MINNEAPOLIS MOST LITERATE CITY

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY - Drawing from a variety of data, the America's Most Literate Cities study ranks the 69 largest cities (population 250,000 and above) in the United States. The study is based on six indicators: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and Internet resources. Here's the 2007 list, which finds Minneapolis pushing Seattle to second place.

Minneapolis, MN
Seattle, WA
St. Paul, MN
Denver, CO
Washington, DC
St. Louis, MO
San Francisco, CA
Atlanta, GA
Pittsburgh, PA
Boston, MA

For the 2006 list, the study compared the cities with the highest vote for Bush with those with highest vote for Kerry. Here's how the cities averaged in the various categories:

Newspapers Kerry #24 Bush #57
Magazines Kerry #22 Bush #54
Libraries Kerry #30 Bush #46
Internet Kerry #29 Bush #57
Booksellers Kerry #30 Bush #45
Education Kerry #41 Bush #33