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Fewest graduate degrees, Kansas counties · 2000

Kansas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2000 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 4.9%.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 1990

01Woodson County, KSKS3,1182.8%+1.1 pts

02Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313.1%−0.3 pts

03Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043.1%+0.5 pts

04Phillips County, KSKS4,7283.3%+0.7 pts

05Grant County, KSKS7,0283.3%−1.7 pts

06Edwards County, KSKS2,6403.4%+0.3 pts

07Wilson County, KSKS8,2993.4%−0.3 pts

08Cherokee County, KSKS19,1053.6%−0.4 pts

09Jewell County, KSKS2,8303.6%+0.5 pts

10Rooks County, KSKS4,6463.7%+0.9 pts

11Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3213.7%+1.1 pts

12Anderson County, KSKS8,0183.7%+0.6 pts

13Elk County, KSKS2,4583.8%+0.6 pts

14Norton County, KSKS5,2883.8%−0.3 pts

15Wichita County, KSKS2,0313.8%−0.5 pts

16Wallace County, KSKS1,4413.9%+2.0 pts

17Osborne County, KSKS3,2854.0%+2.0 pts

18Sherman County, KSKS5,7634.0%+0.3 pts

19Ottawa County, KSKS5,7444.0%+0.6 pts

20Doniphan County, KSKS7,5944.0%+0.8 pts

21Nemaha County, KSKS10,0544.1%−0.3 pts

22Gray County, KSKS5,6524.1%+1.7 pts

23Republic County, KSKS4,6404.2%+1.4 pts

24Seward County, KSKS21,0734.2%+0.4 pts

25Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6194.2%−0.7 pts

26Graham County, KSKS2,3714.2%+1.2 pts

27Lane County, KSKS1,5084.3%−1.7 pts

28Greenwood County, KSKS5,8264.4%+1.0 pts

29Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5974.4%+0.7 pts

30Dickinson County, KSKS18,6374.4%−0.2 pts

31Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.4%−0.3 pts

32Washington County, KSKS5,5334.4%+1.3 pts

33Stevens County, KSKS4,9844.4%+1.0 pts

34Jackson County, KSKS13,4384.4%+1.3 pts

35Haskell County, KSKS3,5994.4%+1.1 pts

36Osage County, KSKS15,6934.5%+1.9 pts

37Smith County, KSKS3,5664.6%+2.3 pts

38Rush County, KSKS2,8454.6%+0.7 pts

39Marshall County, KSKS9,8524.6%+1.7 pts

40Greeley County, KSKS1,1824.6%−1.8 pts

41Linn County, KSKS9,9504.6%+1.7 pts

42Decatur County, KSKS2,7164.6%+0.9 pts

43Logan County, KSKS2,6614.7%+1.1 pts

44Finney County, KSKS37,5054.7%−0.2 pts

45Trego County, KSKS2,7404.7%+0.5 pts

46Sumner County, KSKS22,3124.7%+1.1 pts

47Gove County, KSKS2,6314.8%+1.5 pts

48Stanton County, KSKS1,9864.8%+0.9 pts

49Franklin County, KSKS26,2994.8%+0.6 pts

50Mitchell County, KSKS5,5904.8%−0.5 pts

51Sheridan County, KSKS2,4274.9%+1.2 pts

52Ness County, KSKS2,6174.9%+1.9 pts

53Morton County, KSKS2,4704.9%+0.5 pts

54Kingman County, KSKS7,0295.0%+2.0 pts

55Comanche County, KSKS1,6735.0%−0.1 pts

56Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615.0%+1.3 pts

57Hamilton County, KSKS2,5005.0%+3.0 pts

58Chase County, KSKS2,5725.0%+0.7 pts

59Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325.1%+0.9 pts

60Neosho County, KSKS15,6375.1%+1.5 pts

61Harper County, KSKS5,3705.2%+2.2 pts

62Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2575.2%+1.2 pts

63Montgomery County, KSKS30,1775.2%+0.8 pts

64Rice County, KSKS9,2665.3%−0.7 pts

65Labette County, KSKS19,6855.3%0.0 pts

66Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0185.3%+0.6 pts

67Barber County, KSKS4,0835.5%+2.6 pts

68Clark County, KSKS1,9005.5%0.0 pts

69Ford County, KSKS33,9935.6%−0.3 pts

70Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.6%+0.6 pts

71Kearny County, KSKS3,8885.7%+1.4 pts

72Clay County, KSKS7,9905.7%+1.6 pts

73Barton County, KSKS24,7905.7%+1.9 pts

74McPherson County, KSKS30,0645.8%+1.2 pts

75Brown County, KSKS9,1045.8%+2.2 pts

76Reno County, KSKS61,5395.9%+1.4 pts

77Jefferson County, KSKS18,2966.0%+1.4 pts

78Miami County, KSKS36,2406.0%+1.4 pts

79Coffey County, KSKS8,4676.1%+2.9 pts

80Butler County, KSKS69,4846.1%+0.8 pts

81Geary County, KSKS36,3386.1%+1.0 pts

82Russell County, KSKS6,5816.1%+0.9 pts

83Saline County, KSKS53,3776.1%+0.1 pts

84Marion County, KSKS11,6346.2%+1.0 pts

85Allen County, KSKS12,3026.2%+1.9 pts

86Meade County, KSKS3,8526.2%+1.9 pts

87Pratt County, KSKS9,1176.2%−0.3 pts

88Morris County, KSKS5,3486.3%+1.4 pts

89Pawnee County, KSKS5,9916.4%+1.2 pts

90Atchison County, KSKS16,1727.3%+1.3 pts

91Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1867.3%+2.9 pts

92Cloud County, KSKS8,8337.5%+1.8 pts

93Bourbon County, KSKS14,3197.6%+2.1 pts

94Harvey County, KSKS33,5807.8%+1.2 pts

95Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4338.0%+1.2 pts

96Scott County, KSKS4,8158.4%+3.8 pts

97Thomas County, KSKS7,7258.8%+3.3 pts

98Shawnee County, KSKS178,6078.8%+1.3 pts

99Lyon County, KSKS32,2668.8%+0.7 pts

100Crawford County, KSKS39,0089.3%+1.8 pts

101Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5909.9%−1.0 pts

102Ellis County, KSKS29,07510.6%+4.0 pts

103Johnson County, KSKS636,90616.0%+3.6 pts

104Douglas County, KSKS120,92018.3%+1.5 pts

105Riley County, KSKS72,59818.9%+3.6 pts

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