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Fewest graduate degrees, Texas counties · 2000

Texas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2000 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 1990
01La Salle County, TXTX6,5171.0%−2.8 pts
02Dickens County, TXTX1,6921.6%−2.6 pts
03Newton County, TXTX11,9541.8%+0.0 pts
04Frio County, TXTX18,8231.9%−0.7 pts
05Willacy County, TXTX19,9712.1%−0.7 pts
06Floyd County, TXTX4,8812.3%−0.7 pts
07Dimmit County, TXTX8,0242.3%−0.1 pts
08Gonzales County, TXTX20,1592.4%−0.1 pts
09Jones County, TXTX20,8612.4%−1.0 pts
10Terry County, TXTX11,7202.4%−0.2 pts
11Stonewall County, TXTX1,1862.5%+0.6 pts
12Mitchell County, TXTX8,9472.5%−0.5 pts
13Knox County, TXTX3,1922.5%+0.2 pts
14Martin County, TXTX5,2842.6%+1.0 pts
15Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.6%−0.0 pts
16Dawson County, TXTX11,7762.6%+0.5 pts
17Bailey County, TXTX6,9632.6%+0.8 pts
18Liberty County, TXTX121,3642.7%+0.1 pts
19Reagan County, TXTX3,1662.8%+0.4 pts
20McMullen County, TXTX5442.8%−0.4 pts
21Orange County, TXTX86,2662.8%−0.6 pts
22Winkler County, TXTX7,5402.8%−0.8 pts
23Hall County, TXTX2,7372.8%+0.6 pts
24Clay County, TXTX10,7642.8%−0.4 pts
25Dallam County, TXTX7,5082.9%+1.9 pts
26Childress County, TXTX6,6432.9%−0.0 pts
27Milam County, TXTX26,2582.9%−0.4 pts
28Trinity County, TXTX14,3842.9%−0.3 pts
29Foard County, TXTX1,0443.0%−0.4 pts
30Wilson County, TXTX56,1393.0%+0.5 pts
31Sutton County, TXTX3,2033.0%−3.0 pts
32Matagorda County, TXTX36,4633.0%−0.7 pts
33Marion County, TXTX9,8963.0%+0.4 pts
34Zapata County, TXTX13,7533.0%−0.3 pts
35Montague County, TXTX21,9663.0%−0.3 pts
36Freestone County, TXTX20,8113.1%+0.1 pts
37Grimes County, TXTX34,2523.1%+0.2 pts
38Concho County, TXTX3,6073.1%+1.4 pts
39Crosby County, TXTX4,8523.1%+0.5 pts
40Reeves County, TXTX12,1383.1%+0.6 pts
41Swisher County, TXTX6,7033.1%+0.2 pts
42Karnes County, TXTX15,0183.1%+1.2 pts
43Madison County, TXTX14,2263.1%−0.6 pts
44Fisher County, TXTX3,6923.2%−0.0 pts
45Starr County, TXTX66,3193.2%+0.6 pts
46Garza County, TXTX4,5103.2%+0.9 pts
47Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2843.2%+0.4 pts
48San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4883.2%+1.0 pts
49Lamb County, TXTX12,5793.2%+0.2 pts
50Yoakum County, TXTX7,4383.2%+0.3 pts
51Jackson County, TXTX15,3933.3%+0.1 pts
52Caldwell County, TXTX55,1503.3%+0.3 pts
53Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4333.3%+0.8 pts
54Wheeler County, TXTX4,7733.3%−0.6 pts
55Duval County, TXTX9,4023.3%+0.5 pts
56Runnels County, TXTX9,6933.3%+0.8 pts
57Howard County, TXTX30,5043.3%−1.3 pts
58Parmer County, TXTX9,6783.3%+0.4 pts
59Hardin County, TXTX58,7233.3%+0.9 pts
60Glasscock County, TXTX1,1283.3%+1.4 pts
61Sherman County, TXTX2,7813.4%+1.2 pts
62Baylor County, TXTX3,4723.4%+1.4 pts
63Moore County, TXTX21,8913.4%+0.6 pts
64Ector County, TXTX173,8013.4%+0.0 pts
65Callahan County, TXTX14,4913.4%−0.3 pts
66Maverick County, TXTX58,8233.4%+0.3 pts
67Crockett County, TXTX2,7693.4%+0.3 pts
68Falls County, TXTX17,8693.4%−0.4 pts
69Polk County, TXTX53,4343.4%+0.2 pts
70Kaufman County, TXTX209,2353.5%−0.7 pts
71Jasper County, TXTX33,0753.5%−0.1 pts
72Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5553.5%−1.0 pts
73King County, TXTX1923.5%−3.4 pts
74Castro County, TXTX7,2953.6%+0.8 pts
75Briscoe County, TXTX1,4743.6%+1.4 pts
76Morris County, TXTX12,1333.6%−0.1 pts
77Gray County, TXTX20,9193.6%+0.2 pts
78Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263.6%+0.7 pts
79Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.6%+1.5 pts
80Culberson County, TXTX2,2673.6%−0.4 pts
81Zavala County, TXTX9,0373.6%+0.9 pts
82Upshur County, TXTX44,4103.6%+0.6 pts
83Atascosa County, TXTX53,5903.6%+1.0 pts
84Coleman County, TXTX7,9153.6%+0.4 pts
85Lee County, TXTX18,7293.7%+0.2 pts
86Cass County, TXTX28,6513.7%+0.4 pts
87Brooks County, TXTX6,5793.7%+1.1 pts
88Fayette County, TXTX25,4593.7%+1.4 pts
89Leon County, TXTX16,8943.7%−0.4 pts
90Red River County, TXTX11,8163.7%+1.0 pts
91Nolan County, TXTX14,1173.7%+0.1 pts
92Eastland County, TXTX18,1433.7%−0.3 pts
93Camp County, TXTX13,3803.7%−0.1 pts
94Chambers County, TXTX57,5943.7%−0.1 pts
95Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8043.7%+0.5 pts
96Burleson County, TXTX20,5493.7%+0.7 pts
97Hemphill County, TXTX3,0833.7%−0.4 pts
98Coryell County, TXTX85,5923.7%+0.7 pts
99Wise County, TXTX83,7783.8%+1.3 pts
100DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093.8%+0.5 pts
101Jack County, TXTX9,5633.8%+1.1 pts
102Upton County, TXTX3,1313.8%+0.2 pts
103Cottle County, TXTX1,2243.8%+0.7 pts
104Terrell County, TXTX7023.8%+0.9 pts
105Coke County, TXTX3,4123.8%+0.8 pts
106San Patricio County, TXTX72,0533.8%+0.5 pts
107Tyler County, TXTX20,4433.9%+0.2 pts
108Schleicher County, TXTX2,2453.9%+0.7 pts
109Goliad County, TXTX7,2083.9%+0.5 pts
110Hill County, TXTX39,5033.9%+0.2 pts
111Andrews County, TXTX18,9143.9%+0.7 pts
112Oldham County, TXTX1,7833.9%+0.1 pts
113Henderson County, TXTX88,5953.9%+0.1 pts
114Cherokee County, TXTX53,3373.9%−0.2 pts
115Calhoun County, TXTX19,5994.0%+0.7 pts
116Sabine County, TXTX10,0124.0%+0.9 pts
117Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1304.0%+0.8 pts
118Rains County, TXTX13,5424.0%+0.1 pts
119Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7914.0%+0.3 pts
120Refugio County, TXTX6,6574.0%−0.3 pts
121Medina County, TXTX56,8814.0%+0.3 pts
122Motley County, TXTX1,0434.1%+1.0 pts
123Comanche County, TXTX14,4324.1%+0.9 pts
124Johnson County, TXTX218,0484.1%+0.5 pts
125Borden County, TXTX5674.1%−0.2 pts
126Archer County, TXTX9,1294.1%+1.1 pts
127Anderson County, TXTX59,8054.1%+0.5 pts
128Uvalde County, TXTX24,9634.1%−0.6 pts
129Hansford County, TXTX4,9444.1%+1.9 pts
130Lynn County, TXTX6,0174.1%+2.1 pts
131Young County, TXTX18,1544.1%+0.9 pts
132Carson County, TXTX5,8054.3%−0.3 pts
133Houston County, TXTX22,3164.3%+0.9 pts
134Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5544.3%−0.3 pts
135McCulloch County, TXTX7,4724.3%+0.3 pts
136Hartley County, TXTX4,9044.3%−2.0 pts
137Navarro County, TXTX57,1814.3%−0.7 pts
138Real County, TXTX2,7454.4%+1.1 pts
139Irion County, TXTX1,4634.4%+0.1 pts
140Colorado County, TXTX21,4394.4%+0.8 pts
141Edwards County, TXTX1,3704.4%+0.8 pts
142Scurry County, TXTX16,1624.5%+1.2 pts
143Fannin County, TXTX39,2654.5%+0.3 pts
144Ward County, TXTX11,1254.5%+2.3 pts
145Live Oak County, TXTX11,9294.5%+1.2 pts
146Cochran County, TXTX2,5464.5%+1.1 pts
147Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5494.5%+0.8 pts
148Brown County, TXTX38,7114.5%+0.3 pts
149Shelby County, TXTX24,2864.6%+1.2 pts
150Limestone County, TXTX22,8494.6%+0.7 pts
151Wharton County, TXTX42,0604.6%+0.9 pts
152Bosque County, TXTX18,9184.6%+1.3 pts
153Hale County, TXTX31,8194.6%+0.8 pts
154Angelina County, TXTX88,1544.6%+0.0 pts
155Harrison County, TXTX71,9564.6%+0.2 pts
156Panola County, TXTX23,0184.6%−0.4 pts
157Armstrong County, TXTX1,8434.7%+0.5 pts
158Bastrop County, TXTX118,9084.7%+0.9 pts
159Ellis County, TXTX240,8674.7%+0.9 pts
160Titus County, TXTX31,5634.7%+0.0 pts
161Rusk County, TXTX54,8544.7%+0.6 pts
162Hardeman County, TXTX3,2924.8%+1.3 pts
163Austin County, TXTX33,6254.8%+0.5 pts
164Robertson County, TXTX17,8394.8%+1.3 pts
165Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6334.8%+1.0 pts
166Potter County, TXTX114,4534.8%+1.1 pts
167Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.8%+0.1 pts
168Jefferson County, TXTX254,3214.8%+0.1 pts
169Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4814.8%+1.8 pts
170Bee County, TXTX32,5154.8%+1.1 pts
171Kinney County, TXTX3,1284.8%+2.0 pts
172Mason County, TXTX3,9904.9%−0.3 pts
173Donley County, TXTX3,2134.9%+2.7 pts
174Sterling County, TXTX1,3494.9%+1.0 pts
175Cameron County, TXTX433,9464.9%+1.0 pts
176Presidio County, TXTX5,4334.9%+0.3 pts
177Hopkins County, TXTX39,0635.0%+0.2 pts
178Kent County, TXTX6745.0%+2.4 pts
179Lamar County, TXTX51,5035.0%+0.1 pts
180Haskell County, TXTX5,4995.1%+1.9 pts
181Pecos County, TXTX14,5605.1%+0.9 pts
182Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9555.2%+1.5 pts
183Lampasas County, TXTX23,6575.2%+1.9 pts
184San Saba County, TXTX5,7875.3%+2.8 pts
185Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4875.3%+1.8 pts
186Val Verde County, TXTX47,8355.3%+1.9 pts
187Victoria County, TXTX92,6565.3%+1.2 pts
188Cooke County, TXTX44,4615.3%+0.6 pts
189Washington County, TXTX38,2885.3%+0.8 pts
190Roberts County, TXTX8675.3%+2.8 pts
191Stephens County, TXTX9,3805.3%+1.1 pts
192Webb County, TXTX281,2245.3%+1.8 pts
193Franklin County, TXTX10,9945.3%+1.0 pts
