>the species will not survive this level of stupid.
I haven't checked
"Dawn of a New Educational Era: Confronting the Epic Crisis in 2024 Without Teachers"
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.
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.
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-literacy-statistics
Lets see the propertytaxbuddy chart