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 (2010 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%−3.4 pts

02Irion County, TXTX1,4631.4%−3.1 pts

03Garza County, TXTX4,5101.6%−1.6 pts

04Reeves County, TXTX12,1381.6%−1.5 pts

05Newton County, TXTX11,9541.8%+0.0 pts

06Schleicher County, TXTX2,2451.9%−2.0 pts

07Cottle County, TXTX1,2242.0%−1.8 pts

08Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.0%−0.6 pts

09Parmer County, TXTX9,6782.0%−1.3 pts

10Mitchell County, TXTX8,9472.1%−0.5 pts

11Kent County, TXTX6742.1%−2.8 pts

12Red River County, TXTX11,8162.1%−1.5 pts

13Dallam County, TXTX7,5082.3%−0.6 pts

14Jack County, TXTX9,5632.4%−1.4 pts

15Young County, TXTX18,1542.4%−1.7 pts

16Madison County, TXTX14,2262.4%−0.8 pts

17Upton County, TXTX3,1312.4%−1.4 pts

18Karnes County, TXTX15,0182.5%−0.7 pts

19La Salle County, TXTX6,5172.5%+1.5 pts

20Liberty County, TXTX121,3642.5%−0.2 pts

21Hall County, TXTX2,7372.5%−0.3 pts

22Dawson County, TXTX11,7762.5%−0.1 pts

23Jones County, TXTX20,8612.5%+0.1 pts

24Zavala County, TXTX9,0372.5%−1.1 pts

25Winkler County, TXTX7,5402.6%−0.2 pts

26Dimmit County, TXTX8,0242.6%+0.3 pts

27Castro County, TXTX7,2952.6%−1.0 pts

28McMullen County, TXTX5442.6%−0.1 pts

29Briscoe County, TXTX1,4742.7%−0.8 pts

30Starr County, TXTX66,3192.8%−0.4 pts

31Ward County, TXTX11,1252.8%−1.7 pts

32Lynn County, TXTX6,0172.8%−1.3 pts

33San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4882.9%−0.3 pts

34Zapata County, TXTX13,7532.9%−0.1 pts

35Coke County, TXTX3,4122.9%−0.9 pts

36Anderson County, TXTX59,8052.9%−1.2 pts

37Cochran County, TXTX2,5462.9%−1.6 pts

38Jasper County, TXTX33,0753.0%−0.4 pts

39Kinney County, TXTX3,1283.1%−1.8 pts

40Dickens County, TXTX1,6923.1%+1.4 pts

41Willacy County, TXTX19,9713.1%+1.0 pts

42Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4333.1%−0.2 pts

43Frio County, TXTX18,8233.2%+1.2 pts

44Panola County, TXTX23,0183.2%−1.4 pts

45Matagorda County, TXTX36,4633.2%+0.2 pts

46Martin County, TXTX5,2843.2%+0.6 pts

47Rains County, TXTX13,5423.2%−0.8 pts

48Sutton County, TXTX3,2033.3%+0.3 pts

49Concho County, TXTX3,6073.3%+0.2 pts

50Crane County, TXTX4,5543.3%−2.3 pts

51Andrews County, TXTX18,9143.3%−0.6 pts

52Borden County, TXTX5673.4%−0.7 pts

53Stephens County, TXTX9,3803.4%−2.0 pts

54Coleman County, TXTX7,9153.4%−0.3 pts

55Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5553.4%−0.1 pts

56Menard County, TXTX1,9563.4%−2.3 pts

57Howard County, TXTX30,5043.4%+0.1 pts

58Yoakum County, TXTX7,4383.4%+0.2 pts

59Orange County, TXTX86,2663.5%+0.7 pts

60Hardin County, TXTX58,7233.5%+0.1 pts

61Knox County, TXTX3,1923.5%+1.0 pts

62Haskell County, TXTX5,4993.5%−1.6 pts

63Sherman County, TXTX2,7813.5%+0.1 pts

64Houston County, TXTX22,3163.5%−0.8 pts

65Glasscock County, TXTX1,1283.5%+0.2 pts

66Burleson County, TXTX20,5493.5%−0.2 pts

