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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 15,886 98.10% 22,833 93.61%
Spanish 145 0.90% 854 3.50%
Other Indo-European* 146 0.90% 446 1.83%
Asian Language** 16 0.10% 240 0.98%
Other 1 0.01% 19 0.08%
Total Population Age 5+ 16,194 100.00% 24,392 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 436 51.05%
Other Indo-European* 158 35.43%
Asian Language** 102 42.50%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 696 2.85%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 28 19.31%
Other Indo-European* 52 35.62%
Asian Language** 2 12.50%
Other Language 0 -
Total 82 0.51%

* "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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