FACTOID
 While educational attainment variables are related to most of the other variables, 6 of the top 10 cities for overall literacy were not even in the top 20 for the combined educational attainment levels.  These cities were Washington, DC, Atlanta, San Francisco, Denver, Boston, & Cincinnati.

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Rank

 Overall Ranking
1    Colorado Springs, CO 19
2    Seattle, WA 1
3    Raleigh, NC 13
4.5   Anchorage, AK 43
4.5   Virginia Beach, VA 41
6    Charlotte, NC 20
7    Portland, OR 11
8    Minneapolis, MN 2
9    Albuquerque, NM 36
10  Omaha, NE 31


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Education Level
 Education Attainment was indexed with three variables:

  1. Percentage of the adult population with an educational level of 8th grade or less
  2. Percentage of the adult population with a high school diploma or higher
  3. Percentage of the adult population with a bachelor's degree or higher