America’s
Most Literate Cities: 2013
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.
Top
10 Cities
1 Washington, DC
2 Seattle, WA
3 Minneapolis, MN
4.5
Atlanta, GA
4.5
Pittsburgh, PA
6 Denver, CO
7 St. Paul, MN
8 Boston, MA
9 St. Louis, MO
10
San Francisco, CA
Bottom
15
63 Arlington, TX
64 Los Angeles, CA
65 Memphis, TN
66 Glendale, AZ
67 Long Beach, CA
68 Mesa, AZ
69 Aurora, CO
70 Chula Vista, CA
71 Fresno, CA
72 Anaheim, CA
73 San Antonio, TX
74 El Paso, TX
75 Stockton, CA
76 Corpus Christi, TX
77 Bakersfield, CA
Dr.
John W. Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University, is the
author of this study. Research for this edition of AMLC was conducted in
collaboration with the Center for Public Policy and Social Research at CCSU.
The
original study was published online in 2003 at the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater.
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