Statistics Tell the Story
						• Alabama’s Level 1* literacy rate is 25%.  The state’s Level 1 and 2 literacy rate is 57%. • Central Alabama counties: Jefferson County – 27%; Walker – 23%; St. Clair – 20%; Blount – 18% and Shelby – 14%. • West Alabama counties: Tuscaloosa County – 23%; Fayette – 24%; Bibb – 27%; Pickens – 35%; Hale – 41%, and Greene – 51%.
		1 out of 4 people functions at the lowest literacy level
	*Literacy rates are measured on a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high).