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
Can’t help but notice 7 of the 10 are blue states.
Tom, your commment implies that you think literacy is a good thing.
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.)