Show illiteracy in this state according to statistics Washing torl D C oct 5 1921 according to the census ot of 1920 there are 6 illiterate persons ten years of age and over in the state ot of utah illiterate meaning unable to write in any language ot of this num ber are native whites of native parentage are of foreign or mixed parentage and 3 are of foreign birth 1 are indians 69 59 are negroes and the remaining are chinese or japanese or other As latles in the total population 1 ten years ot of age and over the percent age of illiteracy Is 19 1 9 which shows a decrease since 1910 when it was 2 6 5 there Is more illiteracy in the rural districts of the state than in the cities the percentage being 2 5 for the rural population and 1 3 for the urban for the native white population of native parentage the urban percentage of illiteracy is 0 3 while the rural Is 0 4 by counties the percentage of illiteracy ranges from 26 9 in san juan county to 0 4 in rich and wayne counties |