194Wood County, TXTX49,6885.3%+1.8 pts
195Shackelford County, TXTX3,1975.4%+1.4 pts
196Tom Green County, TXTX120,6025.4%+0.5 pts
197San Augustine County, TXTX7,7225.4%+2.6 pts
198Delta County, TXTX5,5495.4%−1.6 pts
199El Paso County, TXTX877,8585.6%+0.9 pts
200Crane County, TXTX4,5545.6%+2.7 pts
201Aransas County, TXTX26,1465.6%+0.8 pts
202Wichita County, TXTX129,5555.7%+0.6 pts
203Burnet County, TXTX57,0155.7%+1.5 pts
204Menard County, TXTX1,9565.7%+3.0 pts
205Waller County, TXTX69,8585.8%−1.1 pts
206Bandera County, TXTX22,8765.8%+0.6 pts
207Brazoria County, TXTX419,0805.9%+1.5 pts
208Loving County, TXTX525.9%+1.9 pts
209Kimble County, TXTX4,4386.0%+2.9 pts
210Grayson County, TXTX153,6136.0%+0.8 pts
211Bowie County, TXTX92,6966.0%+0.9 pts
212Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1116.0%+1.5 pts
213Hunt County, TXTX123,3366.0%−0.1 pts
214Parker County, TXTX184,7676.1%+2.0 pts
215Somervell County, TXTX10,2616.2%+1.7 pts
216Hamilton County, TXTX8,6806.2%+2.1 pts
217Gregg County, TXTX126,0956.3%+0.4 pts
218Hood County, TXTX70,5016.4%+2.2 pts
219Midland County, TXTX187,8556.4%−0.4 pts
220Bell County, TXTX402,2486.4%+0.8 pts
221Walker County, TXTX83,8426.6%−0.8 pts
222Nueces County, TXTX352,9926.8%+1.0 pts
223Blanco County, TXTX13,5816.9%+2.9 pts
224Llano County, TXTX23,3537.2%+3.0 pts
225Smith County, TXTX252,5497.2%+1.0 pts
226Mills County, TXTX4,5807.2%+1.8 pts
227McLennan County, TXTX272,0207.3%+1.5 pts
228Taylor County, TXTX150,0777.6%+1.0 pts
229Montgomery County, TXTX781,1947.6%+2.3 pts
230Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.6%−0.4 pts
231Gillespie County, TXTX28,5277.8%+3.1 pts
232Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4667.8%+1.3 pts
233Galveston County, TXTX372,2078.0%+1.0 pts
234Kerr County, TXTX54,0378.3%+1.1 pts
235Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0888.3%+1.3 pts
236Lubbock County, TXTX328,9068.4%+0.3 pts
237Comal County, TXTX209,1668.7%+2.2 pts
238Erath County, TXTX43,9118.8%+1.0 pts
239Kenedy County, TXTX3198.8%+7.0 pts
240Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3979.0%+0.8 pts
241Harris County, TXTX5,045,0269.0%+0.9 pts
242Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0359.1%+1.2 pts
243Williamson County, TXTX752,8279.2%+2.8 pts
244Randall County, TXTX152,3519.3%+1.9 pts
245Denton County, TXTX1,069,34610.0%+1.0 pts
246Brewster County, TXTX9,45810.3%−1.1 pts
247Rockwall County, TXTX140,73810.3%+1.2 pts
248Kendall County, TXTX53,28910.8%+4.1 pts
249Hays County, TXTX304,39011.0%+1.9 pts
250Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19111.8%+3.0 pts
251Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71113.6%+6.3 pts
252Travis County, TXTX1,389,67014.5%+2.4 pts
253Collin County, TXTX1,297,17914.6%+3.7 pts
254Brazos County, TXTX249,08817.3%+0.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS