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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 66,042 71.23% 82,664 72.89%
Spanish 5,522 5.96% 7,258 6.40%
Other Indo-European* 1,279 1.38% 1,472 1.30%
Asian Language** 514 0.55% 525 0.46%
Other 19,360 20.88% 21,492 18.95%
Total Population Age 5+ 92,717 100.00% 113,411 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 2,918 40.20%
Other Indo-European* 287 19.50%
Asian Language** 175 33.33%
Other Language 7,527 35.02%
Total 10,907 9.62%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,787 32.36%
Other Indo-European* 260 20.33%
Asian Language** 256 49.81%
Other Language 8,968 46.32%
Total 11,271 12.16%

* "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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