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September 25, 2004
Table 1:
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Low-Literacy Population Estimates for L.A. County,
2000 |
|
Area |
Population Age
16 or Older |
Low Literacy
Population |
Low Literacy
Percent |
|
Antelope Valley |
212,431 |
99,230 |
46.7% |
|
San Fernando Valley |
1,510,023 |
664,212 |
44.0% |
|
San Gabriel Valley |
1,301,781 |
637,306 |
49.0% |
|
Metro |
891,025 |
577,685 |
64.8% |
|
West |
521,746 |
126,562 |
24.3% |
|
South |
646,844 |
543,646 |
84.0% |
|
East |
918,854 |
602,874 |
65.6% |
|
Harbor |
1,119,821 |
548,224 |
49.0% |
|
Los Angeles County |
7,122,525 |
3,799,739 |
53.3% |
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Source: United Way, Literacy@Work:
The L.A. Workforce Literacy Project,
September 2004. |
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
