Campbell County

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 75,594 97.71% 79,921 96.83%
Spanish 587 0.76% 1,308 1.58%
Other Indo-European* 978 1.26% 969 1.17%
Asian Language** 180 0.23% 261 0.32%
Other 30 0.04% 77 0.09%
Total Population Age 5+ 77,369 100.00% 82,536 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 594 45.41%
Other Indo-European* 288 29.72%
Asian Language** 110 42.15%
Other Language 8 10.39%
Total 1,000 1.21%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 209 35.60%
Other Indo-European* 228 23.31%
Asian Language** 58 32.22%
Other Language 19 63.33%
Total 514 0.66%

* "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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