 24.05%
Asian Language** 13 46.43%
Other Language 7 20.00%
Total 573 1.88%

* "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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