The latest literacy data has been collected and it has been determined that 14% of Americans cannot read. The data used to establish this estimate are from 2003. Information by state, including breakdown by county, is available at National Center for Education Statistics. For a quick view of how the states compare, see the table below. (View Web site for estimate parameters.) To see what this could mean with respect to this country's current unemployment crisis, see the story by Robert Roy Britt on the Live Science Web site.
| Alabama | 15% |
| Alaska | 9% |
| Arizona | 13% |
| Arkansas | 14% |
| California | 23% |
| Colorado | 10% |
| Connecticut | 9% |
| Delaware | 11% |
| District of Columbia | 19% |
| Florida | 20% |
| Georgia | 17% |
| Hawaii | 16% |
| Idaho | 11% |
| Illinois | 13% |
| Indiana | 8% |
| Iowa | 7% |
| Kansas | 8% |
| Kentucky | 12% |
| Louisiana | 16% |
| Maine | 7% |
| Maryland | 11% |
| Massachusetts | 10% |
| Michigan | 8% |
| Minnesota | 6% |
| Mississippi | 16% |
| Missouri | 7% |
| Montana | 9% |
| Nebraska | 7% |
| Nevada | 16% |
| New Hampshire | 6% |
| New Jersey | 17% |
| New Mexico | 16% |
| New York | 22% |
| North Carolina | 14% |
| North Dakota | 6% |
| Ohio | 9% |
| Oklahoma | 12% |
| Oregon | 10% |
| Pennsylvania | 13% |
| Rhode Island | 8% |
| South Carolina | 15% |
| South Dakota | 7% |
| Tennessee | 13% |
| Texas | 19% |
| Utah | 9% |
| Vermont | 7% |
| Virginia | 12% |
| Washington | 10% |
| West Virginia | 13% |
| Wisconsin | 7% |
| Wyoming | 9% |
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Oh, this also has way more to do with race than god, how else would ND, SD, IO and NB be the lowest. No blacks or foreigners there. This is not racist, just how we have have held them down and not given them the education they should get. I'm not religious by the way. It's just how are raised unless you use your brain.
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