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\u2022 Nationwide, on average, only 79%<\/strong> of U.S. adults are literate in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 21%<\/strong> of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 54%<\/strong> of adults have a literacy level below 6th grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Low levels of literacy cost the US up to 2.2 trillion per year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 On average, nationwide, 66%<\/strong> of 4th-grade children in the U.S. could not read proficiently in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 85%<\/strong> of juvenile offenders have problems reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 60%<\/strong> of people in American prisons can\u2019t read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 75%<\/strong> of people on welfare can\u2019t read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. U.S. Department of Education Data Points Adult Literacy in the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. NCES Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Digest of Education Statistics 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Literacy Project \u2013 30 Key Child Literacy Stats Parents Need to Be Aware of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2022 Nationwide, on average, only 79% of U.S. adults are literate in 2022. \u2022 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022. \u2022 54% of adults have a literacy level below 6th grade. \u2022 Low levels of literacy … Continue reading