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Fewest graduate degrees, Mississippi counties · 2000

Mississippi counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2000 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 1990

01Benton County, MSMS7,5021.7%−0.9 pts

02Issaquena County, MSMS1,2631.9%+0.4 pts

03Amite County, MSMS12,4872.5%−0.2 pts

04Tunica County, MSMS8,8192.5%+0.1 pts

05Marshall County, MSMS34,6542.5%−0.6 pts

06Perry County, MSMS11,5772.5%−0.4 pts

07Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7302.5%+0.2 pts

08Jasper County, MSMS15,7852.6%−0.4 pts

09Greene County, MSMS13,7072.7%+1.4 pts

10Calhoun County, MSMS12,6432.8%+0.5 pts

11Tippah County, MSMS21,3892.9%−0.0 pts

12Wayne County, MSMS19,8072.9%+0.4 pts

13Quitman County, MSMS5,3642.9%+0.5 pts

14Itawamba County, MSMS24,1522.9%+1.1 pts

15Scott County, MSMS28,0732.9%+0.2 pts

16Panola County, MSMS32,6912.9%−0.0 pts

17Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3753.0%−0.9 pts

18Monroe County, MSMS33,3183.0%+0.6 pts

19Smith County, MSMS13,9913.0%+1.0 pts

20Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5823.1%+1.1 pts

21Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.2%+1.0 pts

22Humphreys County, MSMS7,0013.2%−0.6 pts

23Lawrence County, MSMS11,8193.2%+0.5 pts

24Clarke County, MSMS15,1023.2%+0.4 pts

25Noxubee County, MSMS9,7983.3%+1.4 pts

26Simpson County, MSMS25,4983.3%+0.5 pts

27Sharkey County, MSMS3,0973.3%+0.8 pts

28Copiah County, MSMS27,4973.4%+0.5 pts

29Sunflower County, MSMS22,8933.4%−0.4 pts

30Franklin County, MSMS7,4913.5%+1.6 pts

31Yazoo County, MSMS22,9473.6%−0.2 pts

32Tate County, MSMS28,7253.6%−0.6 pts

33Montgomery County, MSMS9,3543.6%+0.9 pts

34Clay County, MSMS18,2383.6%−1.4 pts

35George County, MSMS26,3313.6%+0.3 pts

36Kemper County, MSMS8,6003.7%+1.3 pts

37Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9413.7%+0.8 pts

38Carroll County, MSMS9,2263.8%+0.2 pts

39Leake County, MSMS21,6623.8%+1.2 pts

40Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6393.8%+1.7 pts

41Choctaw County, MSMS8,0483.9%+0.6 pts

42Marion County, MSMS24,0014.0%+0.7 pts

43Alcorn County, MSMS34,5694.0%+1.1 pts

44Webster County, MSMS10,1674.0%+0.1 pts

45Walthall County, MSMS13,9284.1%+0.6 pts

46DeSoto County, MSMS197,9184.1%+1.3 pts

47Attala County, MSMS17,1004.1%+0.3 pts

48Neshoba County, MSMS28,7324.1%+0.6 pts

49Grenada County, MSMS20,8684.1%+1.0 pts

50Lincoln County, MSMS35,0124.2%+0.3 pts

51Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8774.2%+2.1 pts

52Holmes County, MSMS15,4654.2%+0.7 pts

53Prentiss County, MSMS25,2844.3%+0.9 pts

54Stone County, MSMS19,6544.3%+0.1 pts

55Jefferson County, MSMS6,8254.4%−0.5 pts

56Covington County, MSMS17,8984.4%+1.1 pts

57Winston County, MSMS17,4734.4%+1.0 pts

58Union County, MSMS28,4594.6%+1.1 pts

59Pike County, MSMS38,7124.7%+0.2 pts

60Jones County, MSMS66,4964.7%+0.9 pts

61Coahoma County, MSMS19,8494.9%+1.2 pts

62Pearl River County, MSMS59,3634.9%+1.1 pts

63Newton County, MSMS20,9605.1%+1.5 pts

64Washington County, MSMS40,4465.3%+0.3 pts

65Leflore County, MSMS25,6865.5%+0.0 pts

66Jackson County, MSMS147,6665.8%+0.8 pts

67Adams County, MSMS30,0615.8%+0.7 pts

68Lee County, MSMS83,7315.9%+0.9 pts

69Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3176.1%+1.5 pts

70Lowndes County, MSMS57,3466.2%+1.5 pts

71Hancock County, MSMS46,8736.4%+1.5 pts

72Harrison County, MSMS217,1366.6%+0.8 pts

73Bolivar County, MSMS28,2626.9%+1.5 pts

74Rankin County, MSMS162,1817.4%+2.0 pts

75Warren County, MSMS41,7597.9%+0.9 pts

76Claiborne County, MSMS8,0588.3%+1.3 pts

77Forrest County, MSMS79,0348.5%+0.9 pts

78Lamar County, MSMS67,4039.2%+1.2 pts

79Hinds County, MSMS211,88810.0%+0.3 pts

80Madison County, MSMS116,29812.0%+3.8 pts

81Lafayette County, MSMS59,59715.1%+1.0 pts

82Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89616.8%+1.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS