A county's adults

Literacy, numeracy, education and poverty among the adults of every U.S. county — the context a school's families come from.

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Bars are the share of adults at or below PIAAC Level 1 — those who struggle with basic written text. The list opens on the fewest. A county is not a school.

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The share of adults at the lowest literacy and numeracy levels, without a diploma, below poverty, not speaking English well — for every U.S. county, from the PIAAC Skills Map, every figure sourced.