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Fewest graduate degrees, Georgia counties · 2000

Georgia counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2000 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 1990

01Echols County, GAGA3,6851.8%+57%

02Crawford County, GAGA12,2061.9%−11%

03Twiggs County, GAGA7,5971.9%+11%

04Quitman County, GAGA2,2542.1%−38%

05Heard County, GAGA12,1492.1%−3%

06Webster County, GAGA2,3692.1%+8%

07Long County, GAGA21,5572.2%+28%

08Atkinson County, GAGA8,4542.3%−20%

09Murray County, GAGA41,6072.3%+55%

10Tattnall County, GAGA24,3762.3%+47%

11Warren County, GAGA5,2692.4%+101%

12Taylor County, GAGA7,8182.6%+7%

13Cook County, GAGA18,2322.7%−1%

14Seminole County, GAGA9,1622.7%+1%

15Wheeler County, GAGA7,5702.8%+0%

16Glascock County, GAGA3,1412.8%+71%

17Jefferson County, GAGA15,0112.9%+57%

18Bacon County, GAGA11,0702.9%−1%

19Worth County, GAGA20,0592.9%+22%

20Brantley County, GAGA18,9362.9%+66%

21Chattooga County, GAGA25,3002.9%+28%

22Macon County, GAGA11,7563.0%+5%

23Telfair County, GAGA11,1953.0%+5%

24Johnson County, GAGA9,3103.0%+28%

25Charlton County, GAGA13,1213.0%+74%

26Burke County, GAGA24,4083.0%+7%

27Irwin County, GAGA9,0203.0%−7%

28Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6503.1%−21%

29Screven County, GAGA14,4083.1%+10%

30Barrow County, GAGA99,7733.1%−1%

31Appling County, GAGA19,1003.1%−10%

32Mitchell County, GAGA20,4673.2%+35%

33Baker County, GAGA2,7253.2%−3%

34Butts County, GAGA27,2183.2%+12%

35Lanier County, GAGA10,6233.3%+84%

36Pierce County, GAGA20,7643.3%+70%

37Candler County, GAGA11,2753.3%−19%

38Treutlen County, GAGA6,4663.3%+47%

39Talbot County, GAGA5,7093.3%+33%

40Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2193.3%+53%

41Dade County, GAGA16,1543.4%+34%

42Walker County, GAGA70,2503.4%+17%

43Wilcox County, GAGA8,7973.4%+4%

44Coffee County, GAGA44,4073.5%−23%

45Washington County, GAGA19,4533.5%+4%

46Haralson County, GAGA33,0663.5%+15%

47Upson County, GAGA28,5003.5%+9%

48Evans County, GAGA11,0283.5%−2%

49Elbert County, GAGA20,0723.5%+26%

50Hancock County, GAGA8,6823.6%+68%

51Paulding County, GAGA190,9963.6%+95%

52Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.7%+21%

53McDuffie County, GAGA21,6403.7%+2%

54Banks County, GAGA21,2733.7%+73%

55Pike County, GAGA20,9323.8%+5%

56Grady County, GAGA26,5903.8%+42%

57Lincoln County, GAGA8,1123.8%+38%

58Miller County, GAGA5,8123.8%+3%

59Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6623.8%+51%

60Polk County, GAGA45,5143.9%+39%

61Colquitt County, GAGA47,4383.9%+2%

62Franklin County, GAGA25,9483.9%+24%

63Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.9%+4%

64Wayne County, GAGA32,4814.0%+8%

65Dooly County, GAGA11,1564.0%+23%

66Berrien County, GAGA18,9324.1%+68%

67Madison County, GAGA32,9194.1%+6%

68Spalding County, GAGA70,7754.1%−1%

69Walton County, GAGA112,6964.1%+63%

70Crisp County, GAGA19,2374.1%−1%

71Jenkins County, GAGA8,8434.1%+11%

72Stewart County, GAGA4,6314.1%+38%

73Wilkes County, GAGA9,5404.2%+33%

74Catoosa County, GAGA69,6284.2%+90%

75Jackson County, GAGA99,2654.2%+40%

76Toombs County, GAGA27,5454.2%+7%

77Jasper County, GAGA17,6324.3%+46%

78Fannin County, GAGA26,1114.3%+20%

79Brooks County, GAGA16,1014.3%+8%

80Meriwether County, GAGA21,5164.3%+66%

81Bartow County, GAGA120,8004.4%+59%

82Clinch County, GAGA6,8474.4%+6%

83Effingham County, GAGA74,3974.4%+64%

84Clayton County, GAGA297,4714.4%−1%

85Randolph County, GAGA6,1564.5%+164%

86Lamar County, GAGA20,9414.5%+23%

87Montgomery County, GAGA8,6354.6%+28%

88Marion County, GAGA7,6764.6%+203%

89Pulaski County, GAGA10,1724.6%−13%

90Terrell County, GAGA8,6564.6%+65%

91Ware County, GAGA36,9064.6%+8%

92Stephens County, GAGA27,8544.7%+28%

93Turner County, GAGA8,9834.7%+60%

94Decatur County, GAGA29,4324.8%+18%

95Dodge County, GAGA19,6634.8%+72%

96McIntosh County, GAGA11,9894.8%+76%

97Emanuel County, GAGA23,1474.8%+33%

98Whitfield County, GAGA106,2124.9%+21%

99Liberty County, GAGA70,3134.9%+30%

100Bleckley County, GAGA12,8664.9%+20%

101Gilmer County, GAGA33,8945.0%+81%

102Union County, GAGA27,8595.0%+44%

103Newton County, GAGA125,5835.1%+76%

104Early County, GAGA10,4555.1%+60%

105Hart County, GAGA28,6395.5%+92%

106Laurens County, GAGA51,0415.5%+16%

107Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4155.5%−2%

108Clay County, GAGA2,8155.6%+23%

109Jones County, GAGA29,1715.6%+53%

110White County, GAGA29,8025.6%+7%

111Lee County, GAGA34,1795.7%+37%

112Camden County, GAGA60,1435.7%+78%

113Pickens County, GAGA37,1675.7%+112%

114Morgan County, GAGA22,0955.7%+51%

115Douglas County, GAGA154,2935.8%+53%

116Floyd County, GAGA101,3785.8%+9%

117Putnam County, GAGA23,7225.8%+31%

118Troup County, GAGA72,8446.0%+43%

119Henry County, GAGA264,9226.0%+84%

120Habersham County, GAGA50,4166.1%+42%

121Dawson County, GAGA35,3656.1%+188%

122Schley County, GAGA4,5936.1%+74%

123Bryan County, GAGA52,0626.1%+55%

124Thomas County, GAGA46,3686.2%+27%

125Coweta County, GAGA160,2406.3%+35%

126Tift County, GAGA42,2546.4%+9%

127Dougherty County, GAGA82,6166.4%+5%

128Monroe County, GAGA32,0236.5%+22%

129Baldwin County, GAGA44,0296.5%+19%

130Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4656.6%+13%

131Richmond County, GAGA206,5596.6%+15%

132Greene County, GAGA21,3676.7%+105%

133Calhoun County, GAGA5,4136.7%+79%

134Carroll County, GAGA131,0366.7%+22%

135Hall County, GAGA226,5686.8%+21%

136Peach County, GAGA29,8777.0%+11%

137Lowndes County, GAGA122,8677.2%+10%

138Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1787.2%+94%

139Harris County, GAGA37,2807.3%+48%

140Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.3%+57%

141Rockdale County, GAGA98,4167.5%+29%

142Rabun County, GAGA17,7647.5%+76%

143Bibb County, GAGA157,5567.6%+22%

144Houston County, GAGA178,2147.9%+43%

145Muscogee County, GAGA202,1718.0%+30%

146Towns County, GAGA13,2858.0%+103%

147Sumter County, GAGA28,8018.1%+19%

148Chatham County, GAGA311,8558.4%+34%

149Forsyth County, GAGA282,8058.5%+92%

150Glynn County, GAGA87,5998.7%+33%

151Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.0%+29%

152Cobb County, GAGA793,34511.7%+28%

153Bulloch County, GAGA86,94911.9%+31%

154Columbia County, GAGA169,18912.0%+42%

155Fayette County, GAGA125,15612.3%+73%

156DeKalb County, GAGA774,39413.6%+19%

157Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79114.7%+42%

158Oconee County, GAGA44,89317.1%+33%

159Clarke County, GAGA129,92118.9%+2%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS