Literacy of White Males of Voting Age Decreases in Washington, Pasquotank, Dare and Perquimans Counties, Feb. 24, 1922

Illiteracy Increases Among Adult Males. . . More Illiterate White Males in Pasquotank in 1920 Than in 1910

Here is a jolt for you if you live in Washington, Pasquotank, Dare or Perquimans counties; illiteracy among white males is increasing instead of diminishing in these counties if we accept the figures of the U.S. Census for 1920. And of the 100 counties in North Carolina, Pasquotank is way down at 51 in the column in respect to the percentage of illiterates. Of all the immediate Northeastern counties, Chowan makes the finest showing with 7.3 per cent illiterate in 1921, compared with 14.9 per cent in 1910. But Pasquotank has 11.2 per cent illiteracy in 1920 against 7.5 per cent in 1910.

Based on advance sheets of the U.S. Census for 1920, the average of state illiteracy among white males of voting age in North Carolina in 1920 was 10.95 per cent. All told, the male white adult illiterates number 36,744. Nearly one of every nine white males in the state cannot read or write.

Chowan, 7.3, down from 14.9 in 1910

Beaufort, 8.1, down from 13.5 in 1910

Washington, 8.2, up from 6.2 in 1910

Hyde, 8.8, down from 12.4 in 1910

Tyrrell, 9.8, down from 17 in 1910

Pasquotank, 11.2, up from 7.5

Dare, 11.7, up from 6.8

Currituck, 11.9, up from 10.8

Camden, 12.3, down from 18

Perquimans, 12.7, up from 9.3

Gates, 12.8, down from 13.3

Hertford, 14.2, down from 15.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Feb. 24, 1922