TABLE P21


LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
1990 AND 2000
POP. 5 YEARS AND OLDER
 
ENGLISH
SPANISH
OTHER
INDO-
EUROPEAN
OTHER
TOTAL
Bethel 1990
91.5
1.1
5.5
1.9
100.0
Bethel 2000
85.3
3.5
8.9
2.3
100.0
Bridgewater 1990
93.8
0.7
5.5
0.0
100.0
Bridgewater 2000
94.7
1.3
3.0
1.0
100.0
Brookfield 1990
89.5
1.6
6.9
2.0
100.0
Brookfield 2000
89.9
3.0
5.9
1.2
100.0
Danbury 1990
79.6
5.8
11.3
3.3
100.0
Danbury 2000
65.3
14.9
16.1
3.7
100.0
New Fairfield 1990
91.1
1.2
7.1
0.6
100.0
New Fairfield 2000
90.1
2.0
6.2
1.7
100.0
New Milford 1990
89.3
1.5
5.0
4.2
100.0
New Milford 2000
92.0
2.1
4.4
1.5
100.0
Newtown 1990
93.7
0.8
3.9
1.6
100.0
Newtown 2000
92.1
2.1
4.6
1.2
100.0
Redding 1990
93.6
1.3
4.1
1.0
100.0
Redding 2000
91.2
0.9
5.7
2.2
100.0
Ridgefield 1990
91.4
1.3
6.1
1.2
100.0
Ridgefield 2000
91.0
1.6
6.4
1.0
100.0
Sherman 1990
93.6
0.0
6.1
0.3
100.0
Sherman 2000
93.3
1.9
4.3
0.5
100.0
 
Region 1990
87.6
2.8
7.5
2.1
100.0
Region 2000
80.8
7.0
9.9
2.3
100.0
 
USA 2000
82.1
10.7
3.8
3.4
100.0

Note that the Census Bureau concludes "most people who speak another language at home also speak English." Source: Census data summarized by HVCEO.