About 13 percent of all 17-year-olds in the United States can be considered functionally illiterate. Functional illiteracy among minority youth may run as high as 40 percent.

• 大概有13%25的17岁的美国人被认为是职业上的文盲。在少数民族的年轻人中，职业上的文盲高达40%25。