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Fewest graduate degrees, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2023 ACS). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Fayette County, ALAL15,8723.2%−8%

02Coosa County, ALAL10,1613.6%+26%

03Escambia County, ALAL36,6653.7%−5%

04Wilcox County, ALAL9,6663.8%+47%

05Bibb County, ALAL22,2623.9%+30%

06Chambers County, ALAL34,2534.0%+24%

07Bullock County, ALAL9,7804.2%+24%

08Clay County, ALAL14,2074.2%+49%

09Lamar County, ALAL13,5874.2%+79%

10Barbour County, ALAL24,6074.3%+16%

11Blount County, ALAL60,1564.4%+16%

12Greene County, ALAL7,0674.4%+39%

13Franklin County, ALAL32,4494.8%+27%

14Pickens County, ALAL18,2214.8%+44%

15Walker County, ALAL65,1405.0%+32%

16Hale County, ALAL15,1945.0%+67%

17Monroe County, ALAL18,9655.0%+11%

18Cullman County, ALAL94,0095.3%+18%

19Choctaw County, ALAL11,9045.3%+70%

20Geneva County, ALAL27,5545.3%+71%

21Winston County, ALAL23,8295.3%+37%

22Marion County, ALAL29,0975.4%+75%

23DeKalb County, ALAL74,0855.4%+60%

24Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1755.4%+35%

25Cleburne County, ALAL15,9705.4%+23%

26Clarke County, ALAL22,0145.4%+20%

27Chilton County, ALAL47,7085.4%+35%

28Jackson County, ALAL54,2815.6%+46%

29Conecuh County, ALAL10,8995.6%+96%

30Lawrence County, ALAL33,8435.7%+130%

31Dale County, ALAL49,9125.7%+28%

32St. Clair County, ALAL98,2065.7%+59%

33Butler County, ALAL18,1005.9%+93%

34Russell County, ALAL58,8986.3%+82%

35Perry County, ALAL7,4256.3%+30%

36Covington County, ALAL37,9476.3%+43%

37Dallas County, ALAL35,1406.4%+17%

38Talladega County, ALAL81,6036.4%+50%

39Colbert County, ALAL59,4746.5%+22%

40Henry County, ALAL18,3946.6%+36%

41Lowndes County, ALAL9,3596.6%+80%

42Marshall County, ALAL103,5376.6%+38%

43Cherokee County, ALAL26,4136.7%+58%

44Morgan County, ALAL126,4836.8%+19%

45Etowah County, ALAL103,8866.9%+31%

46Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9536.9%+48%

47Marengo County, ALAL18,3117.1%+63%

48Randolph County, ALAL23,1637.4%+95%

49Limestone County, ALAL122,9287.4%+48%

50Coffee County, ALAL56,9537.8%+12%

51Washington County, ALAL14,8228.1%+167%

52Mobile County, ALAL411,6588.2%+27%

53Houston County, ALAL110,3188.3%+31%

54Calhoun County, ALAL115,8348.4%+33%

55Sumter County, ALAL11,5888.5%+66%

56Elmore County, ALAL91,5779.0%+48%

57Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1359.1%+39%

58Macon County, ALAL18,1329.5%+13%

59Autauga County, ALAL61,92011.6%+86%

60Baldwin County, ALAL267,76111.7%+42%

61Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36812.9%+33%

62Jefferson County, ALAL665,74213.1%+50%

63Pike County, ALAL33,68813.6%+93%

64Montgomery County, ALAL225,89114.1%+27%

65Shelby County, ALAL238,55215.3%+37%

66Lee County, ALAL189,88116.4%+28%

67Madison County, ALAL433,51617.0%+47%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES