Roger Mills County

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 3,757 96.85% 3,151 96.92%
Spanish 73 1.88% 46 1.41%
Other Indo-European* 26 0.67% 11 0.34%
Asian Language** 0 0.00% 4 0.12%
Other 23 0.59% 39 1.20%
Total Population Age 5+ 3,879 100.00% 3,251 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 17 36.96%
Other Indo-European* 2 18.18%
Asian Language** 0 0.00%
Other Language 14 35.90%
Total 33 1.02%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 27 36.99%
Other Indo-European* 5 19.23%
Asian Language** 0 -
Other Language 11 47.83%
Total 43 1.11%

* "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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