RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Fewest graduate degrees, Texas counties · 2010

Texas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2023 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Crockett County, TXTX2,7690.0%−100%

02Irion County, TXTX1,4631.4%−69%

03Garza County, TXTX4,5101.6%−50%

04Reeves County, TXTX12,1381.6%−49%

05Newton County, TXTX11,9541.8%+2%

06Schleicher County, TXTX2,2451.9%−52%

07Cottle County, TXTX1,2242.0%−48%

08Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.0%−25%

09Parmer County, TXTX9,6782.0%−40%

10Mitchell County, TXTX8,9472.1%−18%

11Kent County, TXTX6742.1%−57%

12Red River County, TXTX11,8162.1%−42%

13Dallam County, TXTX7,5082.3%−21%

14Jack County, TXTX9,5632.4%−37%

15Young County, TXTX18,1542.4%−42%

16Madison County, TXTX14,2262.4%−24%

17Upton County, TXTX3,1312.4%−37%

18Karnes County, TXTX15,0182.5%−22%

19La Salle County, TXTX6,5172.5%+153%

20Liberty County, TXTX121,3642.5%−9%

21Hall County, TXTX2,7372.5%−11%

22Dawson County, TXTX11,7762.5%−4%

23Jones County, TXTX20,8612.5%+5%

24Zavala County, TXTX9,0372.5%−29%

25Winkler County, TXTX7,5402.6%−8%

26Dimmit County, TXTX8,0242.6%+12%

27Castro County, TXTX7,2952.6%−27%

28McMullen County, TXTX5442.6%−5%

29Briscoe County, TXTX1,4742.7%−23%

30Starr County, TXTX66,3192.8%−14%

31Ward County, TXTX11,1252.8%−37%

32Lynn County, TXTX6,0172.8%−31%

33San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4882.9%−11%

34Zapata County, TXTX13,7532.9%−3%

35Coke County, TXTX3,4122.9%−24%

36Anderson County, TXTX59,8052.9%−29%

37Cochran County, TXTX2,5462.9%−35%

38Jasper County, TXTX33,0753.0%−13%

39Kinney County, TXTX3,1283.1%−37%

40Dickens County, TXTX1,6923.1%+86%

41Willacy County, TXTX19,9713.1%+48%

42Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4333.1%−5%

43Frio County, TXTX18,8233.2%+64%

44Panola County, TXTX23,0183.2%−31%

45Matagorda County, TXTX36,4633.2%+8%

46Martin County, TXTX5,2843.2%+23%

47Rains County, TXTX13,5423.2%−19%

48Sutton County, TXTX3,2033.3%+11%

49Concho County, TXTX3,6073.3%+7%

50Crane County, TXTX4,5543.3%−41%

51Andrews County, TXTX18,9143.3%−15%

52Borden County, TXTX5673.4%−18%

53Stephens County, TXTX9,3803.4%−37%

54Coleman County, TXTX7,9153.4%−8%

55Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5553.4%−3%

56Menard County, TXTX1,9563.4%−41%

57Howard County, TXTX30,5043.4%+2%

58Yoakum County, TXTX7,4383.4%+6%

59Orange County, TXTX86,2663.5%+24%

60Hardin County, TXTX58,7233.5%+4%

61Knox County, TXTX3,1923.5%+38%

62Haskell County, TXTX5,4993.5%−31%

63Sherman County, TXTX2,7813.5%+4%

64Houston County, TXTX22,3163.5%−19%

65Glasscock County, TXTX1,1283.5%+5%

66Burleson County, TXTX20,5493.5%−6%

67Gray County, TXTX20,9193.5%−1%

68Crosby County, TXTX4,8523.6%+15%

69Grimes County, TXTX34,2523.6%+17%

70Shelby County, TXTX24,2863.6%−21%

71Terrell County, TXTX7023.6%−4%

72Polk County, TXTX53,4343.6%+7%

73Lamb County, TXTX12,5793.7%+14%

74Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9553.7%−29%

75Hill County, TXTX39,5033.7%−5%

76Atascosa County, TXTX53,5903.7%+2%

77Sabine County, TXTX10,0123.7%−8%

78Terry County, TXTX11,7203.7%+53%

79San Patricio County, TXTX72,0533.7%−3%

80Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.7%+5%

81Bee County, TXTX32,5153.8%−22%

82Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8043.8%+2%

83Wharton County, TXTX42,0603.8%−17%

84Wheeler County, TXTX4,7733.8%+16%

85Lee County, TXTX18,7293.8%+5%

86Caldwell County, TXTX55,1503.9%+18%

87Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4873.9%−26%

88Cherokee County, TXTX53,3373.9%−1%

89Titus County, TXTX31,5633.9%−16%

90Refugio County, TXTX6,6573.9%−3%

91Colorado County, TXTX21,4394.0%−11%

92Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6334.0%−17%

93Ector County, TXTX173,8014.0%+17%

94Duval County, TXTX9,4024.0%+20%

95Jackson County, TXTX15,3934.0%+22%

96Leon County, TXTX16,8944.0%+9%

97Childress County, TXTX6,6434.0%+39%

98Calhoun County, TXTX19,5994.0%+1%

99Scurry County, TXTX16,1624.0%−10%

100Mills County, TXTX4,5804.1%−44%

101Archer County, TXTX9,1294.1%−1%

102Gonzales County, TXTX20,1594.1%+70%

103Live Oak County, TXTX11,9294.1%−9%

104Trinity County, TXTX14,3844.1%+40%

105Pecos County, TXTX14,5604.1%−19%

106Cass County, TXTX28,6514.1%+13%

107Moore County, TXTX21,8914.1%+22%

108Falls County, TXTX17,8694.1%+22%

109Freestone County, TXTX20,8114.2%+36%

110Robertson County, TXTX17,8394.2%−12%

111Fayette County, TXTX25,4594.2%+14%

112Maverick County, TXTX58,8234.2%+24%

113Fannin County, TXTX39,2654.3%−5%

114Johnson County, TXTX218,0484.3%+5%

115Fisher County, TXTX3,6924.3%+36%

116Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1304.3%+8%

117Milam County, TXTX26,2584.3%+49%

118Reagan County, TXTX3,1664.3%+57%

119Webb County, TXTX281,2244.4%−18%

120Limestone County, TXTX22,8494.4%−4%

121Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5494.4%−3%

122Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6264.4%+24%

123Val Verde County, TXTX47,8354.4%−16%

124Chambers County, TXTX57,5944.5%+20%

125Brooks County, TXTX6,5794.5%+22%

126Brown County, TXTX38,7114.5%−2%

127Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7914.5%+11%

128Hardeman County, TXTX3,2924.5%−6%

129Wise County, TXTX83,7784.5%+20%

130Swisher County, TXTX6,7034.5%+44%

131Goliad County, TXTX7,2084.5%+16%

132Coryell County, TXTX85,5924.6%+22%

133Hale County, TXTX31,8194.6%−1%

134Real County, TXTX2,7454.6%+5%

135Delta County, TXTX5,5494.6%−15%

136Bosque County, TXTX18,9184.6%−0%

137Potter County, TXTX114,4534.6%−4%

138Hemphill County, TXTX3,0834.6%+24%

139Upshur County, TXTX44,4104.6%+28%

140San Saba County, TXTX5,7874.7%−12%

141Tyler County, TXTX20,4434.7%+21%

142DeWitt County, TXTX20,3094.7%+25%

143Henderson County, TXTX88,5954.7%+19%

144Cameron County, TXTX433,9464.7%−4%

145Callahan County, TXTX14,4914.7%+40%

146Angelina County, TXTX88,1544.8%+3%

147Nolan County, TXTX14,1174.8%+30%

148Kaufman County, TXTX209,2354.8%+39%

149Wilson County, TXTX56,1394.8%+63%

150Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.8%+0%

151Hartley County, TXTX4,9044.9%+12%

152Runnels County, TXTX9,6934.9%+46%

153Montague County, TXTX21,9664.9%+60%

154Lampasas County, TXTX23,6574.9%−7%

155Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5544.9%+13%

156Presidio County, TXTX5,4334.9%−1%

157Marion County, TXTX9,8964.9%+63%

158Rusk County, TXTX54,8544.9%+3%

159Sterling County, TXTX1,3494.9%+0%

160Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2845.0%+55%

161Waller County, TXTX69,8585.0%−13%

162Edwards County, TXTX1,3705.0%+13%

163Camp County, TXTX13,3805.1%+36%

164Donley County, TXTX3,2135.1%+4%

165Floyd County, TXTX4,8815.1%+127%

166Victoria County, TXTX92,6565.1%−3%

167Wood County, TXTX49,6885.2%−3%

168Hansford County, TXTX4,9445.2%+26%

169Comanche County, TXTX14,4325.2%+27%

170Eastland County, TXTX18,1435.2%+41%

171Hopkins County, TXTX39,0635.3%+7%

