 73.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.3% Samoan, 1.2% Khmer, 1.0% Hmong, 0.9% Arabic, 0.7% Hindi.In 1885, a number of Swedish immigrants from the ship "Chyebassa" established farms in the area.Early crops included oats, maize, potatoes and turnips.