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Fewest graduate degrees, Georgia counties

Georgia counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2024 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 159 is 7.4%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Atkinson County, GA, up 74 places to #8.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000
01▲41Treutlen County, GAGA6,4661.7%−1.6 pts
02▲53Webster County, GAGA2,3691.7%−0.4 pts
03▲13Warren County, GAGA5,2692.5%+0.1 pts
04▲58Charlton County, GAGA13,1213.4%+0.4 pts
05▲2Hancock County, GAGA8,6823.4%−0.2 pts
06▲33Turner County, GAGA8,9833.4%−1.3 pts
07▲14Clinch County, GAGA6,8473.5%−0.8 pts
08▲74Atkinson County, GAGA8,4543.7%+1.4 pts
09▲13Macon County, GAGA11,7563.9%+0.9 pts
10▲3Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.9%+0.3 pts
11▼10Wheeler County, GAGA7,5704.0%+1.2 pts
12▲19Burke County, GAGA24,4084.1%+1.0 pts
13▼8Jefferson County, GAGA15,0114.1%+1.2 pts
14▲30Quitman County, GAGA2,2544.2%+2.1 pts
15▲44Stewart County, GAGA4,6314.2%0.0 pts
16▲36Twiggs County, GAGA7,5974.2%+2.3 pts
17▲6Worth County, GAGA20,0594.2%+1.3 pts
18▲11Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6504.5%+1.4 pts
19▼11Johnson County, GAGA9,3104.5%+1.5 pts
20▲57Talbot County, GAGA5,7094.5%+1.2 pts
21▲53Long County, GAGA21,5574.5%+2.3 pts
22▲28Wilkes County, GAGA9,5404.7%+0.5 pts
23▲25Washington County, GAGA19,4534.7%+1.3 pts
24▼15Telfair County, GAGA11,1954.8%+1.8 pts
25▼5Berrien County, GAGA18,9325.0%+0.9 pts
26▲12Dooly County, GAGA11,1565.0%+1.0 pts
27▲10Seminole County, GAGA9,1625.0%+2.3 pts
28▲25Heard County, GAGA12,1495.0%+2.9 pts
29▼27Glascock County, GAGA3,1415.0%+2.3 pts
30▲15Bacon County, GAGA11,0705.1%+2.2 pts
31▲29Pulaski County, GAGA10,1725.1%+0.5 pts
32▲25Emanuel County, GAGA23,1475.1%+0.3 pts
33▲8Appling County, GAGA19,1005.2%+2.0 pts
34▲56Evans County, GAGA11,0285.2%+1.7 pts
35▼24Murray County, GAGA41,6075.3%+3.0 pts
36▼3Dade County, GAGA16,1545.3%+1.9 pts
37▼34Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6625.3%+1.5 pts
38▼19Chattooga County, GAGA25,3005.3%+2.4 pts
39▲26Crisp County, GAGA19,2375.5%+1.4 pts
40▲7Upson County, GAGA28,5005.5%+2.0 pts
41▲2Polk County, GAGA45,5145.5%+1.7 pts
42▼38Jenkins County, GAGA8,8435.7%+1.6 pts
43▲37Haralson County, GAGA33,0665.8%+2.3 pts
44▲7Ware County, GAGA36,9065.8%+1.2 pts
45▲52Stephens County, GAGA27,8545.8%+1.2 pts
46▼14Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2195.9%+2.6 pts
47▼30Brantley County, GAGA18,9365.9%+3.0 pts
48▼42Echols County, GAGA3,6856.0%+4.2 pts
49▲30Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.0%+3.6 pts
50▼35Calhoun County, GAGA5,4136.0%−0.7 pts
51▼26Elbert County, GAGA20,0726.1%+2.5 pts
52▼38Randolph County, GAGA6,1566.1%+1.6 pts
53▲10Banks County, GAGA21,2736.1%+2.4 pts
54▲2Wayne County, GAGA32,4816.2%+2.2 pts
55▲6Decatur County, GAGA29,4326.2%+1.4 pts
56▼20Coffee County, GAGA44,4076.2%+2.8 pts
57▼30Early County, GAGA10,4556.3%+1.2 pts
58▼30Mitchell County, GAGA20,4676.3%+3.1 pts
59▼47Butts County, GAGA27,2186.3%+3.1 pts
60▼36Meriwether County, GAGA21,5166.3%+2.0 pts
61▲23Spalding County, GAGA70,7756.4%+2.3 pts
62▲5Liberty County, GAGA70,3136.5%+1.6 pts
63▼28Brooks County, GAGA16,1016.6%+2.2 pts
64▲19Screven County, GAGA14,4086.6%+3.5 pts
65▲41Irwin County, GAGA9,0206.7%+3.6 pts
66▼8Crawford County, GAGA12,2066.7%+4.9 pts
67▼33Terrell County, GAGA8,6566.8%+2.2 pts
68▲10Grady County, GAGA26,5906.8%+3.0 pts
69▲38Jones County, GAGA29,1716.9%+1.4 pts
70▲6McDuffie County, GAGA21,6407.0%+3.3 pts
71▲24Miller County, GAGA5,8127.0%+3.2 pts
72▲15Toombs County, GAGA27,5457.1%+2.9 pts
73▼47Lincoln County, GAGA8,1127.2%+3.4 pts
74▼44Taylor County, GAGA7,8187.2%+4.6 pts
75▲57Baker County, GAGA2,7257.2%+4.0 pts
76▼1Wilcox County, GAGA8,7977.3%+3.8 pts
77▼5Cook County, GAGA18,2327.3%+4.6 pts
78▼29Dodge County, GAGA19,6637.3%+2.5 pts
