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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 77,553 93.32% 88,957 91.59%
Spanish 4,140 4.98% 6,287 6.47%
Other Indo-European* 800 0.96% 1,016 1.05%
Asian Language** 546 0.66% 746 0.77%
Other 63 0.08% 122 0.13%
Total Population Age 5+ 83,102 100.00% 97,128 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,409 22.41%
Other Indo-European* 403 39.67%
Asian Language** 481 64.48%
Other Language 46 37.70%
Total 2,339 2.41%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,025 24.76%
Other Indo-European* 176 22.00%
Asian Language** 273 50.00%
Other Language 12 19.05%
Total 1,486 1.79%

* "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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