RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 105 SHOWN OF 105

Fewest graduate degrees, Kansas counties · 1990

Kansas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2023 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Woodson County, KSKS3,1181.8%−39%

02Wallace County, KSKS1,4411.9%−51%

03Osborne County, KSKS3,2852.0%−50%

04Hamilton County, KSKS2,5002.0%−60%

05Smith County, KSKS3,5662.3%−50%

06Gray County, KSKS5,6522.4%−41%

07Phillips County, KSKS4,7282.6%−22%

08Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3212.6%−31%

09Osage County, KSKS15,6932.6%−42%

10Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6042.6%−16%

11Republic County, KSKS4,6402.7%−34%

12Rooks County, KSKS4,6462.8%−24%

13Marshall County, KSKS9,8522.9%−37%

14Barber County, KSKS4,0832.9%−47%

15Linn County, KSKS9,9502.9%−36%

16Kingman County, KSKS7,0293.0%−41%

17Harper County, KSKS5,3703.0%−43%

18Ness County, KSKS2,6173.0%−39%

19Graham County, KSKS2,3713.0%−29%

20Edwards County, KSKS2,6403.1%−8%

21Anderson County, KSKS8,0183.1%−17%

22Washington County, KSKS5,5333.1%−29%

23Jewell County, KSKS2,8303.1%−14%

24Coffey County, KSKS8,4673.1%−48%

25Jackson County, KSKS13,4383.2%−28%

26Doniphan County, KSKS7,5943.2%−20%

27Elk County, KSKS2,4583.2%−15%

28Gove County, KSKS2,6313.3%−32%

29Greenwood County, KSKS5,8263.3%−24%

30Haskell County, KSKS3,5993.3%−25%

31Ottawa County, KSKS5,7443.4%−16%

32Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313.4%+10%

33Stevens County, KSKS4,9843.4%−22%

34Logan County, KSKS2,6613.6%−24%

35Brown County, KSKS9,1043.6%−38%

36Wilson County, KSKS8,2993.6%+8%

37Neosho County, KSKS15,6373.6%−28%

38Sumner County, KSKS22,3123.7%−23%

39Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5973.7%−16%

40Decatur County, KSKS2,7163.7%−20%

41Sherman County, KSKS5,7633.7%−7%

42Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273.7%−24%

43Lincoln County, KSKS2,8613.8%−25%

44Seward County, KSKS21,0733.8%−10%

45Barton County, KSKS24,7903.9%−33%

46Rush County, KSKS2,8453.9%−15%

47Stanton County, KSKS1,9863.9%−18%

48Cherokee County, KSKS19,1054.0%+10%

49Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2574.0%−22%

50Norton County, KSKS5,2884.2%+9%

51Kiowa County, KSKS2,4324.2%−18%

52Clay County, KSKS7,9904.2%−27%

53Trego County, KSKS2,7404.2%−11%

54Franklin County, KSKS26,2994.2%−12%

55Allen County, KSKS12,3024.3%−31%

56Wichita County, KSKS2,0314.3%+13%

57Meade County, KSKS3,8524.3%−30%

58Kearny County, KSKS3,8884.3%−24%

59Chase County, KSKS2,5724.4%−13%

60Nemaha County, KSKS10,0544.4%+7%

61Morton County, KSKS2,4704.4%−10%

62Montgomery County, KSKS30,1774.4%−15%

63Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1864.4%−39%

64Reno County, KSKS61,5394.5%−24%

65Scott County, KSKS4,8154.5%−46%

66Dickinson County, KSKS18,6374.6%+4%

67McPherson County, KSKS30,0644.6%−20%

68Miami County, KSKS36,2404.6%−23%

69Jefferson County, KSKS18,2964.6%−23%

70Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.7%+7%

71Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0184.7%−11%

72Finney County, KSKS37,5054.9%+3%

73Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6194.9%+17%

74Morris County, KSKS5,3485.0%−22%

75Grant County, KSKS7,0285.0%+52%

76Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.0%−10%

77Comanche County, KSKS1,6735.1%+2%

78Geary County, KSKS36,3385.1%−16%

79Marion County, KSKS11,6345.2%−16%

80Russell County, KSKS6,5815.2%−15%

81Pawnee County, KSKS5,9915.2%−19%

82Butler County, KSKS69,4845.3%−13%

83Labette County, KSKS19,6855.3%+0%

84Mitchell County, KSKS5,5905.3%+11%

85Thomas County, KSKS7,7255.5%−38%

86Bourbon County, KSKS14,3195.5%−28%

87Clark County, KSKS1,9005.5%−0%

88Cloud County, KSKS8,8335.7%−24%

89Ford County, KSKS33,9935.9%+5%

90Rice County, KSKS9,2665.9%+13%

91Lane County, KSKS1,5086.0%+39%

92Atchison County, KSKS16,1726.0%−18%

93Saline County, KSKS53,3776.0%−1%

94Greeley County, KSKS1,1826.4%+39%

95Pratt County, KSKS9,1176.5%+5%

96Ellis County, KSKS29,0756.6%−38%

97Harvey County, KSKS33,5806.7%−15%

98Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4336.8%−15%

99Shawnee County, KSKS178,6077.4%−15%

100Crawford County, KSKS39,0087.5%−19%

101Lyon County, KSKS32,2668.1%−8%

102Leavenworth County, KSKS84,59011.0%+10%

103Johnson County, KSKS636,90612.4%−22%

104Riley County, KSKS72,59815.3%−19%

105Douglas County, KSKS120,92016.7%−8%

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