The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-29
liiiteracy statissics-West Virginia, Ohio
aud pcinsy lynnin

Census bulletin 1903, just received at this
Office from Washington, shows that the
whole number Of persons III the United
States Of 10 years aud upwards in 1880
was &C, 7Gl COZ, and OF this number 4,023,.
45l were unable to read, (which is 1o.4 per
cent and 6,239,05S unable to write, which
is ITO per cent. The number OF white
persons Of 10 years Of age and upwards In
the United States was 32,lG04OO, and OF
these the number unable to write was
30lD,OsO, or Oh per cent. The number Of
native white persons in the United States
Of 10 years Of ase md upwards was 25,.
7Sj,7S0, and Of these the number unable
to write was ?,255, 400. or 81 per cent. The
whole number Of foreign born whites Of 10
years Of ago and upwards was G,374,Gl1,
and Of these there were 763, 6e0 unable to
write, or 100 per cent. The whole mum.
Der Of colored persons Of 10 years Of uge
and upwards was I,G01 ,2O7, md Of these
3,92OS7s were unable to write, or 700 per
cent.
In West Virginia, the whole number OF
persons Of 10 years OF age and upwards was
42S,5S6, and Of these 52,0il were unable to
read Tor l2,t per cent? and s5,375 unable to
write, or 100 per cent. The whole number
OF white persons in the State Of 10 years Of
age and upwards was 40, III, md Of these
1925 we're unable to write, or 1873 per
cent The native whites Of 10 years Of age
and upwards in the State were 800, 24o, and
OF these 72 Slower unable to write, or 1876
per cent
The whole number Of foreign born whites
OF 10 years OF age and upwards in the Suite
was 1889, and OF these 2,4ll were unable
to write, or 1875 per cent The whole num-
Der Of colored persons in the State OF 10
years OF agc and upwards was lS,4l6, and
OF these 1879 were unable to write, or
$50 per cent.
Over in Ohio, tho whole number OF per
Sons OF ten years Of age and upwards, was
2,399,307, and Of these the number unable
to read was SG,754 or SO per cent, and the
number unable to write ISL, S47, or SIS per
cent. The number Of white persons OF ten
yesns ofage aud upwards in the State was
2,&33o,52S, and Of these l15,40l were unable
to write, or 40 per cent. The number Of
white natives of ten years Of age and up-
wards in the State was 1,959,s5s, and Of
these 81, lSS, or 4.3 per cent, were unable 10
write. Thenumber Of foreign.born whites
in the Sta1e Of ten years Of age and up-
wards was 3S5,670 and OF these 3o,3OS, or
81 per cent, were unable to write. The
number Of colored persons Of ten years Of
age and upwards in the State was sc, $50.
and OF these 1852, or 27.3 per cent, were
unable 10 write. IS
Among our Pennsylvania neighbors, the
whole number OF persons Of 10 years Of age
and upwards in the State was 3,2O3, 2l5,
and Of these l4b, l3S, or 4.G per cent, were
unable to read, and 22S,Ol4, or IL per cent
unable to write. The whole number Of
white persons oil 10 years OF age and up
wards in the State was 3,l3G,5Gl, and OF
these l4G,l5S, or 4,G per cent, were unable e
to read, and 22S,0i4, or II per cent, unable
to write. The whole number Of whites Of
10 years OF age ind upwards in the Suite
was 3,1Sd,5GI, aud Of these 2O9,9Sl, or 81
per cent, were unable to write. The
whole number Of white natives in the State
OF ten years and upwards was 1859, ASS,
and OF these l23,.05 or is per cent were
unable to write. The whole number Of
foreign whites Of ten years Of age and up
wards was 574,l03 and OF these sG,775 or
l5.l per cent were unable 10 write. The
whole number OF colored of ten years OF
age and upwards was 66654, and OF these
1888 or Ell per cent were unable to
write. r vi .}