America’s Most Literate Cities

The Top Ten

1. Seattle, WA
2. Minneapolis, MN
3. Washington, DC
4. Atlanta, GA
5. San Francisco, CA
6. Denver, CO
7. Boston, MA
8. Pittsburgh, PA
9. Cincinnati, OH
10. St. Paul, MN

“A total score was tallied for each city across six different literacy categories: Booksellers; Educational attainment; Internet Resources; Library Resources; Newspaper Circulation; and Periodical publications. All categories were compared against the city’s total population.” Central Connecticut State University

Sixty-nine cities with more than 250,000 people were surveyed. Complete rankings.

36. Albuquerque

3 thoughts on “America’s Most Literate Cities”

  1. I don’t know if Tom was implying that literacy is a good thing, but he certainly implies that illiterates don’t know how to vote!

    (Portland was number 11, so make that 8 out of 11.)

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