Literacy Levels in West Virginia Counties
West Virginia Literacy Map
19%
Hancock
20% of the adult population in West Virginia are low-level
readers. Percentages represent county residents who
have difficulty reading beyond a fourth grader level.
These adults find it difficult to read basic information like
road signs, job applications, newspapers articles, and
food and medicine labels. This information is provided
by The National Institute for Literacy in the publication
entitled “The State of Literacy in America” in 1998.
Ohio
17%
Marshall
If you know someone who needs help with reading or if
you would like to volunteer to help with literacy in your
community, please call the Adult Education Hotline 800642-2670, ext. 212 or visit your public library.
18%
Monongalia
Wetzel
18%
Tyler
19%
17%
Brooke
Marion
Pleasants
Doddridge
21%
Ritchie
15%
21%
Taylor
19%
20%
Barbour
23%
20%
18%
Mason
22%
Roane
14%
Kanawha
21%
27%
Boone
26%
29%
Jefferson
15%
Tucker
20%
Grant
19%
Hardy
19%
Pendleton
19%
Clay
Webster
29%
Nicholas
Pocahontas
23%
21%
Fayette
27%
Greenbrier
22%
Logan
Mingo
19%
20%
29%
Lincoln
19%
Hampshire
Randolph
24%
20%
Wayne
19%
Berkeley
16%
Mineral
Upshur
Braxton
23%
19%
21%
24% 23%
Putnam
Cabell
Lewis
Gilmer
Calhoun
Jackson
19%
Harrison
Wirt
Morgan
18%
Preston
19%
19%
Wood
14%
27%
Raleigh
26%
Wyoming
Summers
27%
30%
McDowell
37%
Monroe
22%
Mercer
23%
Funding for this project is provided by the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services and the West Virginia Library Commission.