If you want to live in a literate city, California and Texas containing the least literate cities may not be the place to head. A.... If you want to live in a literate city, California and Texas containing the least literate cities may not be the place to head. A new ranking lists Minneapolis, Seattle and Pittsburgh as the cities with country's most literate folks. Madison, Cincinnati, Washington, Denver, Boston, Portland and San Francisco complete the top ten. Some cities with lower literacy rates include Detroit, Fresno, El Paso, San Jose, Phoenix, Dallas, Los Angeles and Houston.

Factors including newspaper circulation, educational attainment, library resources, publishing and booksellers are used in compiling the data. Read up.