realize that comparing raw numbers was meaningless. I will not overestimate your intelligence again.
If you want to play the raw numbers game California reports that 23% of their population is illiterate. That is over Nine Million people. That is more than the total population of 40 other states. So much for the most educated argument, eh?
https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/#!/california/2012/measure/factors/66/dataEdited by DHighlander at 23:47:28 on 06/27/19