Table 11. Detailed Literacy by Muncipality, Kosrae: 2010
  Total Lelu Malem Utwe Tafunsak
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
   Ability to talk in vernacular languages
Total 6,122 3,096 3,026 1,996 1,017 979 1,218 617 601 910 423 487 1,998 1,039 959
Yes 6,077 3,069 3,008 1,969 999 970 1,209 613 596 907 421 486 1,992 1,036 956
No 45 27 18 27 18 9 9 4 5 3 2 1 6 3 3
   Literacy
Total 5,816 2,945 2,871 1,900 975 925 1,170 591 579 863 403 460 1,883 976 907
Can read write and understand a simple sentence in any language 5,624 2,845 2,779 1,842 948 894 1,126 568 558 842 391 451 1,814 938 876
Cannot read write and understand 192 100 92 58 27 31 44 23 21 21 12 9 69 38 31
   Literacy - Only 1 language
Total 121 43 78 43 15 28 29 10 19 27 7 20 22 11 11
Kosraean 120 43 77 43 15 28 29 10 19 27 7 20 21 11 10
Other Languages 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
   Literacy - English and 1 other language
Total 1,404 701 703 456 231 225 426 216 210 161 81 80 361 173 188
Pohnpeian 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kosraean 1,391 693 698 448 226 222 421 213 208 161 81 80 361 173 188
Other Pacific Island Languages 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Filipino 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Languages 4 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: 2010 Federated States of Micronesia Population and Housing Census