67Gray County, TXTX20,9193.5%−0.0 pts

68Crosby County, TXTX4,8523.6%+0.5 pts

69Grimes County, TXTX34,2523.6%+0.5 pts

70Shelby County, TXTX24,2863.6%−1.0 pts

71Terrell County, TXTX7023.6%−0.2 pts

72Polk County, TXTX53,4343.6%+0.2 pts

73Lamb County, TXTX12,5793.7%+0.4 pts

74Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9553.7%−1.5 pts

75Hill County, TXTX39,5033.7%−0.2 pts

76Atascosa County, TXTX53,5903.7%+0.1 pts

77Sabine County, TXTX10,0123.7%−0.3 pts

78Terry County, TXTX11,7203.7%+1.3 pts

79San Patricio County, TXTX72,0533.7%−0.1 pts

80Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.7%+0.2 pts

81Bee County, TXTX32,5153.8%−1.1 pts

82Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8043.8%+0.1 pts

83Wharton County, TXTX42,0603.8%−0.8 pts

84Wheeler County, TXTX4,7733.8%+0.5 pts

85Lee County, TXTX18,7293.8%+0.2 pts

86Caldwell County, TXTX55,1503.9%+0.6 pts

87Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4873.9%−1.4 pts

88Cherokee County, TXTX53,3373.9%−0.1 pts

89Titus County, TXTX31,5633.9%−0.8 pts

90Refugio County, TXTX6,6573.9%−0.1 pts

91Colorado County, TXTX21,4394.0%−0.5 pts

92Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6334.0%−0.8 pts

93Ector County, TXTX173,8014.0%+0.6 pts

94Duval County, TXTX9,4024.0%+0.7 pts

95Jackson County, TXTX15,3934.0%+0.7 pts

96Leon County, TXTX16,8944.0%+0.3 pts

97Childress County, TXTX6,6434.0%+1.1 pts

98Calhoun County, TXTX19,5994.0%+0.0 pts

99Scurry County, TXTX16,1624.0%−0.4 pts

100Mills County, TXTX4,5804.1%−3.2 pts

101Archer County, TXTX9,1294.1%−0.0 pts

102Gonzales County, TXTX20,1594.1%+1.7 pts

103Live Oak County, TXTX11,9294.1%−0.4 pts

104Trinity County, TXTX14,3844.1%+1.2 pts

105Pecos County, TXTX14,5604.1%−1.0 pts

106Cass County, TXTX28,6514.1%+0.5 pts

107Moore County, TXTX21,8914.1%+0.7 pts

108Falls County, TXTX17,8694.1%+0.7 pts

109Freestone County, TXTX20,8114.2%+1.1 pts

110Robertson County, TXTX17,8394.2%−0.6 pts

111Fayette County, TXTX25,4594.2%+0.5 pts

112Maverick County, TXTX58,8234.2%+0.8 pts

113Fannin County, TXTX39,2654.3%−0.2 pts

114Johnson County, TXTX218,0484.3%+0.2 pts

115Fisher County, TXTX3,6924.3%+1.1 pts

116Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1304.3%+0.3 pts

117Milam County, TXTX26,2584.3%+1.4 pts

118Reagan County, TXTX3,1664.3%+1.6 pts

119Webb County, TXTX281,2244.4%−0.9 pts

120Limestone County, TXTX22,8494.4%−0.2 pts

121Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5494.4%−0.2 pts

122Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6264.4%+0.9 pts

123Val Verde County, TXTX47,8354.4%−0.8 pts

124Chambers County, TXTX57,5944.5%+0.8 pts

125Brooks County, TXTX6,5794.5%+0.8 pts

126Brown County, TXTX38,7114.5%−0.1 pts

127Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7914.5%+0.4 pts

128Hardeman County, TXTX3,2924.5%−0.3 pts

129Wise County, TXTX83,7784.5%+0.7 pts

130Swisher County, TXTX6,7034.5%+1.4 pts

131Goliad County, TXTX7,2084.5%+0.6 pts

132Coryell County, TXTX85,5924.6%+0.8 pts

133Hale County, TXTX31,8194.6%−0.0 pts

134Real County, TXTX2,7454.6%+0.2 pts

135Delta County, TXTX5,5494.6%−0.8 pts

136Bosque County, TXTX18,9184.6%−0.0 pts

137Potter County, TXTX114,4534.6%−0.2 pts

138Hemphill County, TXTX3,0834.6%+0.9 pts

139Upshur County, TXTX44,4104.6%+1.0 pts

140San Saba County, TXTX5,7874.7%−0.6 pts

141Tyler County, TXTX20,4434.7%+0.8 pts

142DeWitt County, TXTX20,3094.7%+0.9 pts

143Henderson County, TXTX88,5954.7%+0.8 pts

144Cameron County, TXTX433,9464.7%−0.2 pts

145Callahan County, TXTX14,4914.7%+1.4 pts

146Angelina County, TXTX88,1544.8%+0.2 pts

147Nolan County, TXTX14,1174.8%+1.1 pts

148Kaufman County, TXTX209,2354.8%+1.3 pts

149Wilson County, TXTX56,1394.8%+1.9 pts

150Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.8%+0.0 pts

151Hartley County, TXTX4,9044.9%+0.5 pts

152Runnels County, TXTX9,6934.9%+1.5 pts

153Montague County, TXTX21,9664.9%+1.8 pts

154Lampasas County, TXTX23,6574.9%−0.4 pts

155Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5544.9%+0.6 pts

156Presidio County, TXTX5,4334.9%−0.0 pts

157Marion County, TXTX9,8964.9%+1.9 pts

158Rusk County, TXTX54,8544.9%+0.2 pts

159Sterling County, TXTX1,3494.9%+0.0 pts

160Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2845.0%+1.8 pts

161Waller County, TXTX69,8585.0%−0.7 pts

162Edwards County, TXTX1,3705.0%+0.6 pts

163Camp County, TXTX13,3805.1%+1.3 pts

164Donley County, TXTX3,2135.1%+0.2 pts

165Floyd County, TXTX4,8815.1%+2.9 pts

166Victoria County, TXTX92,6565.1%−0.1 pts

167Wood County, TXTX49,6885.2%−0.2 pts

168Hansford County, TXTX4,9445.2%+1.1 pts

169Comanche County, TXTX14,4325.2%+1.1 pts

170Eastland County, TXTX18,1435.2%+1.5 pts

171Hopkins County, TXTX39,0635.3%+0.3 pts

172Uvalde County, TXTX24,9635.3%+1.2 pts

173Lamar County, TXTX51,5035.3%+0.3 pts

174Navarro County, TXTX57,1815.4%+1.0 pts

175Austin County, TXTX33,6255.4%+0.6 pts

176Harrison County, TXTX71,9565.4%+0.8 pts

177Walker County, TXTX83,8425.5%−1.1 pts

178Hunt County, TXTX123,3365.5%−0.5 pts

179Cooke County, TXTX44,4615.6%+0.3 pts

180Bailey County, TXTX6,9635.6%+2.9 pts

181Bastrop County, TXTX118,9085.6%+0.9 pts

182Clay County, TXTX10,7645.6%+2.8 pts

183Jefferson County, TXTX254,3215.6%+0.8 pts

184Grayson County, TXTX153,6135.7%−0.3 pts

185San Augustine County, TXTX7,7225.7%+0.3 pts

186Somervell County, TXTX10,2615.9%−0.3 pts

187Gregg County, TXTX126,0955.9%−0.3 pts

188Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4815.9%+1.1 pts

189Tom Green County, TXTX120,6026.0%+0.6 pts

190Ellis County, TXTX240,8676.0%+1.4 pts

191Wichita County, TXTX129,5556.3%+0.6 pts

192Medina County, TXTX56,8816.3%+2.3 pts

193Midland County, TXTX187,8556.3%−0.1 pts

