In the United States in 2022, Asian Americans spent an average of 19.8 minutes reading per day. White readers spent the most time with books each day, whereas Hispanic Americans read for just six minutes on average.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 22, 2023). Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by ethnicity (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/412471/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by ethnicity (in hours)." Chart. June 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412471/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by ethnicity (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412471/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average Daily Time Spent Reading per Capita in The United States from 2018 to 2022, by Ethnicity (in Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412471/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by ethnicity (in hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412471/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-ethnicity/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by ethnicity (in hours) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/412471/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-ethnicity/