Read
Fourteen percent of US adults can't read. Story here. State-by-state and county-by-county data here. For Mississippi, 16% of adults can't read compared to, say, Vermont (which also has a large, rural, low-income population [and is my home state]), which is at 7% (all numbers are from 2003). For 1992, Vermont was at 11% and Mississippi was at 25%. Interestingly, both states have reduced their adult illiteracy rate by about 36%.
My Groups
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Mississippi Teacher Corps (host) Updated: Dec 16, 2009
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Mississippi Teacher Corps Updated: Oct 9, 2009
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Peace Corps Updated: Sep 16, 2009
