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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 5,728 95.88% 5,819 94.22%
Spanish 22 0.37% 84 1.36%
Other Indo-European* 161 2.70% 119 1.93%
Asian Language** 10 0.17% 55 0.89%
Other 53 0.89% 99 1.60%
Total Population Age 5+ 5,974 100.00% 6,176 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 28 33.33%
Other Indo-European* 80 67.23%
Asian Language** 30 54.55%
Other Language 19 19.19%
Total 157 2.54%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 10 45.45%
Other Indo-European* 94 58.39%
Asian Language** 10 100.00%
Other Language 4 7.55%
Total 118 1.98%

* "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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