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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%−35%

02Issaquena County, MSMS1,2631.9%+29%

03Amite County, MSMS12,4872.5%−8%

04Tunica County, MSMS8,8192.5%+4%

05Marshall County, MSMS34,6542.5%−20%

06Perry County, MSMS11,5772.5%−12%

07Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7302.5%+9%

08Jasper County, MSMS15,7852.6%−12%

09Greene County, MSMS13,7072.7%+102%

10Calhoun County, MSMS12,6432.8%+23%

11Tippah County, MSMS21,3892.9%−1%

12Wayne County, MSMS19,8072.9%+15%

13Quitman County, MSMS5,3642.9%+23%

14Itawamba County, MSMS24,1522.9%+59%

15Scott County, MSMS28,0732.9%+8%

16Panola County, MSMS32,6912.9%−1%

17Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3753.0%−23%

18Monroe County, MSMS33,3183.0%+27%

19Smith County, MSMS13,9913.0%+50%

20Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5823.1%+57%

21Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.2%+46%

22Humphreys County, MSMS7,0013.2%−16%

23Lawrence County, MSMS11,8193.2%+18%

24Clarke County, MSMS15,1023.2%+16%

25Noxubee County, MSMS9,7983.3%+76%

26Simpson County, MSMS25,4983.3%+17%

27Sharkey County, MSMS3,0973.3%+31%

28Copiah County, MSMS27,4973.4%+17%

29Sunflower County, MSMS22,8933.4%−10%

30Franklin County, MSMS7,4913.5%+88%

31Yazoo County, MSMS22,9473.6%−4%

32Tate County, MSMS28,7253.6%−14%

33Montgomery County, MSMS9,3543.6%+31%

34Clay County, MSMS18,2383.6%−27%

35George County, MSMS26,3313.6%+9%

36Kemper County, MSMS8,6003.7%+56%

37Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9413.7%+28%

38Carroll County, MSMS9,2263.8%+6%

39Leake County, MSMS21,6623.8%+49%

40Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6393.8%+80%

41Choctaw County, MSMS8,0483.9%+18%

42Marion County, MSMS24,0014.0%+20%

43Alcorn County, MSMS34,5694.0%+40%

44Webster County, MSMS10,1674.0%+2%

45Walthall County, MSMS13,9284.1%+19%

46DeSoto County, MSMS197,9184.1%+45%

47Attala County, MSMS17,1004.1%+9%

48Neshoba County, MSMS28,7324.1%+17%

49Grenada County, MSMS20,8684.1%+32%

50Lincoln County, MSMS35,0124.2%+9%

51Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8774.2%+102%

52Holmes County, MSMS15,4654.2%+20%

53Prentiss County, MSMS25,2844.3%+27%

54Stone County, MSMS19,6544.3%+3%

55Jefferson County, MSMS6,8254.4%−11%

56Covington County, MSMS17,8984.4%+34%

57Winston County, MSMS17,4734.4%+28%

58Union County, MSMS28,4594.6%+31%

59Pike County, MSMS38,7124.7%+4%

60Jones County, MSMS66,4964.7%+22%

61Coahoma County, MSMS19,8494.9%+33%

62Pearl River County, MSMS59,3634.9%+27%

63Newton County, MSMS20,9605.1%+40%

64Washington County, MSMS40,4465.3%+7%

65Leflore County, MSMS25,6865.5%+0%

66Jackson County, MSMS147,6665.8%+17%

67Adams County, MSMS30,0615.8%+13%

68Lee County, MSMS83,7315.9%+19%

69Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3176.1%+34%

70Lowndes County, MSMS57,3466.2%+31%

71Hancock County, MSMS46,8736.4%+29%

72Harrison County, MSMS217,1366.6%+13%

73Bolivar County, MSMS28,2626.9%+27%

74Rankin County, MSMS162,1817.4%+38%

75Warren County, MSMS41,7597.9%+13%

76Claiborne County, MSMS8,0588.3%+19%

77Forrest County, MSMS79,0348.5%+12%

78Lamar County, MSMS67,4039.2%+15%

79Hinds County, MSMS211,88810.0%+4%

80Madison County, MSMS116,29812.0%+46%

81Lafayette County, MSMS59,59715.1%+7%

82Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89616.8%+8%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS