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by ryandrake 449 days ago
21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024 and 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level[1]. “The average person” isn’t really a high bar, unfortunately.

1: https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-s...

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Is this a legitimate institute? The linked article offers many statistics and even financial figures but cites no sources or studies. There is a “TOLL FREE” (capitalized) phone number in the website footer, and the comments are full of prostitution ads.
Wikipedia[1] contains more links to data, if you want to sample a few more sources.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States