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Fewest graduate degrees, Georgia counties · 2020

Georgia counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2020 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 2000

01Wheeler County, GAGA7,5700.4%−2.3 pts

02Glascock County, GAGA3,1411.3%−1.5 pts

03Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6621.7%−2.2 pts

04Jenkins County, GAGA8,8431.8%−2.4 pts

05Jefferson County, GAGA15,0112.2%−0.7 pts

06Echols County, GAGA3,6852.2%+0.4 pts

07Hancock County, GAGA8,6822.5%−1.1 pts

08Johnson County, GAGA9,3102.9%−0.1 pts

09Telfair County, GAGA11,1953.1%+0.2 pts

10Candler County, GAGA11,2753.1%−0.1 pts

11Murray County, GAGA41,6073.2%+0.9 pts

12Butts County, GAGA27,2183.3%+0.0 pts

13Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.4%−0.3 pts

14Randolph County, GAGA6,1563.4%−1.1 pts

15Calhoun County, GAGA5,4133.4%−3.2 pts

16Warren County, GAGA5,2693.5%+1.1 pts

17Brantley County, GAGA18,9363.5%+0.6 pts

18Marion County, GAGA7,6763.6%−1.0 pts

19Chattooga County, GAGA25,3003.7%+0.7 pts

20Berrien County, GAGA18,9323.7%−0.4 pts

21Clinch County, GAGA6,8473.7%−0.7 pts

22Macon County, GAGA11,7563.9%+1.0 pts

23Worth County, GAGA20,0594.0%+1.1 pts

24Meriwether County, GAGA21,5164.0%−0.4 pts

25Elbert County, GAGA20,0724.1%+0.5 pts

26Lincoln County, GAGA8,1124.2%+0.4 pts

27Early County, GAGA10,4554.2%−0.9 pts

28Mitchell County, GAGA20,4674.2%+1.0 pts

29Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6504.3%+1.2 pts

30Taylor County, GAGA7,8184.4%+1.8 pts

31Burke County, GAGA24,4084.4%+1.4 pts

32Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2194.4%+1.1 pts

33Dade County, GAGA16,1544.5%+1.1 pts

34Terrell County, GAGA8,6564.5%−0.0 pts

35Brooks County, GAGA16,1014.6%+0.2 pts

36Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.6%+1.1 pts

37Seminole County, GAGA9,1624.6%+1.9 pts

38Dooly County, GAGA11,1564.6%+0.6 pts

39Turner County, GAGA8,9834.6%−0.1 pts

40Schley County, GAGA4,5934.6%−1.5 pts

41Appling County, GAGA19,1004.7%+1.6 pts

42Treutlen County, GAGA6,4664.8%+1.5 pts

43Polk County, GAGA45,5144.8%+0.9 pts

44Quitman County, GAGA2,2544.9%+2.8 pts

45Bacon County, GAGA11,0704.9%+2.0 pts

46Hart County, GAGA28,6394.9%−0.6 pts

47Upson County, GAGA28,5004.9%+1.5 pts

48Washington County, GAGA19,4535.0%+1.5 pts

49Dodge County, GAGA19,6635.0%+0.2 pts

50Wilkes County, GAGA9,5405.0%+0.8 pts

51Ware County, GAGA36,9065.0%+0.4 pts

52Twiggs County, GAGA7,5975.0%+3.1 pts

53Heard County, GAGA12,1495.1%+3.0 pts

54Jasper County, GAGA17,6325.1%+0.8 pts

55Webster County, GAGA2,3695.1%+3.0 pts

56Wayne County, GAGA32,4815.2%+1.2 pts

57Emanuel County, GAGA23,1475.3%+0.5 pts

58Crawford County, GAGA12,2065.4%+3.5 pts

59Stewart County, GAGA4,6315.5%+1.3 pts

60Pulaski County, GAGA10,1725.5%+0.9 pts

61Decatur County, GAGA29,4325.8%+1.0 pts

62Charlton County, GAGA13,1215.8%+2.8 pts

63Banks County, GAGA21,2735.8%+2.1 pts

64Lamar County, GAGA20,9415.8%+1.3 pts

65Crisp County, GAGA19,2376.0%+1.9 pts

66Whitfield County, GAGA106,2126.0%+1.2 pts

67Liberty County, GAGA70,3136.1%+1.2 pts

68McIntosh County, GAGA11,9896.1%+1.3 pts

69Lanier County, GAGA10,6236.1%+2.9 pts

70Pierce County, GAGA20,7646.2%+2.9 pts

71Colquitt County, GAGA47,4386.2%+2.3 pts

72Cook County, GAGA18,2326.2%+3.6 pts

73Bartow County, GAGA120,8006.3%+1.9 pts

74Long County, GAGA21,5576.3%+4.0 pts

75Wilcox County, GAGA8,7976.3%+2.8 pts

76McDuffie County, GAGA21,6406.3%+2.6 pts

77Talbot County, GAGA5,7096.3%+3.0 pts

78Grady County, GAGA26,5906.3%+2.5 pts

79Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.3%+4.0 pts

