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Posted: 2/6/2015 3:31:36 PM EDT
Here is a link to a ward-by-ward break down of the illiteracy rate, with other demographic info on D.C.'s ~ 600,000 residents:
http://www.american.edu/ocl/volunteer/Community-Service-Center-Maps-and-Stats.cfm Highest Illiteracy Rates By Ward The below information breaks down the illiteracy rates by ward. For more information on wards go here •Ward 7 50.4% •Ward 8 48.9% • Ward 5 48.2% •Ward 1 43.6% •Ward 4 42.2% •Ward 6 37.3% •Ward 2 20.8% • Ward 3 8.2% The 36% city-wide rate comes from another site that poped up on Google. |
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Posted: 3/7/2015 10:50:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: tetoncounty]
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Originally Posted By Dominion21:
Here is a link to a ward-by-ward break down of the illiteracy rate, with other demographic info on D.C.'s ~ 600,000 residents: http://www.american.edu/ocl/volunteer/Community-Service-Center-Maps-and-Stats.cfm Highest Illiteracy Rates By Ward The below information breaks down the illiteracy rates by ward. For more information on wards go here •Ward 7 50.4% •Ward 8 48.9% • Ward 5 48.2% •Ward 1 43.6% •Ward 4 42.2% •Ward 6 37.3% •Ward 2 20.8% • Ward 3 8.2% The 36% city-wide rate comes from another site that poped up on Google. The Interwebz tells me that Zimbabwe has an adult illiteracy rate of only 10%. We are on track to out-Zimbabwe Zimbabwe. Wait. All these people get to vote, at least once, just like me? |
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Posted: 3/8/2015 2:12:23 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Dominion21:
Here is a link to a ward-by-ward break down of the illiteracy rate, with other demographic info on D.C.'s ~ 600,000 residents: http://www.american.edu/ocl/volunteer/Community-Service-Center-Maps-and-Stats.cfm Highest Illiteracy Rates By Ward The below information breaks down the illiteracy rates by ward. For more information on wards go here •Ward 7 50.4% •Ward 8 48.9% • Ward 5 48.2% •Ward 1 43.6% •Ward 4 42.2% •Ward 6 37.3% •Ward 2 20.8% • Ward 3 8.2% The 36% city-wide rate comes from another site that poped up on Google. I lived in Ward 5 and that study sounds accurate. |
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Posted: 2/2/2016 3:03:06 PM EDT
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Hummm, lower than I would have guessed.
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Posted: 3/31/2016 1:02:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RedSandRisk:
Hummm, lower than I would have guessed. Well there's always Detroit, where the percentage is closer to 50%. 
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Posted: 7/3/2016 1:02:41 AM EDT
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Betting they ain't white...
Txl |
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Posted: 2/7/2018 12:55:13 PM EDT
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Bump
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Posted: 11/12/2019 5:43:31 PM EDT
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The only reason DC’s rate of adult illiteracy has gone down is major gentrification.
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Posted: 11/12/2019 7:27:09 PM EDT
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Holy thread resurrection
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Posted: 11/20/2019 12:56:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TxLewis:
Betting they ain't white... Txl by actually learning how to read, write, and do that 'rithmatic thing. |
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