194El Paso County, TXTX877,8586.4%+0.8 pts

195McCulloch County, TXTX7,4726.5%+2.1 pts

196Kleberg County, TXTX30,3156.6%−1.1 pts

197Burnet County, TXTX57,0156.6%+0.9 pts

198Baylor County, TXTX3,4726.8%+3.4 pts

199Bowie County, TXTX92,6966.9%+0.9 pts

200Hamilton County, TXTX8,6806.9%+0.6 pts

201King County, TXTX1926.9%+3.4 pts

202Bell County, TXTX402,2487.0%+0.5 pts

203McLennan County, TXTX272,0207.0%−0.2 pts

204Carson County, TXTX5,8057.1%+2.8 pts

205Parker County, TXTX184,7677.1%+1.0 pts

206Armstrong County, TXTX1,8437.1%+2.5 pts

207Hood County, TXTX70,5017.1%+0.8 pts

208Franklin County, TXTX10,9947.3%+1.9 pts

209Taylor County, TXTX150,0777.3%−0.3 pts

210Stonewall County, TXTX1,1867.4%+4.9 pts

211Nueces County, TXTX352,9927.4%+0.6 pts

212Bandera County, TXTX22,8767.5%+1.7 pts

213Foard County, TXTX1,0447.7%+4.7 pts

214Loving County, TXTX527.7%+1.8 pts

215Erath County, TXTX43,9117.7%−1.1 pts

216Culberson County, TXTX2,2677.7%+4.1 pts

217Smith County, TXTX252,5497.7%+0.5 pts

218Morris County, TXTX12,1337.8%+4.3 pts

219Blanco County, TXTX13,5817.9%+1.0 pts

220Aransas County, TXTX26,1468.0%+2.4 pts

221Motley County, TXTX1,0438.2%+4.1 pts

222Llano County, TXTX23,3538.2%+1.0 pts

223Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0358.2%−0.9 pts

224Washington County, TXTX38,2888.2%+2.9 pts

225Mason County, TXTX3,9908.3%+3.4 pts

226Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1118.6%+2.5 pts

227Kenedy County, TXTX3198.7%−0.1 pts

228Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4668.7%+0.8 pts

229Shackelford County, TXTX3,1978.7%+3.4 pts

230Montgomery County, TXTX781,1948.8%+1.2 pts

231Galveston County, TXTX372,2079.1%+1.0 pts

232Oldham County, TXTX1,7839.1%+5.1 pts

233Brazoria County, TXTX419,0809.1%+3.2 pts

234Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0889.1%+0.8 pts

235Kerr County, TXTX54,0379.2%+0.9 pts

236Lubbock County, TXTX328,9069.5%+1.1 pts

237Harris County, TXTX5,045,0269.5%+0.5 pts

238Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3979.6%+0.7 pts

239Kimble County, TXTX4,4389.7%+3.8 pts

240Gillespie County, TXTX28,5279.8%+2.0 pts

241Randall County, TXTX152,3519.8%+0.4 pts

242Rockwall County, TXTX140,73810.8%+0.6 pts

243Hays County, TXTX304,39010.9%−0.0 pts

244Williamson County, TXTX752,82711.1%+1.9 pts

245Comal County, TXTX209,16611.1%+2.4 pts

246Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71111.3%−2.3 pts

247Denton County, TXTX1,069,34611.8%+1.8 pts

248Roberts County, TXTX86712.5%+7.2 pts

249Kendall County, TXTX53,28912.9%+2.1 pts

250Brewster County, TXTX9,45813.5%+3.2 pts

251Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19113.8%+2.1 pts

252Travis County, TXTX1,389,67015.9%+1.4 pts

253Collin County, TXTX1,297,17916.0%+1.4 pts

254Brazos County, TXTX249,08816.9%−0.3 pts

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