RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 82 SHOWN OF 82

Fewest graduate degrees, Mississippi counties · 1990

Mississippi counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (1990 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 3.4%.

Flip the list · Most graduate degrees, US counties →

MississippiAll states All rankings

SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS –

01Greene County, MSMS13,7071.3%–

02Issaquena County, MSMS1,2631.5%–

03Itawamba County, MSMS24,1521.8%–

04Noxubee County, MSMS9,7981.9%–

05Franklin County, MSMS7,4911.9%–

06Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5822.0%–

07Smith County, MSMS13,9912.0%–

08Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8772.1%–

09Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6392.1%–

10Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0962.2%–

11Calhoun County, MSMS12,6432.3%–

12Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7302.3%–

13Monroe County, MSMS33,3182.3%–

14Kemper County, MSMS8,6002.4%–

15Quitman County, MSMS5,3642.4%–

16Tunica County, MSMS8,8192.4%–

17Wayne County, MSMS19,8072.5%–

18Leake County, MSMS21,6622.5%–

19Sharkey County, MSMS3,0972.6%–

20Benton County, MSMS7,5022.6%–

21Amite County, MSMS12,4872.7%–

22Scott County, MSMS28,0732.7%–

23Lawrence County, MSMS11,8192.7%–

24Montgomery County, MSMS9,3542.8%–

25DeSoto County, MSMS197,9182.8%–

26Clarke County, MSMS15,1022.8%–

27Simpson County, MSMS25,4982.8%–

28Copiah County, MSMS27,4972.9%–

29Perry County, MSMS11,5772.9%–

30Alcorn County, MSMS34,5692.9%–

31Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9412.9%–

32Tippah County, MSMS21,3892.9%–

33Jasper County, MSMS15,7853.0%–

34Panola County, MSMS32,6913.0%–

35Marshall County, MSMS34,6543.1%–

36Grenada County, MSMS20,8683.1%–

37Covington County, MSMS17,8983.3%–

38Choctaw County, MSMS8,0483.3%–

39Marion County, MSMS24,0013.3%–

40George County, MSMS26,3313.4%–

41Prentiss County, MSMS25,2843.4%–

42Walthall County, MSMS13,9283.4%–

43Winston County, MSMS17,4733.4%–

44Neshoba County, MSMS28,7323.5%–

45Union County, MSMS28,4593.5%–

46Holmes County, MSMS15,4653.5%–

47Carroll County, MSMS9,2263.5%–

48Newton County, MSMS20,9603.6%–

49Coahoma County, MSMS19,8493.6%–

50Yazoo County, MSMS22,9473.7%–

51Attala County, MSMS17,1003.7%–

52Humphreys County, MSMS7,0013.8%–

53Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3753.8%–

54Sunflower County, MSMS22,8933.8%–

55Lincoln County, MSMS35,0123.8%–

56Jones County, MSMS66,4963.9%–

57Pearl River County, MSMS59,3633.9%–

58Webster County, MSMS10,1673.9%–

59Tate County, MSMS28,7254.2%–

60Stone County, MSMS19,6544.2%–

61Pike County, MSMS38,7124.5%–

62Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3174.6%–

63Lowndes County, MSMS57,3464.7%–

64Jefferson County, MSMS6,8254.9%–

65Jackson County, MSMS147,6664.9%–

66Lee County, MSMS83,7314.9%–

67Hancock County, MSMS46,8735.0%–

68Clay County, MSMS18,2385.0%–

69Washington County, MSMS40,4465.0%–

70Adams County, MSMS30,0615.1%–

71Rankin County, MSMS162,1815.4%–

72Bolivar County, MSMS28,2625.4%–

73Leflore County, MSMS25,6865.4%–

74Harrison County, MSMS217,1365.8%–

75Claiborne County, MSMS8,0586.9%–

76Warren County, MSMS41,7597.0%–

77Forrest County, MSMS79,0347.7%–

78Lamar County, MSMS67,4038.0%–

79Madison County, MSMS116,2988.2%–

80Hinds County, MSMS211,8889.7%–

81Lafayette County, MSMS59,59714.1%–

82Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89615.6%–

SHOWING 1–82 OF 82

Download CSV (full list, 82 rows)

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