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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 11,441 96.02% 19,278 86.42%
Spanish 142 1.19% 1,941 8.70%
Other Indo-European* 256 2.15% 1,014 4.55%
Asian Language** 59 0.50% 45 0.20%
Other 17 0.14% 29 0.13%
Total Population Age 5+ 11,915 100.00% 22,307 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,186 61.10%
Other Indo-European* 337 33.23%
Asian Language** 11 24.44%
Other Language 27 93.10%
Total 1,561 7.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 37 26.06%
Other Indo-European* 60 23.44%
Asian Language** 15 25.42%
Other Language 0 -
Total 112 0.94%

* "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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