Seattle ranked #2 most literate city

December 27, 2007

In a survey conducted by Central Connecticut State University (I’ve never heard of it either), Seattle was ranked #2 in the USA as “most literate city”.  The survey included 6 key indicators to rank US cities with populations over 250,000.  The indicators included newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources.

Overall, the top 10 most literate (and wired) cities included:

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.

Congratulations Seattle!

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