80Haralson County, GAGA33,0666.5%+3.0 pts

81Clayton County, GAGA297,4716.5%+2.1 pts

82Atkinson County, GAGA8,4546.6%+4.2 pts

83Screven County, GAGA14,4086.8%+3.7 pts

84Spalding County, GAGA70,7756.9%+2.8 pts

85Effingham County, GAGA74,3976.9%+2.6 pts

86Gordon County, GAGA61,7017.2%+3.3 pts

87Toombs County, GAGA27,5457.2%+3.0 pts

88Franklin County, GAGA25,9487.2%+3.3 pts

89Walker County, GAGA70,2507.3%+3.9 pts

90Evans County, GAGA11,0287.3%+3.8 pts

91Troup County, GAGA72,8447.4%+1.4 pts

92Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.4%+2.9 pts

93Catoosa County, GAGA69,6287.4%+3.2 pts

94Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.4%+3.2 pts

95Miller County, GAGA5,8127.5%+3.6 pts

96Carroll County, GAGA131,0367.6%+0.9 pts

97Stephens County, GAGA27,8547.7%+3.1 pts

98Barrow County, GAGA99,7737.8%+4.6 pts

99Paulding County, GAGA190,9967.8%+4.2 pts

100Clay County, GAGA2,8157.9%+2.3 pts

101Bleckley County, GAGA12,8668.0%+3.1 pts

102Pickens County, GAGA37,1678.1%+2.4 pts

103Camden County, GAGA60,1438.2%+2.5 pts

104White County, GAGA29,8028.2%+2.6 pts

105Laurens County, GAGA51,0418.3%+2.7 pts

106Irwin County, GAGA9,0208.4%+5.4 pts

107Jones County, GAGA29,1718.4%+2.8 pts

108Newton County, GAGA125,5838.4%+3.4 pts

109Walton County, GAGA112,6968.5%+4.4 pts

110Gilmer County, GAGA33,8948.6%+3.6 pts

111Pike County, GAGA20,9328.6%+4.9 pts

112Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.7%+2.0 pts

113Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4158.8%+3.2 pts

114Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4658.9%+2.4 pts

115Madison County, GAGA32,9199.1%+5.0 pts

116Putnam County, GAGA23,7229.1%+3.3 pts

117Hall County, GAGA226,5689.3%+2.5 pts

118Floyd County, GAGA101,3789.3%+3.4 pts

119Tift County, GAGA42,2549.3%+2.9 pts

120Fannin County, GAGA26,1119.3%+5.0 pts

121Baldwin County, GAGA44,0299.4%+2.8 pts

122Dougherty County, GAGA82,6169.6%+3.2 pts

123Habersham County, GAGA50,4169.6%+3.6 pts

124Union County, GAGA27,8599.7%+4.7 pts

125Sumter County, GAGA28,8019.8%+1.7 pts

126Rockdale County, GAGA98,4169.8%+2.3 pts

127Thomas County, GAGA46,36810.0%+3.9 pts

128Douglas County, GAGA154,29310.3%+4.6 pts

129Lowndes County, GAGA122,86710.3%+3.2 pts

130Henry County, GAGA264,92210.5%+4.5 pts

131Morgan County, GAGA22,09510.6%+4.9 pts

132Baker County, GAGA2,72510.7%+7.5 pts

133Coweta County, GAGA160,24010.8%+4.5 pts

134Cherokee County, GAGA299,27310.9%+3.6 pts

135Muscogee County, GAGA202,17111.1%+3.1 pts

136Glynn County, GAGA87,59911.4%+2.7 pts

137Peach County, GAGA29,87711.5%+4.5 pts

138Lee County, GAGA34,17911.7%+6.0 pts

139Dawson County, GAGA35,36511.7%+5.6 pts

140Bibb County, GAGA157,55611.8%+4.2 pts

141Greene County, GAGA21,36711.8%+5.2 pts

142Bulloch County, GAGA86,94911.9%+0.1 pts

143Bryan County, GAGA52,06212.0%+5.9 pts

144Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17812.9%+5.7 pts

145Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09913.1%+3.1 pts

146Houston County, GAGA178,21413.2%+5.4 pts

147Monroe County, GAGA32,02313.4%+6.9 pts

148Chatham County, GAGA311,85513.6%+5.2 pts

149Harris County, GAGA37,28013.8%+6.5 pts

150Rabun County, GAGA17,76414.5%+6.9 pts

151Towns County, GAGA13,28514.6%+6.6 pts

152Columbia County, GAGA169,18914.6%+2.6 pts

153Cobb County, GAGA793,34517.6%+5.9 pts

154Fayette County, GAGA125,15618.5%+6.3 pts

155Forsyth County, GAGA282,80519.3%+10.8 pts

156DeKalb County, GAGA774,39419.7%+6.1 pts

157Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79122.4%+7.7 pts

158Clarke County, GAGA129,92123.0%+4.1 pts

159Oconee County, GAGA44,89326.6%+9.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS