People Not Reading Anymore

Posted on July 9th, 2006 by Chuck

To an avid reader like me, this is indeed sad news for this country. At one time people loved to read books, but not much anymore. In fact this is a comparison of what people spent money on including books.

$1.7 billion is spent annually on textbooks. $78 billion is spent on alcohol, $37 billion on cigarettes and $6 billion on pet food.

Now look at these numbers. These statistics are truly frightening.

Who is Reading Books (and who is not)

One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. Many do not even graduate from high school.

58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.

42% of college graduates never read another book.

80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.

70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.

57% of new books are not read to completion.
70% of Americans haven’t visited a bookstore in five (5) years.

Only 32% of the U.S. population has ever been in a bookstore.

Again this is frightening. Further stats say the average reading level is also very low.