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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 21,398 88.49% 24,308 80.55%
Spanish 2,395 9.90% 5,268 17.46%
Other Indo-European* 323 1.34% 380 1.26%
Asian Language** 58 0.24% 185 0.61%
Other 7 0.03% 38 0.13%
Total Population Age 5+ 24,181 100.00% 30,179 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 3,084 58.54%
Other Indo-European* 174 45.79%
Asian Language** 68 36.76%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 3,326 11.02%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 1,357 56.66%
Other Indo-European* 64 19.81%
Asian Language** 35 60.34%
Other Language 0 -
Total 1,456 6.02%

* "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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