| Indirect estimate of percent lacking Basic prose literacy skills and corresponding credible intervals in all counties: Pennsylvania 2003 | |||||
| Location | FIPS code0 | Population size1 | Percent lacking basic prose literacy skills2 | 95% credible interval3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower bound | Upper bound | ||||
| Pennsylvania | 42000 | 9,561,844 | 13 | 10.2 | 15.5 |
| Adams County | 42001 | 73,875 | 13 | 6.5 | 23.4 |
| Allegheny Co. | 42003 | 993,511 | 10 | 4.6 | 17.0 |
| Armstrong Co. | 42005 | 57,608 | 13 | 6.3 | 22.7 |
| Beaver County | 42007 | 142,145 | 10 | 4.9 | 18.5 |
| Bedford County | 42009 | 39,943 | 14 | 7.1 | 25.0 |
| Berks County | 42011 | 296,164 | 14 | 6.8 | 24.0 |
| Blair County | 42013 | 100,266 | 13 | 6.5 | 22.8 |
| Bradford County | 42015 | 48,835 | 13 | 6.2 | 22.3 |
| Bucks County | 42017 | 477,041 | 9 | 5.1 | 15.3 |
| Butler County | 42019 | 137,996 | 9 | 4.2 | 15.7 |
| Cambria County | 42021 | 117,222 | 14 | 6.8 | 24.0 |
| Cameron County | 42023 | 4,628 | 14 | 6.7 | 23.7 |
| Carbon County | 42025 | 48,752 | 14 | 6.7 | 23.5 |
| Centre County | 42027 | 106,701 | 11 | 5.1 | 19.5 |
| Chester County | 42029 | 345,597 | 7 | 3.5 | 13.5 |
| Clarion County | 42031 | 32,288 | 14 | 6.9 | 24.4 |
| Clearfield Co. | 42033 | 65,500 | 14 | 8.8 | 21.7 |
| Clinton Co. | 42035 | 29,037 | 14 | 6.8 | 23.9 |
| Columbia Co. | 42037 | 50,941 | 13 | 6.5 | 23.1 |
| Crawford Co. | 42039 | 69,023 | 13 | 6.5 | 23.2 |
| Cumberland Co. | 42041 | 168,272 | 10 | 4.7 | 17.2 |
| Dauphin County | 42043 | 195,129 | 13 | 6.4 | 22.4 |
| Delaware County | 42045 | 421,634 | 10 | 5.8 | 17.7 |
| Elk County | 42047 | 27,348 | 13 | 6.1 | 22.3 |
| Erie County | 42049 | 213,185 | 12 | 6.0 | 21.1 |
| Fayette County | 42051 | 116,412 | 14 | 6.8 | 24.1 |
| Forest County | 42053 | 3,872 | 16 | 7.7 | 26.6 |
| Franklin County | 42055 | 103,549 | 13 | 6.4 | 23.2 |
| Fulton County | 42057 | 11,547 | 15 | 7.4 | 26.3 |
| Greene County | 42059 | 30,430 | 15 | 7.6 | 26.3 |
| Huntingdon Co. | 42061 | 33,956 | 15 | 7.6 | 26.6 |
| Indiana County | 42063 | 70,273 | 14 | 6.7 | 23.8 |
| Jefferson Co. | 42065 | 36,553 | 14 | 6.8 | 24.2 |
| Juniata County | 42067 | 17,917 | 16 | 7.8 | 28.1 |
| Lackawanna Co. | 42069 | 166,138 | 12 | 5.6 | 20.4 |
| Lancaster Co. | 42071 | 362,124 | 15 | 10.1 | 22.9 |
| Lawrence Co. | 42073 | 73,367 | 13 | 6.3 | 22.3 |
| Lebanon County | 42075 | 95,086 | 14 | 6.8 | 24.5 |
| Lehigh County | 42077 | 247,470 | 13 | 6.2 | 21.8 |
| Luzerne County | 42079 | 249,872 | 12 | 6.0 | 21.0 |
| Lycoming Co. | 42081 | 91,854 | 12 | 6.0 | 21.3 |
| Mc Kean County | 42083 | 34,310 | 13 | 6.6 | 23.0 |
| Mercer County | 42085 | 91,766 | 12 | 6.1 | 21.7 |
| Mifflin County | 42087 | 36,197 | 15 | 7.6 | 26.7 |
| Monroe County | 42089 | 117,782 | 12 | 6.0 | 21.0 |
| Montgomery Co. | 42091 | 593,540 | 8 | 4.7 | 14.4 |
| Montour County | 42093 | 13,735 | 11 | 5.6 | 20.3 |
| Northampton Co | 42095 | 215,755 | 12 | 5.7 | 20.7 |
| Northumberland Co. | 42097 | 73,804 | 15 | 7.4 | 25.8 |
| Perry County | 42099 | 34,763 | 13 | 6.4 | 23.8 |
| Philadelphia Co. | 42101 | 1,109,795 | 22 | 14.8 | 32.6 |
| Pike County | 42103 | 40,914 | 10 | 4.7 | 17.9 |
| Potter County | 42105 | 14,053 | 13 | 6.5 | 23.0 |
| Schuylkill Co. | 42107 | 117,041 | 14 | 7.1 | 25.1 |
| Snyder County | 42109 | 28,657 | 15 | 7.3 | 25.8 |
| Somerset County | 42111 | 62,827 | 15 | 7.4 | 26.2 |
| Sullivan County | 42113 | 5,136 | 14 | 6.8 | 23.9 |
| Susquehanna Co. | 42115 | 33,125 | 13 | 6.2 | 22.1 |
| Tioga County | 42117 | 32,289 | 13 | 6.3 | 22.1 |
| Union County | 42119 | 28,154 | 15 | 7.2 | 25.3 |
| Venango County | 42121 | 44,245 | 14 | 6.8 | 23.7 |
| Warren County | 42123 | 33,735 | 12 | 5.8 | 20.9 |
| Washington Co. | 42125 | 162,934 | 10 | 5.0 | 18.6 |
| Wayne County | 42127 | 38,151 | 12 | 6.2 | 21.4 |
| Westmoreland Co. | 42129 | 296,111 | 9 | 4.5 | 17.0 |
| Wyoming Co | 42131 | 21,930 | 12 | 5.8 | 20.5 |
| York County | 42133 | 308,030 | 12 | 5.8 | 21.4 |
| * The state and county Federal Information processing Standards (FIPS) codes are standardized unique state and county identifiers. The first two positions identify the state, and the last three positions identify the county. For more information, see http://www.census.gov/geo/www/fips/fips.html | |||||
| 1 Estimated population size of persons 16 years and older in households in 2003. | |||||
| 2 Those lacking Basic prose literacy skills include those who scored Below Basic in prose and those who could not be tested due to language barriers. | |||||
| 3 The estimated percent lacking Basic prose literacy skills has a margin of error as measured by the associated credible interval. There is a 95% chance that the value of the percent lacking Basic prose literacy skills is contained between the lower and upper bound. | |||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy | |||||