How many adults are illiterate?
In Cambria County 1 out of 5 adults has difficulty in reading. Of those adults who can read at all, 13% read below the 4th grade level. 3 out of 4 unemployed adults read with difficulty. 44% of American adults do not read one book a year. Children whose parents can’t read are TWICE as likely as their peers to become illiterate. 2.2 million adults are added to the illiterate population in the U.S. each year. About 15 million adult workers are functionally illiterate. 60% of U.S. prison inmates cannot read.
