A recently released survey puts Jacksonville in the bottom third of the country when it comes to literacy. At question isn’t whether people can read, but how they read: how often they access books and news, and how many libraries and bookstores the city has to offer.
Jacksonville was ranked No. 55 overall in the survey that was led by Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis. El Paso and Corpus Christi, both in Texas, were at the bottom of the list of 75 cities.
For Jacksonville, the 2009 ranking marked five straight years of declining literacy, according to the annual assessment by Central Connecticut State University.
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