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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 9,103 97.39% 9,434 94.55%
Spanish 128 1.37% 381 3.82%
Other Indo-European* 60 0.64% 120 1.20%
Asian Language** 34 0.36% 23 0.23%
Other 22 0.24% 20 0.20%
Total Population Age 5+ 9,347 100.00% 9,978 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 210 55.12%
Other Indo-European* 31 25.83%
Asian Language** 4 17.39%
Other Language 9 45.00%
Total 254 2.55%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 51 39.84%
Other Indo-European* 13 21.67%
Asian Language** 8 23.53%
Other Language 12 54.55%
Total 84 0.90%

* "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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