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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 19,288 96.69% 22,227 95.61%
Spanish 187 0.94% 524 2.25%
Other Indo-European* 381 1.91% 366 1.57%
Asian Language** 11 0.06% 36 0.15%
Other 81 0.41% 94 0.40%
Total Population Age 5+ 19,948 100.00% 23,247 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 205 39.12%
Other Indo-European* 123 33.61%
Asian Language** 8 22.22%
Other Language 28 29.79%
Total 364 1.57%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 45 24.06%
Other Indo-European* 68 17.85%
Asian Language** 5 45.45%
Other Language 9 11.11%
Total 127 0.64%

* "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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