Literacy Data and its impact on the Nation • Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children • 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022 • 54% of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level • 45 million are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level • 44% of the American adults do not read a book in a year • The Top 3 states for highest child literacy rates were Massachusetts, Maryland
The source seems extremely dubious with seemingly no way to see how they conducted the study and where they pulled the numbers from, and some of the points are not very well worded especially in their 2024 study, there the first 2 lines are:
“On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024.
21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.”
Granted, English isn’t my first language but those statements just seem contradictory. “U.S. adults nationwide” and “adults in the US” seems like the exact same thing, unless someone can correct me.
Comment sections are also filled by bots so that doesn’t give that much confidence either.
The source seems extremely dubious with seemingly no way to see how they conducted the study and where they pulled the numbers from, and some of the points are not very well worded especially in their 2024 study, there the first 2 lines are:
“On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.”
Granted, English isn’t my first language but those statements just seem contradictory. “U.S. adults nationwide” and “adults in the US” seems like the exact same thing, unless someone can correct me.
Comment sections are also filled by bots so that doesn’t give that much confidence either.
If 21 % can’t read (are Illiterate) then it makes sense that 79 % can read (are literate). So yes, nationwide and in the US are the same thing.
Besides that, I agree. No sources is a no go and no moderated comments is a fucking biohazard.
Seems like I can’t read myself, I thought both said illiterate. My mistake.