I would have thought the number would have been even higher. 94% of US born Latinos are fluent in English. This is a interesting study by the Pew Hispanic Center regarding the language fluency and preference of Latino immigrants and their US born children, conducted over a four year period.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2965236620071129
The study, conducted among 14,000 Latino adults over a four-year period, found that fluency in English rose to 94 percent in subsequent generations.
"As fluency in English increases across generations, so, too, does the regular use of English by Hispanics, both at home and at work," the study said.
"For most immigrants, English is not the primary language they use in either setting. But for their grown children, it is."
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