79▲22Bleckley County, GAGA12,8667.4%+2.4 pts
80▼62Marion County, GAGA7,6767.4%+2.8 pts
81▼10Colquitt County, GAGA47,4387.4%+3.5 pts
82▲16Barrow County, GAGA99,7737.4%+4.3 pts
83▼37Hart County, GAGA28,6397.5%+1.9 pts
84▼16McIntosh County, GAGA11,9897.5%+2.7 pts
85▼4Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.6%+3.1 pts
86▼76Candler County, GAGA11,2757.6%+4.3 pts
87▼33Jasper County, GAGA17,6327.7%+3.4 pts
88▼24Lamar County, GAGA20,9417.7%+3.2 pts
89▼1Franklin County, GAGA25,9487.7%+3.8 pts
90▼21Lanier County, GAGA10,6237.7%+4.5 pts
91▼18Bartow County, GAGA120,8008.0%+3.6 pts
92▲19Pike County, GAGA20,9328.1%+4.3 pts
93▼7Gordon County, GAGA61,7018.1%+4.2 pts
94▼5Walker County, GAGA70,2508.2%+4.8 pts
95▼10Effingham County, GAGA74,3978.2%+3.8 pts
96▲31Thomas County, GAGA46,3688.2%+2.1 pts
97▲5Pickens County, GAGA37,1678.5%+2.8 pts
98▼6Montgomery County, GAGA8,6358.6%+4.1 pts
99▲6Laurens County, GAGA51,0418.9%+3.4 pts
100▼34Whitfield County, GAGA106,2128.9%+4.0 pts
101▲9Gilmer County, GAGA33,8949.0%+4.0 pts
102▲7Walton County, GAGA112,6969.1%+5.0 pts
103Camden County, GAGA60,1439.1%+3.4 pts
104▼8Carroll County, GAGA131,0369.1%+2.4 pts
105▼12Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.2%+5.0 pts
106▼12Jackson County, GAGA99,2659.5%+5.3 pts
107▲7Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4659.5%+3.0 pts
108▼4White County, GAGA29,8029.8%+4.2 pts
109▲11Fannin County, GAGA26,1119.8%+5.5 pts
110▲2Richmond County, GAGA206,5599.9%+3.3 pts
111▼12Paulding County, GAGA190,9969.9%+6.3 pts
112▲13Sumter County, GAGA28,80110.0%+1.8 pts
113▼73Schley County, GAGA4,59310.0%+3.9 pts
114▼6Newton County, GAGA125,58310.0%+5.0 pts
115▲9Union County, GAGA27,85910.2%+5.2 pts
116▲7Habersham County, GAGA50,41610.3%+4.2 pts
117▼2Madison County, GAGA32,91910.3%+6.2 pts
118▼27Troup County, GAGA72,84410.3%+4.4 pts
119▼3Putnam County, GAGA23,72210.4%+4.5 pts
120▲10Henry County, GAGA264,92210.6%+4.6 pts
121▼8Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41510.6%+5.0 pts
122▼5Hall County, GAGA226,56810.6%+3.8 pts
123▼4Tift County, GAGA42,25410.8%+4.4 pts
124▼6Floyd County, GAGA101,37810.9%+5.0 pts
125▼3Dougherty County, GAGA82,61611.2%+4.8 pts
126▼56Pierce County, GAGA20,76411.2%+8.0 pts
127▼6Baldwin County, GAGA44,02911.3%+4.8 pts
128▲9Peach County, GAGA29,87711.4%+4.4 pts
129▲2Morgan County, GAGA22,09511.6%+5.9 pts
130▼1Lowndes County, GAGA122,86711.6%+4.4 pts
131▲16Monroe County, GAGA32,02311.8%+5.3 pts
132▼4Douglas County, GAGA154,29312.1%+6.3 pts
133▲2Muscogee County, GAGA202,17112.3%+4.3 pts
134▲8Bulloch County, GAGA86,94912.5%+0.6 pts
135▲1Glynn County, GAGA87,59912.7%+4.0 pts
136▲8Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17812.7%+5.6 pts
137▼37Clay County, GAGA2,81512.8%+7.3 pts
138▲2Bibb County, GAGA157,55612.9%+5.3 pts
139▼5Cherokee County, GAGA299,27313.0%+5.6 pts
140▲3Bryan County, GAGA52,06213.2%+7.1 pts
141▼15Rockdale County, GAGA98,41613.3%+5.8 pts
142▼3Dawson County, GAGA35,36513.5%+7.4 pts
143▼10Coweta County, GAGA160,24013.6%+7.3 pts
144▲1Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09913.9%+3.9 pts
145▲1Houston County, GAGA178,21413.9%+6.0 pts
146▼5Greene County, GAGA21,36714.0%+7.3 pts
147▲3Rabun County, GAGA17,76414.0%+6.4 pts
148▲3Towns County, GAGA13,28515.2%+7.2 pts
149▼1Chatham County, GAGA311,85515.6%+7.2 pts
150▼12Lee County, GAGA34,17915.6%+9.9 pts
151▼2Harris County, GAGA37,28016.2%+8.9 pts
152Columbia County, GAGA169,18916.8%+4.8 pts
153▲1Fayette County, GAGA125,15618.9%+6.6 pts
154▼1Cobb County, GAGA793,34519.0%+7.3 pts
155▲1DeKalb County, GAGA774,39421.1%+7.5 pts
156▼1Forsyth County, GAGA282,80522.3%+13.7 pts
157▲1Clarke County, GAGA129,92124.3%+5.4 pts
158▼1Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79124.6%+9.9 pts
159Oconee County, GAGA44,89328.3%+11.2 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES