Chart 5 English Proficiency Percent 40 35 35.1 29.4 30 25 23.1 20 15 12.4 10 5 0 Fluent Proficient Limited proficiency Not at all Source: CMS calculations based on 2013-2017 5 Year PUMS data CMS’s analysis suggests that most people who are potentially stateless or potentially at risk of statelessness are proficient in English. About 35.1 percent rated themselves as fluent and about 29.4 percent rated themselves as proficient. Many fluent and proficient English speakers in this population come from Nepal. Only 12.4 percent reported that they speak no English, including many from Bhutan and Myanmar. Persons who are potentially stateless or potentially at-risk of statelessness possess a relatively low level of educational attainment. About 40.9 percent of those 18 years old or older possess less than a high school education and 25.7 percent possess a high school degree or its equivalent. For comparison, 12.7 percent of the remainder of the population 18 years old or older—all individuals who are neither potentially stateless nor potentially at risk of statelessness— possesses less than a high school education and 27.8 percent possesses a high school degree or its equivalent.55 Only 14.7 percent possesses a bachelor’s degree or higher, as compared to 28.3 percent of the remainder of the US population aged 18 or over.56 Yet many members of this population are enrolled in school. About 33.2 percent aged-3 and over are pursuing education, as compared to 26.4 percent of the population that is not potentially stateless or potentially at risk of statelessness.57 55 These differences are significant at the 99 percent level, as indicated by adjusted Wald tests carried out on weighted ACS data. 56 These differences are significant at the 99 percent level, as indicated by adjusted Wald tests carried out on weighted ACS data. 57 These differences are significant at the 99 percent level, as indicated by adjusted Wald tests carried out on weighted ACS data. 56