Additional context for some perspective on what the number means:
"The US literacy score between 2012–15 was 272 — right above the international average of 267. Other countries in this realm include Denmark at 271, and Canada, Korea, and England at 273. The two highest-scoring countries were Japan at 296 and Finland at 288."
It should be noted that there are a ton of native Spanish speakers in the Southwest who show up in this data with very low English literacy but who may have higher Spanish literacy
And none of the 50 states had an average over 300? That's extremely disturbing, and also explains a lot.
Honestly that checks out just based on stereotypes of the idiot south
The idiot south is has a higher score than cali. This map means jack honestly.
I was thinking the same thing and then I wondered what the scale was measuring. Turns out it's on a scale of of 0-500. So New Mexico's 251/500 isn't so bad compared to New Hampshire's 278/500
Really it shows that people are dumb everywhere, which I'd agree with.
Cut out the rural counties and this map would look real different that’s for sure
I would guess that the numbers for the south are skewed by Spanish speaking people.
It's funny looking at PA on county-level maps and seeing Center County sticking out like a sore thumb.
Yes, I mean take a look at how awesome Alaska is which explains why we had Sarah Palin and her infinite wisdom
