Illiteracy estimates:6% - Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota.
7% - Iowa, Maine, Missouri. Nebraska. North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin.
8% - Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Rhode Island.
9% - Alaska, Connecticut, Montana, Ohio, Utah, Wyoming.
10%-Colorado, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington.
11%-Delaware, Idaho, Maryland.
12%-Kentucky, Oklahoma, Virginia.
13%-Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia.
14%-Arkansas, North Carolina.
15%-Alabama, South Carolina.
16%-Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico.
17%-Georgia, New Jersey.
18%-
19%-Texas.
20%-Florida.
21%-
22%-New York.
23%-California.
This is based on a 2003 study by the US Department of Education and reported by the National Center for Education Statistics.