Honolulu slipped in a ranking of the country's most literate cities, falling to 22nd from 18th in 2007.

The ranking is drawn from an index made up of six indicators of literacy. These include newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources.

Honolulu's ranking placed it ahead of such cities as Philadelphia, New York City, Miami, Chicago, San Diego, Dallas and Los Angeles. The ranking was the same as the Hawai'i's capitol city enjoyed in 2006 and 13 places higher than 2005, when it ranked 35th.