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50 State Comparison - Fiscal, Economics, and Population Table
Adult Literacy
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Percent of population 16 years and over lacking basic prose literacy skills, 1992 to 2003.| State | 1992 | 2003 |
| Alabama | 20.6% | 14.8% |
| Alaska | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Arizona | 13.2% | 13.1% |
| Arkansas | 18.8% | 13.7% |
| California | 14.6% | 23.1% |
| Colorado | 9.1% | 9.9% |
| Connecticut | 13.7% | 8.6% |
| Delaware | 11.6% | 10.7% |
| District of Columbia | 21.1% | 19.1% |
| Florida | 15.1% | 19.7% |
| Georgia | 18.5% | 16.7% |
| Hawaii | 18.0% | 15.9% |
| Idaho | 9.9% | 10.5% |
| Illinois | 15.0% | 12.9% |
| Indiana | 10.4% | 8.0% |
| Iowa | 6.9% | 7.5% |
| Kansas | 9.1% | 7.8% |
| Kentucky | 19.2% | 12.2% |
| Louisiana | 20.9% | 16.0% |
| Maine | 12.6% | 7.4% |
| Maryland | 12.3% | 11.2% |
| Massachusetts | 13.0% | 9.9% |
| Michigan | 12.1% | 8.3% |
| Minnesota | 8.5% | 6.0% |
| Mississippi | 25.2% | 16.0% |
| Missouri | 12.7% | 7.5% |
| Montana | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Nebraska | 8.5% | 7.3% |
| Nevada | 13.5% | 16.1% |
| New Hampshire | 10.9% | 5.8% |
| New Jersey | 15.6% | 16.9% |
| New Mexico | 17.2% | 16.5% |
| New York | 16.3% | 22.1% |
| North Carolina | 18.3% | 13.6% |
| North Dakota | 11.3% | 6.3% |
| Ohio | 11.7% | 9.1% |
| Oklahoma | 13.2% | 12.3% |
| Oregon | 9.6% | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 13.3% | 12.6% |
| Rhode Island | 17.8% | 8.5% |
| South Carolina | 20.4% | 14.7% |
| South Dakota | 10.7% | 7.0% |
| Tennessee | 18.8% | 13.2% |
| Texas | 17.8% | 19.0% |
| United States of America | 14.7% | 14.5% |
| Utah | 8.5% | 9.4% |
| Vermont | 10.9% | 6.6% |
| Virginia | 15.1% | 12.0% |
| Washington | 7.2% | 9.8% |
| West Virginia | 17.5% | 13.4% |
| Wisconsin | 9.5% | 7.3% |
| Wyoming | 8.7% | 8.9% |
http://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/Index.aspx