Literacy Statistics 2024- 2025
- On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.
- 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level).
- Low levels of literacy costs the US up to 2.2 trillion per year.
- 34% of adults lacking literacy proficiency were born outside the US.
The U.S. Department of Education currently budgets $715.5 million to support adult literacy programs.
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