1. National Center for Educational Statistics

• State and County estimates: http://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/StateEstimates.aspx
• Fast facts: http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=69
• Trends in adult literacy: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2007/section2/indicator18.asp
• What is NAAL?: http://nces.ed.gov/naal

2. ProLiteracy: http://proliteracy.org

• Impact of literacy:http://www.proliteracy.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=370&srcid=191
• Basic facts: http://www.proliteracy.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=345&srcid=370

3. International Reading Association: http://reading.org/General/default

• International Literacy Day: http://www.reading.org/downloads/meetings/ILD2007_facts.pdf
• Literacy Fact Sheet http://www.reading.org/downloads/meetings/ILD2007_literacy_facts.pdf
• Literacy and Health http://www.reading.org/downloads/meetings/2008%20Literacy%20and%20Health.pdf

4. California Library Literacy Services: http://libraryliteracy.org

5. Current County Employment Rate

• http//www.calmis.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/countyur-400c.pdf

6. Factfinder (U.S. Census info): http://www.factfinder.census.gov