HARDminute factoid #47: Literate Cities

The HARDminute # 47

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TOP TEN

MOST LITERATE CITIES

IN AMERICA



Jack Miller, President of Connecticut State University compiles an annual list of America’s most literate cities. He uses as touchstones, local newspaper and magazine circulation, library data, online news readership, book purchases and resources, and educational attainment.



According to Live Science, Contrary to popular wisdom, Internet use correlates with reading words printed on paper, Miller found. Cities ranked highly for having better-used libraries also have more booksellers; cities with more booksellers also have a higher proportion of people buying books online; and cities with newspapers with high per capita circulation rates also have a high proportion of people reading newspapers online. "A literate society tends to practice many forms of literacy not just one or another," Miller said.





1. Minneapolis (tied for 1st)
1. Seattle (tied for 1st)
3. Washington, D.C.
4. St. Paul, Minn.
5. San Francisco
6. Atlanta
7. Denver
8. Boston
9. St. Louis
10. Cincinnati (tied for 10th)
10. Portland, Ore. (tied for 10th)

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