America's Most Literate Cities

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Looks like our nation's capital is America's most literate city.

That's right, Washington, D.C. tops tops an annual list of American's most literate cities for the second year in a row.

Central Connecticut State University did the study.

After Washington, Seattle, Minneapolis and Atlanta round out the top four.

Cities are ranked on six indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and Internet resources.

Full List:
America's Most Literate Cities in 2011:

1. Washington
2. Seattle
3. Minneapolis
4. Atlanta
5. Boston
6. Pittsburgh
7. Cincinnati
8. St. Louis
9. San Francisco
10. Denver

CNN