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Better yet, now you can verify that my ads were created by me, not a catfish/fake poster/AI impersonator.
I've PGP-clearsigned them!
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![On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024.
[Highlighted:] 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.
[Highlighted:] 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.
Massachusetts was the state with the highest rate of child literacy.
New Mexico was the state with the lowest child literacy rate.
New Hampshire was the state with the highest percentage of adults considered literate.
The state with the lowest adult literacy rate was California.
Where does the US rank in literacy?
[Highlighted:] The US ranks 36th in literacy.
The relationship between literacy and poverty…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wkcjjssofbmslfdbqkvqllyj/bafkreibnj7t2wb3aqe333vhtct7iiimrff2qy5vkkfn5bz3v5ib5krukb4)
