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WBM march 2013
L I T E R A C Y
S T A T I S T I C S
*Nine percent of New
Hanover County residents
ages 16 and older lack
basic prose literacy skills,
states the 2003 National
Assessment of Adult
Literacy, the most recent
available data of its kind.
*About 10.5 percent of
New Hanover County
residents ages 25 and
older are without a high
school diploma, the
U.S. Census Bureau’s
2007-2011 American
Community Survey
estimates report.
