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  2. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Miller drew from a number of available data resources, and the CCSU America's Most Literate Cities study ranks the largest cities (population 250,000 and above) in the United States. The study focuses on six indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical-publishing resources, educational ...

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment

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    The data source for the main list is the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey in 2021. [1] The data source for the territories table is from 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data, because those territories are excluded from the American Community Survey.

  4. Functional illiteracy - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, according to Business magazine, an estimated 15 million functionally illiterate adults held jobs at the beginning of the 21st century. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics in the United States: [ 8 ]

  5. America's college-aged population is declining. Universities ...

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    Study.com examined data from the University of Virginia and elsewhere to see which states can expect the biggest youth population drops by 2050. America's college-aged population is declining ...

  6. List of countries by literacy rate - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global ...

  7. 8 Concerning Statistics on Financial Illiteracy in the US - AOL

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    28% Say They Would Use Credit Cards To Pay for a $2,000 Emergency. According to the survey, 53% said they would dip into savings for an emergency, but only 12% said they would use an emergency fund.

  8. Literacy - Wikipedia

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    World illiteracy halved between 1970 and 2015. Literate and illiterate world population between 1800 and 2016 Illiteracy rate in France in the 18th and 19th centuries. The range of definitions of literacy used by NGOs, think tanks, and advocacy groups since the 1990s suggests that this shift in understanding from "discrete skill" to "social practice" is both ongoing and uneven.

  9. Is It a Mistake to Try to Teach Financial Literacy in High ...

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    Americans and politicians far too often see financial literacy simply as a life skill that we add to another classroom subject like home economics. But we should look at it as a standalone subject ...