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* lliteracy 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 child literacy: Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Hampshire * The Bottom 3 states for child literacy: Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico * 3 out of 4 people on welfare can't read * 20% of Americans read below the level needed to earn a living wage * 50% of the unemployed between the ages of 16 and 21 cannot read well enough to be considered functionally literate * Between 46% and 51% of American adults have an income well below the poverty level because of their inability to read * lliteracy costs American taxpayers an estimated $20 bilion each year * School dropouts cost our nation $240 billion in social service expenditures and lost tax revenues * 3 out of 5 people in American prisons can't read * To determine how many prison beds will be needed in future years, some states actually base part of their projection on how well current elementary students are performing on reading tests * 85% of juvenile offenders have problems reading * Approximately 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels