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Richmond Palladium
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
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From the recent US census, a table compares illiteracy rates among white persons over 20 across US states: from 1 in 568 in Connecticut (highest literacy) to 1 in 7 in North Carolina (lowest).
Merged-components note: Merged the introductory text with the following table it describes; relabeled from 'commercial' to 'domestic_news' as the content pertains to U.S. census statistics on education and illiteracy rates, which is local/national news rather than business/market news.
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| Connecticut | 1 | to every | 568 | Mississippi | 1 | to every | 20 |
| Vermont | 1 | ” | 437 | Delaware | 1 | ” | 18 |
| N. Hamp. | 1 | ” | 310 | Indiana | 1 | ” | 18 |
| Mass. | 1 | ” | 166 | S. Carolina | 1 | ” | 17 |
| Maine | 1 | ” | 108 | Illinois | 1 | ” | 17 |
| Michigan | 1 | ” | 97 | Missouri | 1 | ” | 16 |
| R. Island | 1 | ” | 67 | Alabama | 1 | ” | 15 |
| N. Jersey | 1 | ” | 58 | Kentucky | 1 | ” | 13 |
| New York | 1 | ” | 57 | Georgia | 1 | ” | 13 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | ” | 50 | Virginia | 1 | ” | 12 |
| Ohio | 1 | ” | 43 | Arkansas | 1 | ” | 11 |
| Louisiana | 1 | ” | 32 | Tennessee | 1 | ” | 11 |
| Maryland | 1 | ” | 27 | N. Carolina | 1 | ” | 7 |
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United States
Event Date
Recent U. S. Census
Event Details
Table exhibiting comparative view of white persons over twenty years of age who cannot read or write in different states, from 1 to every 568 in Connecticut to 1 to every 7 in N. Carolina.