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The state with the highest percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment was Massachusetts at 50.6%, and the lowest was West Virginia at 24.1%. The District of Columbia had a percentage significantly higher than that of any U.S. state at 63.0%. [1]
Literacy rates as %age of population by States and Union territories State or UT Census 2011 [2] NSO survey (2017) [3]; Average Male Female Average Male Female India 74.04
The gap in illiteracy between white and black adults continued to narrow through the 20th century, and in 1979, the rates were approximately equal. [ 14 ] There has been a notable increase in American citizens' educational attainment since then, but studies have also indicated a decline in reading performance which began during the 1970s. [ 15 ]
Read: Majority of U.S. States Earn a ‘C’ Grade or Worse for Personal Finance Education “If you are an employer, realize that a percentage of your employees are dyslexic,” said M artin ...
World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over. This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global literacy rate for all people aged 15 and above is 86.3%. The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0%, and the rate for all females is 82.7%.
In 1880, a quarter of all whites over the age of ten were illiterate. The number was 18.84% in 1890 and 14.8% in 1900. Only two states, South Carolina and Louisiana had higher figures of illiteracy. [10] Comparable national illiteracy rates are 1880 17%, 1890 13% and 1900 11%. [11] In 2012, the state reported 14.8% of all adults were illiterate ...
Mexico still has a gender educational bias—the illiteracy rate for women was 8.1% compared with 5.6% for men. [199] Rates differ across regions and states. The states with the highest poverty rate had greater than 15% illiteracy in 2010: 17.8% in Chiapas, 16.7% in Guerrero, and 16.3% in Oaxaca.
The midterm election turnout surge that began in 2018 kept going in 2022, and new data shows that it was concentrated in states Democrats won in 2020.. More than half of eligible voters — 52.2% ...