Percentage by County of Illiterate Adult Texans
Basic Prose Literacy Skills (BPLS)
| LOCATION | % | LOCATION | % | LOCATION | % | LOCATION | % | LOCATION | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anderson County |
19 | Crane County |
24 | Harrison County |
15 | Lynn County |
22 | San Jacinto County |
15 |
Andrews County |
18 | Crockett County |
24 | Hartley County |
13 | Madison County |
22 | San Patricio County |
20 |
Angelina County |
22 | Crosby County |
24 | Haskell County |
17 | Marion County |
17 | San Saba County |
17 |
Aransas County |
17 | Culberson County
|
32 | Hays County |
10 | Martin County |
23 | Schleicher County |
23 |
Archer County |
14 | Dallam County |
21 | Hemphill County |
12 | Mason County |
12 | Scurry County |
16 |
Armstrong County |
11 | Dallas County |
21 | Henderson County |
14 | Matagorda County |
22 | Shackelford County |
12 |
Atascosa County |
9 | Dawson County |
25 | Hidalgo County |
50 | Maverick County |
56 | Shelby County |
21 |
Austin County |
21 | Deaf Smith County |
27 | Hill County |
17 | McCulloch County |
18 | Sherman County |
18 |
Bailey County |
15 | Delta County |
11 | Hockley County |
18 | McLennan County |
15 | Smith County |
13 |
Bandera County |
9 | Denton County |
8 | Hood County |
9 | McMullen County |
17 | Somervell County |
13 |
Bastrop County |
15 | DeWitt County |
19 | Hopkins County |
16 | Medina County |
17 | Starr County |
65 |
Baylor County |
14 | Dickens County |
18 | Houston County |
19 | Menard County |
18 | Stephens County |
15 |
Bee County |
21 | Dimmit County
|
34 | Howard County |
19 | Midland County |
13 | Sterling County |
16 |
Bell County |
13 | Donley County |
10 | Hudspeth County |
52 | Milam County |
19 | Stonewall County |
16 |
Bexar County |
17 | Duval County |
31 | Hunt County |
13 | Mills County |
14 | Sutton County |
25 |
Blanco County |
12 | Eastland County |
15 | Hutchinson County |
14 | Mitchell County |
22 | Swisher County |
18 |
Borden County |
12 | Ector County |
21 | Irion County |
12 | Montague County |
13 | Tarrant County |
14 |
Bosque County |
13 | Edwards County |
22 | Jack County |
14 | Montgomery County |
11 | Taylor County |
12 |
Bowie County |
13 | El Paso County |
36 | Jackson County |
18 | Moore County |
32 | Terrell County |
22 |
Brazoria County |
13 | Ellis County |
13 | Jasper County |
17 | Morris County |
16 | Terry County |
25 |
Brazos County |
14 | Erath County |
13 | Jeff Davis County |
15 | Motley County |
15 | Throckmorton County |
11 |
Brewster County |
15 | Falls County |
22 | Jefferson County |
18 | Nacogdoches County |
16 | Titus County |
29 |
Briscoe County |
15 | Fannin County |
15 | Jim Hogg County |
38 | Navarro County |
20 | Tom Green County |
15 |
Brooks County |
36 | Fayette County |
17 | Jim Wells County |
27 | Newton County |
20 | Travis County |
13 |
Brown County |
14 | Fisher County |
16 | Johnson County |
12 | Nolan County |
18 | Trinity County |
16 |
Burleson County |
17 | Floyd County |
23 | Jones County |
19 | Nueces County |
17 | Tyler County |
16 |
Burnet County |
13 | Foard County |
16 | Karnes County |
26 | Ochiltree County |
22 | Upshur County |
13 |
Caldwell County |
19 | Fort Bend County |
24 | Kaufman County |
14 | Oldham County |
11 | Upton County |
24 |
Calhoun County |
22 | Franklin County |
14 | Kendall County |
8 | Orange County |
13 | Uvalde County |
27 |
Callahan County |
12 | Freestone County |
16 | Kenedy County |
32 | Palo Pinto County |
15 | Val Verde County |
35 |
Cameron County |
43 | Frio County |
32 | Kent County |
12 | Panola County |
14 | Van Zandt County |
14 |
Camp County |
22 | Gaines County |
30 | Kerr County |
12 | Parker County |
9 | Victoria County |
16 |
Carson County |
10 | Galveston County |
13 | Kimble County |
17 | Parmer County |
30 | Walker County |
18 |
Cass County |
15 | Garza County |
23 | King County |
10 | Pecos County |
28 | Waller County |
20 |
Castro County |
26 | Gillespie County |
12 | Kinney County |
22 | Polk County |
17 | Ward County |
21 |
Chambers County |
12 | Glasscock County |
19 | Kleberg County |
23 | Potter County |
20 | Washington County |
15 |
Cherokee County |
20 | Goliad County |
16 | Knox County |
21 | Presidio County |
61 | Webb County |
48 |
Childress County |
20 | Gonzales County |
29 | La Salle County |
34 | Rains County |
14 | Wharton County |
20 |
Clay County |
11 | Gray County |
24 | Lamar County |
13 | Randall County |
7 | Wheeler County |
15 |
Cochran County |
24 | Grayson County |
11 | Lamb County |
22 | Reagan County |
25 | Wichita County |
13 |
Coke County |
14 | Gregg County |
14 | Lampasas County |
12 | Real County |
14 | Wilbarger County |
15 |
Coleman County |
16 | Grimes County |
20 | Lavaca County |
17 | Red River County |
18 | Willacy County |
40 |
Collin County |
8 | Guadalupe County |
14 | Lee County |
19 | Reeves County |
37 | Williamson County |
8 |
Collingsworth Co |
15 | Hale County |
23 | Leon County |
16 | Refugio County |
21 | Wilson County |
15 |
Colorado County |
20 | Hall County |
25 | Liberty County |
16 | Roberts County |
7 | Winkler County |
26 |
Comal County |
10 | Hamilton County |
13 | Limestone County |
19 | Robertson County |
21 | Wise County |
12 |
Comanche County |
19 | Hansford County |
23 | Lipscomb County |
17 | Rockwall County |
8 | Wood County |
13 |
Concho County |
20 | Hardeman County |
15 | Live Oak County |
17 | Runnels County |
19 | Yoakum County |
29 |
Cooke County |
13 | Hardin County |
12 | Llano County |
10 | Rusk County |
16 | Young County |
13 |
Coryell County |
14 | Harris County |
21 | Loving County |
10 | Sabine County |
14 | Zapata County |
46 |
Cottle County |
17 | Lubbock County |
13 | San Augustine County |
19 | Zavala County |
42 |
Basic Prose Literacy Skills (BPLS)
"Prose literacy is defined by reading materials arranged in sentences and paragraphs. Examples of prose literacy include newspaper articles, editorials and brochures. Adults who lack BPLS have skills that range from being unable to read and understand any written information to being able only to locate easily identifiable information. In short, commonplace prose text in English, but nothing more advanced. The percentage of those who lack BPLS reflects the magnitude of the adult household population at the lowest level of English literacy."
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences January 2009 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Indirect County and State Estimate of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy Level
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009482.pdf
http://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/StateEstimates.aspx
