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Fewest graduate degrees, Kansas counties · 1990

Kansas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (1990 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 4.2%.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS –

01Woodson County, KSKS3,1181.8%–

02Wallace County, KSKS1,4411.9%–

03Osborne County, KSKS3,2852.0%–

04Hamilton County, KSKS2,5002.0%–

05Smith County, KSKS3,5662.3%–

06Gray County, KSKS5,6522.4%–

07Phillips County, KSKS4,7282.6%–

08Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3212.6%–

09Osage County, KSKS15,6932.6%–

10Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6042.6%–

11Republic County, KSKS4,6402.7%–

12Rooks County, KSKS4,6462.8%–

13Marshall County, KSKS9,8522.9%–

14Barber County, KSKS4,0832.9%–

15Linn County, KSKS9,9502.9%–

16Kingman County, KSKS7,0293.0%–

17Harper County, KSKS5,3703.0%–

18Ness County, KSKS2,6173.0%–

19Graham County, KSKS2,3713.0%–

20Edwards County, KSKS2,6403.1%–

21Anderson County, KSKS8,0183.1%–

22Washington County, KSKS5,5333.1%–

23Jewell County, KSKS2,8303.1%–

24Coffey County, KSKS8,4673.1%–

25Jackson County, KSKS13,4383.2%–

26Doniphan County, KSKS7,5943.2%–

27Elk County, KSKS2,4583.2%–

28Gove County, KSKS2,6313.3%–

29Greenwood County, KSKS5,8263.3%–

30Haskell County, KSKS3,5993.3%–

31Ottawa County, KSKS5,7443.4%–

32Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313.4%–

33Stevens County, KSKS4,9843.4%–

34Logan County, KSKS2,6613.6%–

35Brown County, KSKS9,1043.6%–

36Wilson County, KSKS8,2993.6%–

37Neosho County, KSKS15,6373.6%–

38Sumner County, KSKS22,3123.7%–

39Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5973.7%–

40Decatur County, KSKS2,7163.7%–

41Sherman County, KSKS5,7633.7%–

42Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273.7%–

43Lincoln County, KSKS2,8613.8%–

44Seward County, KSKS21,0733.8%–

45Barton County, KSKS24,7903.9%–

46Rush County, KSKS2,8453.9%–

47Stanton County, KSKS1,9863.9%–

48Cherokee County, KSKS19,1054.0%–

49Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2574.0%–

50Norton County, KSKS5,2884.2%–

51Kiowa County, KSKS2,4324.2%–

52Clay County, KSKS7,9904.2%–

53Trego County, KSKS2,7404.2%–

54Franklin County, KSKS26,2994.2%–

55Allen County, KSKS12,3024.3%–

56Wichita County, KSKS2,0314.3%–

57Meade County, KSKS3,8524.3%–

58Kearny County, KSKS3,8884.3%–

59Chase County, KSKS2,5724.4%–

60Nemaha County, KSKS10,0544.4%–

61Morton County, KSKS2,4704.4%–

62Montgomery County, KSKS30,1774.4%–

63Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1864.4%–

64Reno County, KSKS61,5394.5%–

65Scott County, KSKS4,8154.5%–

66Dickinson County, KSKS18,6374.6%–

67McPherson County, KSKS30,0644.6%–

68Miami County, KSKS36,2404.6%–

69Jefferson County, KSKS18,2964.6%–

70Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.7%–

71Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0184.7%–

72Finney County, KSKS37,5054.9%–

73Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6194.9%–

74Morris County, KSKS5,3485.0%–

75Grant County, KSKS7,0285.0%–

76Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.0%–

77Comanche County, KSKS1,6735.1%–

78Geary County, KSKS36,3385.1%–

79Marion County, KSKS11,6345.2%–

80Russell County, KSKS6,5815.2%–

81Pawnee County, KSKS5,9915.2%–

82Butler County, KSKS69,4845.3%–

83Labette County, KSKS19,6855.3%–

84Mitchell County, KSKS5,5905.3%–

85Thomas County, KSKS7,7255.5%–

86Bourbon County, KSKS14,3195.5%–

87Clark County, KSKS1,9005.5%–

88Cloud County, KSKS8,8335.7%–

89Ford County, KSKS33,9935.9%–

90Rice County, KSKS9,2665.9%–

91Lane County, KSKS1,5086.0%–

92Atchison County, KSKS16,1726.0%–

93Saline County, KSKS53,3776.0%–

94Greeley County, KSKS1,1826.4%–

95Pratt County, KSKS9,1176.5%–

96Ellis County, KSKS29,0756.6%–

97Harvey County, KSKS33,5806.7%–

98Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4336.8%–

99Shawnee County, KSKS178,6077.4%–

100Crawford County, KSKS39,0087.5%–

101Lyon County, KSKS32,2668.1%–

102Leavenworth County, KSKS84,59011.0%–

103Johnson County, KSKS636,90612.4%–

104Riley County, KSKS72,59815.3%–

105Douglas County, KSKS120,92016.7%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS