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Survey: most literate U.S. cities

Posted by Jacque on December 29th, 2007

A survey of 69 large U.S. cities used six key indicators to rank literacy, including newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, and others.  Seattle has been in the first or second spot for at least 4 years. [via LISNews]

books-stack.jpgThis year’s top 10 most literate (and wired) cities:

  1. Minneapolis, Minn.
  2. Seattle, Wash.
  3. St. Paul, Minn.
  4. Denver, Colo.
  5. Washington, D.C.
  6. St. Louis, Mo.
  7. San Francisco, Calif.
  8. Atlanta, Ga.
  9. Pittsburgh, Pa.
  10. Boston, Mass.

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