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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 101,240 77.18% 107,131 67.89%
Spanish 17,877 13.63% 30,577 19.38%
Other Indo-European* 4,950 3.77% 9,191 5.82%
Asian Language** 6,656 5.07% 9,808 6.22%
Other 444 0.34% 1,085 0.69%
Total Population Age 5+ 131,167 100.00% 157,792 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 15,443 50.51%
Other Indo-European* 4,081 44.40%
Asian Language** 3,888 39.64%
Other Language 267 24.61%
Total 23,679 15.01%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 8,107 45.35%
Other Indo-European* 1,281 25.88%
Asian Language** 3,355 50.41%
Other Language 162 36.49%
Total 12,905 9.84%

* "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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