America’s Most Literate Cities, 2008 The Top Ten

[Dave Monroe]

America's Most Literate Cities, 2008 The Top Ten

Drawing from a variety of available data resources, the America's Most
Literate Cities study ranks the largest cities (population 250,000 and
above) in the United States. This study focuses on six key indicators
of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library
resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment,
and Internet resources.

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The Top 10

Minneapolis, MN (1.5)
Seattle, WA  (1.5)
Washington DC (3)
St Paul, MN (4)
San Francisco, CA (5)
Atlanta, GA (6)
Denver, CO (7)
Boston, MA (8)
St Louis, MO (9)
Cincinnati, OH (10.5)
Portland, OR (10.5)

http://www.ccsu.edu/amlc08