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[–] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The US should be doing much better in all categories based on its wealth alone, but this is kind of an important factor.

34% of adults lacking literacy proficiency were born outside the US.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

With the two high stats being on the North East, and the low stats being in the south west near the border with Mexico.

So that makes me wonder what percentage of the 34% that were not born here are literate in another language

Because I know I have met a number of people who have moved here and haven't learned English yet, but if you pass a translation app between each other, they can read it in their native language.