172Uvalde County, TXTX24,9635.3%+29%

173Lamar County, TXTX51,5035.3%+7%

174Navarro County, TXTX57,1815.4%+23%

175Austin County, TXTX33,6255.4%+13%

176Harrison County, TXTX71,9565.4%+17%

177Walker County, TXTX83,8425.5%−17%

178Hunt County, TXTX123,3365.5%−9%

179Cooke County, TXTX44,4615.6%+5%

180Bailey County, TXTX6,9635.6%+112%

181Bastrop County, TXTX118,9085.6%+19%

182Clay County, TXTX10,7645.6%+98%

183Jefferson County, TXTX254,3215.6%+16%

184Grayson County, TXTX153,6135.7%−5%

185San Augustine County, TXTX7,7225.7%+6%

186Somervell County, TXTX10,2615.9%−5%

187Gregg County, TXTX126,0955.9%−5%

188Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4815.9%+23%

189Tom Green County, TXTX120,6026.0%+11%

190Ellis County, TXTX240,8676.0%+29%

191Wichita County, TXTX129,5556.3%+11%

192Medina County, TXTX56,8816.3%+57%

193Midland County, TXTX187,8556.3%−1%

194El Paso County, TXTX877,8586.4%+15%

195McCulloch County, TXTX7,4726.5%+49%

196Kleberg County, TXTX30,3156.6%−14%

197Burnet County, TXTX57,0156.6%+16%

198Baylor County, TXTX3,4726.8%+102%

199Bowie County, TXTX92,6966.9%+15%

200Hamilton County, TXTX8,6806.9%+10%

201King County, TXTX1926.9%+97%

202Bell County, TXTX402,2487.0%+8%

203McLennan County, TXTX272,0207.0%−3%

204Carson County, TXTX5,8057.1%+65%

205Parker County, TXTX184,7677.1%+17%

206Armstrong County, TXTX1,8437.1%+53%

207Hood County, TXTX70,5017.1%+12%

208Franklin County, TXTX10,9947.3%+36%

209Taylor County, TXTX150,0777.3%−3%

210Stonewall County, TXTX1,1867.4%+199%

211Nueces County, TXTX352,9927.4%+9%

212Bandera County, TXTX22,8767.5%+29%

213Foard County, TXTX1,0447.7%+160%

214Loving County, TXTX527.7%+31%

215Erath County, TXTX43,9117.7%−12%

216Culberson County, TXTX2,2677.7%+115%

217Smith County, TXTX252,5497.7%+7%

218Morris County, TXTX12,1337.8%+119%

219Blanco County, TXTX13,5817.9%+14%

220Aransas County, TXTX26,1468.0%+42%

221Motley County, TXTX1,0438.2%+101%

222Llano County, TXTX23,3538.2%+14%

223Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0358.2%−10%

224Washington County, TXTX38,2888.2%+56%

225Mason County, TXTX3,9908.3%+70%

226Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1118.6%+42%

227Kenedy County, TXTX3198.7%−1%

228Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4668.7%+11%

229Shackelford County, TXTX3,1978.7%+63%

230Montgomery County, TXTX781,1948.8%+16%

231Galveston County, TXTX372,2079.1%+13%

232Oldham County, TXTX1,7839.1%+131%

233Brazoria County, TXTX419,0809.1%+55%

234Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0889.1%+10%

235Kerr County, TXTX54,0379.2%+11%

236Lubbock County, TXTX328,9069.5%+13%

237Harris County, TXTX5,045,0269.5%+6%

238Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3979.6%+7%

239Kimble County, TXTX4,4389.7%+63%

240Gillespie County, TXTX28,5279.8%+25%

241Randall County, TXTX152,3519.8%+5%

242Rockwall County, TXTX140,73810.8%+6%

243Hays County, TXTX304,39010.9%−0%

244Williamson County, TXTX752,82711.1%+21%

245Comal County, TXTX209,16611.1%+28%

246Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71111.3%−17%

247Denton County, TXTX1,069,34611.8%+18%

248Roberts County, TXTX86712.5%+136%

249Kendall County, TXTX53,28912.9%+19%

250Brewster County, TXTX9,45813.5%+32%

251Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19113.8%+18%

252Travis County, TXTX1,389,67015.9%+10%

253Collin County, TXTX1,297,17916.0%+10%

254Brazos County, TXTX249,08816.9%−2%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES