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California County 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.| County | 1992 | 2003 |
| State Average | 14.6% | 23.1% |
| Alameda County | 13.0% | 18.5% |
| Alpine County | 6.6% | 8.2% |
| Amador County | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Butte County | 10.0% | 11.1% |
| Calaveras County | 7.8% | 8.6% |
| Colusa County | 19.6% | 33.8% |
| Contra Costa County | 8.0% | 12.3% |
| Del Norte County | 13.1% | 14.5% |
| El Dorado County | 7.2% | 7.2% |
| Fresno County | 25.5% | 26.9% |
| Glenn County | 16.2% | 21.9% |
| Humboldt County | 7.0% | 9.4% |
| Imperial County | 34.8% | 41.5% |
| Inyo County | 8.3% | 12.3% |
| Kern County | 18.1% | 24.1% |
| Kings County | 20.5% | 26.0% |
| Lake County | 13.1% | 12.9% |
| Lassen County | 12.0% | 12.0% |
| Los Angeles County | 20.4% | 33.5% |
| Madera County | 19.6% | 28.5% |
| Marin County | 5.2% | 7.4% |
| Mariposa County | 9.5% | 8.6% |
| Mendocino County | 9.3% | 12.8% |
| Merced County | 20.6% | 23.7% |
| Modoc County | 11.8% | 12.6% |
| Mono County | 6.7% | 11.1% |
| Monterey County | 15.8% | 28.0% |
| Napa County | 9.3% | 14.4% |
| Nevada County | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| Orange County | 14.0% | 26.0% |
| Placer County | 6.3% | 6.7% |
| Plumas County | 8.0% | 8.2% |
| Riverside County | 9.5% | 19.9% |
| Sacramento County | 9.5% | 12.7% |
| San Benito County | 17.9% | 18.6% |
| San Bernardino County | 8.5% | 20.2% |
| San Diego County | 10.0% | 21.1% |
| San Francisco County | 16.5% | 18.1% |
| San Joaquin County | 17.4% | 22.5% |
| San Luis Obispo County | 8.0% | 10.1% |
| San Mateo County | 8.1% | 15.4% |
| Santa Barbara County | 10.3% | 17.7% |
| Santa Clara County | 12.7% | 16.1% |
| Santa Cruz County | 8.9% | 13.0% |
| Shasta County | 9.1% | 9.5% |
| Sierra County | 10.4% | 9.2% |
| Siskiyou County | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| Solano County | 10.2% | 14.3% |
| Sonoma County | 7.2% | 11.3% |
| Stanislaus County | 16.2% | 21.3% |
| Sutter County | 13.6% | 19.2% |
| Tehama County | 12.2% | 14.7% |
| Trinity County | 10.5% | 9.7% |
| Tulare County | 23.4% | 31.5% |
| Tuolumne County | 9.3% | 9.3% |
| Ventura County | 10.8% | 15.9% |
| Yolo County | 11.9% | 15.9% |
| Yuba County | 15.2% | 18.4% |
http://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/Index.aspx