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MS Literacy Statistics

MISSISSIPPI ADULT LITERACY ESTIMATES

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Counties with fewer than 5000 individuals age 16 and above are not included

Level 1: cannot read

Level 2: cannot read well enough to fill out a job application

County Level 1/Level 2 County Level 1/Level 2
Adams 35%/70% Leflore 41%/79%
Alcorn 24%/62% Lincoln 31%/64%
Amite 39%/78% Lowndes 27%/58%
Attala 37%/76% Madison 29%/55%
Benton 36%/78% Marion 32%/69%
Bolivar 41%/79% Marshall 37%/77%
Calhoun 30%/70% Monroe 28%/69%
Carroll 34%/74% Montgomery 37%/76%
Chickasaw 32%/71% Neshoba 29%/63%
Choctaw 31%/69% Newton 30%/64%
Claiborne 47%/80% Noxubee 46%/89%
Clarke 30%/67% Oktibbeha 25%/51%
Clay 35%/72% Panola 37%/75%
Coahoma 46%/83% Pearl River 23%/55%
Copiah 36%/71% Perry 29%/65%
Covington 33%/69% Pike 36%/71%
DeSoto 16%/49% Pontotoc 22%/59%
Forrest 26%/55% Prentiss 23%/61%
Franklin 35%/74% Quitman 45%/86%
George 23%/61% Rankin 17%/74%
Greene 29%/67% Scott 34%/71%
Grenada 34%/71% Simpson 31%/68%
Hancock 25%/56% Smith 28%/65%
Harrison 23%/52% Stone 26%/57%
Hinds 31%/56% Sunflower 45%/84%
Holmes 52%/92% Tallahatchie 43%/86%
Humphreys 46%/87% Tate 28%/62%
Itawamba 21%/60% Tippah 26%/64%
Jackson 22%/52% Tishomingo 22%/61%
Jasper 39%/76% Tunica 50%/94%
Jefferson 52%/94% Union 23%/61%
Jefferson Davis 41%/79% Walthall 39%/78%
Jones 28%/61% Warren 30%/61%
Kemper 42%/81% Washington 39%/76%
Lafayette 23%/50% Wayne 33%/71%
Lamar 18%/45% Webster 29%/68%
Lauderdale 28%/59% Wilkinson 48%/91%
Leake 36%/74% Yalobusha 35%/75%
Lee 21%/54% Yazoo 41%/79%

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