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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 214,235 90.91% 264,525 87.21%
Spanish 9,653 4.10% 21,946 7.24%
Other Indo-European* 10,479 4.45% 13,633 4.49%
Asian Language** 621 0.26% 1,651 0.54%
Other 660 0.28% 1,551 0.51%
Total Population Age 5+ 235,648 100.00% 303,306 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 11,285 51.42%
Other Indo-European* 4,431 32.50%
Asian Language** 734 44.46%
Other Language 768 49.52%
Total 17,218 5.68%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 4,476 46.37%
Other Indo-European* 3,190 30.44%
Asian Language** 363 58.45%
Other Language 238 36.06%
Total 8,267 3.51%

* "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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