Of the Newberrys whose literacy was recorded, 75.5% could both read and write, 6.1% could read but not write, and 18.4% could do neither. Men came out slightly ahead, 87.5% reading and writing against 64% of women. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.