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Fewest graduate degrees, Texas counties · 2020

Texas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2020 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

01Loving County, TXTX520.0%−5.9 pts

02Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4330.4%−2.9 pts

03La Salle County, TXTX6,5170.8%−0.2 pts

04Zapata County, TXTX13,7531.0%−2.0 pts

05Kenedy County, TXTX3191.1%−7.7 pts

06Culberson County, TXTX2,2671.6%−2.0 pts

07Newton County, TXTX11,9541.7%−0.1 pts

08Yoakum County, TXTX7,4381.8%−1.4 pts

09Cochran County, TXTX2,5462.0%−2.5 pts

10Winkler County, TXTX7,5402.3%−0.5 pts

11Ward County, TXTX11,1252.4%−2.0 pts

12Concho County, TXTX3,6072.5%−0.6 pts

13Jones County, TXTX20,8612.6%+0.2 pts

14Liberty County, TXTX121,3642.8%+0.0 pts

15Lamb County, TXTX12,5792.8%−0.5 pts

16Willacy County, TXTX19,9712.8%+0.7 pts

17Dawson County, TXTX11,7762.8%+0.2 pts

18Hansford County, TXTX4,9442.8%−1.3 pts

19Mitchell County, TXTX8,9472.9%+0.4 pts

20Motley County, TXTX1,0433.0%−1.1 pts

21Schleicher County, TXTX2,2453.0%−0.9 pts

22Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4813.0%−1.8 pts

23Reeves County, TXTX12,1383.0%−0.1 pts

24DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093.1%−0.7 pts

25Gaines County, TXTX23,9563.1%+0.4 pts

26San Saba County, TXTX5,7873.1%−2.2 pts

27Refugio County, TXTX6,6573.1%−0.9 pts

28Terry County, TXTX11,7203.1%+0.7 pts

29Edwards County, TXTX1,3703.2%−1.3 pts

30Foard County, TXTX1,0443.3%+0.3 pts

31Starr County, TXTX66,3193.3%+0.1 pts

32Stonewall County, TXTX1,1863.3%+0.8 pts

33Wheeler County, TXTX4,7733.4%+0.1 pts

34Runnels County, TXTX9,6933.4%+0.1 pts

35Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5553.4%−0.1 pts

36Falls County, TXTX17,8693.4%+0.1 pts

37Terrell County, TXTX7023.5%−0.3 pts

38Crane County, TXTX4,5543.5%−2.2 pts

39Marion County, TXTX9,8963.5%+0.5 pts

40Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263.5%−0.1 pts

41Orange County, TXTX86,2663.5%+0.8 pts

42Crosby County, TXTX4,8523.6%+0.4 pts

43Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8043.6%−0.1 pts

44King County, TXTX1923.6%+0.1 pts

45Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6333.6%−1.2 pts

46Stephens County, TXTX9,3803.6%−1.7 pts

47Maverick County, TXTX58,8233.6%+0.3 pts

48Shelby County, TXTX24,2863.7%−0.9 pts

49Leon County, TXTX16,8943.7%+0.1 pts

50Tyler County, TXTX20,4433.7%−0.1 pts

51Dallam County, TXTX7,5083.7%+0.9 pts

52Brooks County, TXTX6,5793.7%+0.1 pts

53Sherman County, TXTX2,7813.8%+0.4 pts

54Duval County, TXTX9,4023.8%+0.5 pts

55Gonzales County, TXTX20,1593.8%+1.5 pts

56Polk County, TXTX53,4343.9%+0.5 pts

57Baylor County, TXTX3,4723.9%+0.5 pts

58Trinity County, TXTX14,3843.9%+1.0 pts

59Childress County, TXTX6,6433.9%+1.0 pts

60Parmer County, TXTX9,6783.9%+0.6 pts

61Morris County, TXTX12,1333.9%+0.4 pts

62Swisher County, TXTX6,7033.9%+0.8 pts

63Atascosa County, TXTX53,5903.9%+0.3 pts

64Jackson County, TXTX15,3934.0%+0.7 pts

65Frio County, TXTX18,8234.0%+2.0 pts

66Panola County, TXTX23,0184.0%−0.6 pts

67Andrews County, TXTX18,9144.0%+0.1 pts

68Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1304.0%+0.0 pts

69Live Oak County, TXTX11,9294.1%−0.4 pts

70Castro County, TXTX7,2954.1%+0.5 pts

71Freestone County, TXTX20,8114.1%+1.0 pts

72Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4874.1%−1.2 pts

73Garza County, TXTX4,5104.1%+0.9 pts

74Anderson County, TXTX59,8054.1%+0.0 pts

75Pecos County, TXTX14,5604.1%−1.0 pts

76Reagan County, TXTX3,1664.1%+1.4 pts

77Caldwell County, TXTX55,1504.2%+0.9 pts

78Goliad County, TXTX7,2084.2%+0.3 pts

79Hardin County, TXTX58,7234.2%+0.8 pts

80Howard County, TXTX30,5044.2%+0.9 pts

81Upton County, TXTX3,1314.3%+0.5 pts

82Red River County, TXTX11,8164.3%+0.6 pts

83Madison County, TXTX14,2264.3%+1.1 pts

84Irion County, TXTX1,4634.3%−0.1 pts

85Briscoe County, TXTX1,4744.3%+0.8 pts

86Nolan County, TXTX14,1174.3%+0.7 pts

87Hemphill County, TXTX3,0834.4%+0.6 pts

88Crockett County, TXTX2,7694.4%+1.0 pts

89Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2844.4%+1.2 pts

90Gray County, TXTX20,9194.5%+0.9 pts

91Lee County, TXTX18,7294.5%+0.9 pts

92Floyd County, TXTX4,8814.5%+2.3 pts

93McMullen County, TXTX5444.6%+1.8 pts

94Lavaca County, TXTX20,6514.6%+1.0 pts

95Houston County, TXTX22,3164.6%+0.3 pts

96Karnes County, TXTX15,0184.6%+1.5 pts

97Titus County, TXTX31,5634.6%−0.1 pts

98Rains County, TXTX13,5424.6%+0.6 pts

99Scurry County, TXTX16,1624.6%+0.1 pts

100Milam County, TXTX26,2584.7%+1.8 pts

101Potter County, TXTX114,4534.7%−0.1 pts

102Wise County, TXTX83,7784.8%+1.0 pts

103Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.8%−0.0 pts

104Presidio County, TXTX5,4334.8%−0.1 pts

105Moore County, TXTX21,8914.9%+1.5 pts

106Ector County, TXTX173,8014.9%+1.5 pts

107San Augustine County, TXTX7,7224.9%−0.5 pts

108Hamilton County, TXTX8,6804.9%−1.3 pts

109Uvalde County, TXTX24,9634.9%+0.9 pts

110Limestone County, TXTX22,8495.0%+0.4 pts

111Colorado County, TXTX21,4395.0%+0.5 pts

112Hall County, TXTX2,7375.0%+2.2 pts

113San Patricio County, TXTX72,0535.1%+1.3 pts

114Coleman County, TXTX7,9155.1%+1.5 pts

115Brown County, TXTX38,7115.1%+0.6 pts

116San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4885.2%+2.0 pts

117Bee County, TXTX32,5155.2%+0.3 pts

118Montague County, TXTX21,9665.2%+2.2 pts

119Donley County, TXTX3,2135.3%+0.3 pts

120Jack County, TXTX9,5635.3%+1.6 pts

121Webb County, TXTX281,2245.4%+0.1 pts

122Zavala County, TXTX9,0375.4%+1.8 pts

123Hill County, TXTX39,5035.4%+1.5 pts

124Jasper County, TXTX33,0755.4%+2.0 pts

125Fisher County, TXTX3,6925.5%+2.3 pts

126Callahan County, TXTX14,4915.5%+2.1 pts

127Bosque County, TXTX18,9185.5%+0.9 pts

128Real County, TXTX2,7455.6%+1.2 pts

129Rusk County, TXTX54,8545.6%+0.8 pts

130Cameron County, TXTX433,9465.6%+0.7 pts

131Cass County, TXTX28,6515.6%+1.9 pts

132Upshur County, TXTX44,4105.6%+2.0 pts

133Robertson County, TXTX17,8395.6%+0.9 pts

134Coryell County, TXTX85,5925.7%+1.9 pts

135Angelina County, TXTX88,1545.7%+1.1 pts

136Mills County, TXTX4,5805.7%−1.5 pts

137Fannin County, TXTX39,2655.7%+1.3 pts

138Lynn County, TXTX6,0175.7%+1.6 pts

139Bailey County, TXTX6,9635.8%+3.1 pts

140Burleson County, TXTX20,5495.8%+2.0 pts

141Oldham County, TXTX1,7835.8%+1.9 pts

142Comanche County, TXTX14,4325.8%+1.7 pts

143Hardeman County, TXTX3,2925.8%+1.0 pts

144Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9555.8%+0.7 pts

145Kinney County, TXTX3,1285.9%+1.0 pts

146Walker County, TXTX83,8425.9%−0.7 pts

147Victoria County, TXTX92,6565.9%+0.6 pts

148Cherokee County, TXTX53,3375.9%+2.0 pts

149Lamar County, TXTX51,5035.9%+0.9 pts

150Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5495.9%+1.4 pts

151Kaufman County, TXTX209,2356.0%+2.5 pts

152Navarro County, TXTX57,1816.0%+1.6 pts

153Hale County, TXTX31,8196.0%+1.4 pts

154Wharton County, TXTX42,0606.0%+1.4 pts

155Fayette County, TXTX25,4596.0%+2.4 pts

156Johnson County, TXTX218,0486.1%+2.0 pts

157Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7916.1%+2.0 pts

158Lampasas County, TXTX23,6576.1%+0.8 pts

159Hopkins County, TXTX39,0636.3%+1.3 pts

160Gregg County, TXTX126,0956.3%+0.1 pts

161Jefferson County, TXTX254,3216.3%+1.5 pts

162Harrison County, TXTX71,9566.4%+1.7 pts

163Calhoun County, TXTX19,5996.4%+2.4 pts

164Clay County, TXTX10,7646.4%+3.6 pts

165Grayson County, TXTX153,6136.5%+0.5 pts

166McCulloch County, TXTX7,4726.5%+2.2 pts

167Matagorda County, TXTX36,4636.6%+3.6 pts

168Sutton County, TXTX3,2036.6%+3.7 pts

169Henderson County, TXTX88,5956.7%+2.7 pts

170Val Verde County, TXTX47,8356.7%+1.4 pts

171Dimmit County, TXTX8,0246.8%+4.5 pts

172Haskell County, TXTX5,4996.9%+1.9 pts

173Austin County, TXTX33,6256.9%+2.2 pts

174Wilson County, TXTX56,1396.9%+4.0 pts

175Hunt County, TXTX123,3366.9%+0.9 pts

176Bastrop County, TXTX118,9086.9%+2.3 pts

177Wood County, TXTX49,6887.0%+1.7 pts

178Grimes County, TXTX34,2527.0%+3.9 pts

179Cottle County, TXTX1,2247.0%+3.2 pts

180Cooke County, TXTX44,4617.0%+1.8 pts

181Sabine County, TXTX10,0127.1%+3.1 pts

182Young County, TXTX18,1547.1%+3.0 pts

183Bandera County, TXTX22,8767.1%+1.3 pts

184Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.2%−0.5 pts

185Knox County, TXTX3,1927.2%+4.7 pts

186Eastland County, TXTX18,1437.2%+3.5 pts

187Dickens County, TXTX1,6927.2%+5.6 pts

188Glasscock County, TXTX1,1287.4%+4.0 pts

189Llano County, TXTX23,3537.4%+0.2 pts

190Aransas County, TXTX26,1467.4%+1.8 pts

191Camp County, TXTX13,3807.5%+3.8 pts

192Sterling County, TXTX1,3497.5%+2.6 pts

193Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.6%+3.9 pts

