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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 25,049 97.21% 28,647 96.98%
Spanish 225 0.87% 270 0.91%
Other Indo-European* 373 1.45% 572 1.94%
Asian Language** 84 0.33% 40 0.14%
Other 38 0.15% 9 0.03%
Total Population Age 5+ 25,769 100.00% 29,538 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 92 34.07%
Other Indo-European* 311 54.37%
Asian Language** 15 37.50%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 418 1.42%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 47 20.89%
Other Indo-European* 155 41.55%
Asian Language** 6 7.14%
Other Language 7 18.42%
Total 215 0.83%

* "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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