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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 69,622 96.96% 80,933 93.34%
Spanish 622 0.87% 2,514 2.90%
Other Indo-European* 963 1.34% 2,173 2.51%
Asian Language** 498 0.69% 876 1.01%
Other 102 0.14% 215 0.25%
Total Population Age 5+ 71,807 100.00% 86,711 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,368 54.42%
Other Indo-European* 1,037 47.72%
Asian Language** 470 53.65%
Other Language 84 39.07%
Total 2,959 3.41%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 129 20.74%
Other Indo-European* 260 27.00%
Asian Language** 321 64.46%
Other Language 0 -
Total 710 0.99%

* "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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