194Midland County, TXTX187,8557.6%+1.2 pts

195Delta County, TXTX5,5497.6%+2.2 pts

196Bowie County, TXTX92,6967.7%+1.7 pts

197Waller County, TXTX69,8587.7%+1.9 pts

198Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5547.7%+3.4 pts

199Medina County, TXTX56,8817.7%+3.7 pts

200Wichita County, TXTX129,5557.7%+2.1 pts

201Nueces County, TXTX352,9927.7%+0.9 pts

202Somervell County, TXTX10,2617.8%+1.6 pts

203Roberts County, TXTX8677.8%+2.5 pts

204Franklin County, TXTX10,9947.8%+2.5 pts

205Archer County, TXTX9,1297.9%+3.8 pts

206Martin County, TXTX5,2847.9%+5.3 pts

207El Paso County, TXTX877,8588.0%+2.4 pts

208Ellis County, TXTX240,8678.1%+3.4 pts

209Tom Green County, TXTX120,6028.3%+2.9 pts

210Armstrong County, TXTX1,8438.4%+3.7 pts

211Coke County, TXTX3,4128.4%+4.6 pts

212Bell County, TXTX402,2488.7%+2.2 pts

213Carson County, TXTX5,8058.7%+4.4 pts

214Smith County, TXTX252,5498.8%+1.6 pts

215Blanco County, TXTX13,5818.8%+1.9 pts

216Borden County, TXTX5679.0%+4.9 pts

217McLennan County, TXTX272,0209.2%+1.9 pts

218Hartley County, TXTX4,9049.2%+4.9 pts

219Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0359.2%+0.1 pts

220Parker County, TXTX184,7679.4%+3.3 pts

221Shackelford County, TXTX3,1979.4%+4.1 pts

222Kimble County, TXTX4,4389.5%+3.5 pts

223Burnet County, TXTX57,0159.5%+3.8 pts

224Hood County, TXTX70,5019.6%+3.2 pts

225Taylor County, TXTX150,0779.6%+2.0 pts

226Washington County, TXTX38,2889.9%+4.6 pts

227Randall County, TXTX152,3519.9%+0.5 pts

228Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1119.9%+3.9 pts

229Kerr County, TXTX54,03710.0%+1.7 pts

230Gillespie County, TXTX28,52710.3%+2.5 pts

231Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08810.5%+2.2 pts

232Erath County, TXTX43,91110.7%+1.9 pts

233Mason County, TXTX3,99010.8%+5.9 pts

234Galveston County, TXTX372,20710.9%+2.9 pts

235Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46611.0%+3.1 pts

236Brazoria County, TXTX419,08011.2%+5.3 pts

237Montgomery County, TXTX781,19411.5%+3.9 pts

238Menard County, TXTX1,95611.6%+5.8 pts

239Harris County, TXTX5,045,02611.8%+2.8 pts

240Lubbock County, TXTX328,90612.0%+3.6 pts

241Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39712.0%+3.1 pts

242Comal County, TXTX209,16613.3%+4.6 pts

243Brewster County, TXTX9,45813.5%+3.3 pts

244Hays County, TXTX304,39013.7%+2.7 pts

245Williamson County, TXTX752,82714.2%+5.0 pts

246Kent County, TXTX67414.4%+9.5 pts

247Denton County, TXTX1,069,34615.0%+5.0 pts

248Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71115.7%+2.1 pts

249Rockwall County, TXTX140,73815.9%+5.6 pts

250Kendall County, TXTX53,28916.6%+5.8 pts

251Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19118.7%+7.0 pts

252Brazos County, TXTX249,08819.1%+1.8 pts

253Travis County, TXTX1,389,67019.1%+4.5 pts

254Collin County, TXTX1,297,17919.4%+4.9 pts

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