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Fewest graduate degrees, Indiana counties

Indiana counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2024 ACS). This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 92 is 6.7%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Blackford County, IN, up 31 places to #12.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01▲2Switzerland County, ININ10,0372.5%−0.7 pts

02▲9Benton County, ININ8,8833.0%−1.2 pts

03▲1Starke County, ININ23,4253.8%0.0 pts

04▲3LaGrange County, ININ41,3053.8%+0.3 pts

05▲1Martin County, ININ9,8563.9%−0.4 pts

06▼4Washington County, ININ28,3833.9%+0.6 pts

07▲1Crawford County, ININ10,5094.0%−0.2 pts

08▲13Sullivan County, ININ20,8314.1%0.0 pts

09▲5Fayette County, ININ23,5334.2%+1.2 pts

10▲2Daviess County, ININ34,2094.2%−0.2 pts

11▼1Pulaski County, ININ12,4634.3%+1.0 pts

12▲31Blackford County, ININ11,7304.5%+0.9 pts

13▲24Scott County, ININ25,0534.7%+0.3 pts

14▲25Perry County, ININ19,3894.7%+0.3 pts

15▼14Newton County, ININ14,1884.8%+1.1 pts

16▲16Pike County, ININ12,0034.8%+1.0 pts

17▲14Ohio County, ININ5,9944.9%+0.4 pts

18Miami County, ININ34,4875.0%+1.0 pts

19▲6Greene County, ININ31,1655.0%+1.1 pts

20▼3Adams County, ININ36,6505.1%+0.6 pts

21▼16Jennings County, ININ27,6225.1%+2.6 pts

22▼9Jay County, ININ20,1185.1%+1.0 pts

23▲13White County, ININ25,1645.1%+0.7 pts

24▲2Vermillion County, ININ15,4885.1%+1.2 pts

25▲4Clinton County, ININ33,3225.2%+1.9 pts

26▼11Orange County, ININ19,8345.2%+0.4 pts

27▲11Gibson County, ININ33,0915.3%+0.6 pts

28▲24Decatur County, ININ26,5765.3%+0.8 pts

29▲25Randolph County, ININ24,4385.3%+1.1 pts

30▲21Union County, ININ6,8635.3%+1.7 pts

31▲28Franklin County, ININ23,2865.5%+0.5 pts

32▼4Owen County, ININ21,8865.6%+2.0 pts

33▼11Fountain County, ININ17,0135.7%+1.7 pts

34▼15Carroll County, ININ20,6555.7%+1.0 pts

35▲6Jackson County, ININ47,3705.9%+1.7 pts

36▼1Wells County, ININ28,8835.9%+1.4 pts

37▼4Fulton County, ININ20,0916.0%+1.0 pts

38▼14DeKalb County, ININ44,5356.0%+1.9 pts

39▼5Warren County, ININ8,4746.0%+0.8 pts

40Henry County, ININ49,1376.1%+1.3 pts

41▼32Cass County, ININ37,8366.1%+1.2 pts

42▼19Clay County, ININ26,4106.3%+1.0 pts

43▼13Parke County, ININ16,6426.3%+1.7 pts

44▼17Jasper County, ININ33,8946.4%+1.2 pts

45Putnam County, ININ37,8766.5%+0.7 pts

46▲4Morgan County, ININ74,9676.6%+1.8 pts

47▼31Noble County, ININ47,9376.7%+3.1 pts

48Madison County, ININ135,0886.9%+1.3 pts

49▼29Rush County, ININ16,7676.9%+3.8 pts

50▲15Howard County, ININ83,9047.0%+0.1 pts

51▲10Marshall County, ININ46,5997.0%+1.1 pts

52▲1Knox County, ININ35,6527.0%+0.2 pts

53▼4Whitley County, ININ35,0467.0%+2.6 pts

54▲6Wabash County, ININ30,7137.1%+1.5 pts

55▲2Harrison County, ININ40,4377.1%+2.7 pts

56Dubois County, ININ44,0167.2%+2.2 pts

57▼15Shelby County, ININ45,8827.2%+2.5 pts

58▲5Montgomery County, ININ38,9547.3%+2.0 pts

59▲3Huntington County, ININ37,2247.3%+1.6 pts

60▼5Elkhart County, ININ208,7747.3%+1.8 pts

61▼15LaPorte County, ININ111,2947.6%+2.6 pts

62▲5Wayne County, ININ66,1697.7%+1.9 pts

63▲8Tipton County, ININ15,3197.8%+3.5 pts

64▲2Grant County, ININ66,5248.0%+1.9 pts

65▼1Lawrence County, ININ45,5688.0%+3.7 pts

66▼19Spencer County, ININ20,0618.3%+3.0 pts

67▲7Kosciusko County, ININ80,8928.4%+2.7 pts

68Lake County, ININ504,6128.5%+3.0 pts

69▼25Jefferson County, ININ33,2798.8%+1.7 pts

70Ripley County, ININ29,4349.0%+4.2 pts

71▼13Clark County, ININ130,4519.0%+3.9 pts

72▲1Dearborn County, ININ51,6099.1%+3.6 pts

73▼4Posey County, ININ24,9889.1%+3.5 pts

74▼2Steuben County, ININ34,7999.2%+3.2 pts

75▲1Vanderburgh County, ININ181,9959.5%+2.7 pts

76▼1Allen County, ININ402,32910.5%+2.7 pts

77Vigo County, ININ106,51210.7%+1.0 pts

78▲2Delaware County, ININ113,10611.0%+1.5 pts

79▼1Hancock County, ININ90,96911.5%+4.3 pts

80▲4Brown County, ININ15,77711.6%+4.5 pts

81▼2Porter County, ININ176,04911.6%+2.5 pts

82▼1Floyd County, ININ82,15312.2%+4.8 pts

83Marion County, ININ992,19612.7%+4.0 pts

84▲2St. Joseph County, ININ272,86113.4%+4.1 pts

85▼3Johnson County, ININ174,26213.5%+5.2 pts

86▼1Warrick County, ININ66,80313.9%+6.1 pts

87Hendricks County, ININ193,51013.9%+7.3 pts

88Bartholomew County, ININ85,72914.4%+6.0 pts

89Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45617.4%+2.3 pts

90Boone County, ININ80,68921.0%+11.0 pts

91▲1Hamilton County, ININ387,03623.5%+7.9 pts

92▼1Monroe County, ININ143,34525.6%+6.0 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES