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Seattle has once again topped the list of America’s most literate cities, but this year Washington, D.C., edged traditional literate city powerhouse Minneapolis as a surprise runner-up. The annual study by Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University, “focuses on six indicators: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources,” USA Today reported.
America’s most literate cities for 2009:
- Seattle
- Washington
- Minneapolis
- Pittsburgh
- Atlanta
- Portland, Ore.
- St. Paul
- Boston
- Cincinnati
- Denver
source: Shelf Awareness
