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Fewest graduate degrees, US counties · 2000

US counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2000 ACS).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 1990
3001Ramsey County, MNMN541,62312.5%+28%
3002Middlesex County, NJNJ883,33512.5%+31%
3003Cumberland County, MEME317,22212.5%+36%
3004Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39312.6%+57%
3005Monroe County, NYNY750,50612.7%+27%
3006Monmouth County, NJNJ651,03512.8%+19%
3007Lee County, ALAL189,88112.8%+11%
3008Franklin County, MAMA70,69812.9%+32%
3009Delaware County, OHOH242,03212.9%+38%
3010Gallatin County, MTMT128,74012.9%+8%
3011Blaine County, IDID25,51712.9%+45%
3012Dukes County, MAMA21,21913.0%+24%
3013Juneau, AKAK31,60913.0%+11%
3014Barnstable County, MAMA233,53913.0%+40%
3015Ozaukee County, WIWI94,34613.0%+39%
3016Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60113.1%+19%
3017Athens County, OHOH63,19713.1%+9%
3018King County, WAWA2,344,93913.3%+33%
3019Ouray County, COCO5,26513.4%+23%
3020St. Louis County, MOMO990,91113.4%+31%
3021Olmsted County, MNMN166,73113.5%+24%
3022DeKalb County, GAGA774,39413.6%+19%
3023McDonough County, ILIL25,91613.6%+31%
3024Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71113.6%+87%
3025Teton County, WYWY23,33313.7%+57%
3026Alameda County, CACA1,636,63013.7%+25%
3027Suffolk County, MAMA791,89113.7%+21%
3028Washington County, RIRI129,79513.7%+18%
3029Poquoson, VAVA13,29213.9%+24%
3030Greene County, OHOH174,32213.9%+26%
3031Bristol County, RIRI50,00114.0%+29%
3032Putnam County, NYNY99,02814.1%+19%
3033Clear Creek County, COCO8,99414.2%+43%
3034Bergen County, NJNJ977,02614.2%+20%
3035Grafton County, NHNH93,22514.2%+37%
3036Williamson County, TNTN272,06114.2%+32%
3037Wake County, NCNC1,257,23514.3%+32%
3038Larimer County, COCO377,29214.4%+19%
3039Ingham County, MIMI289,70914.4%+12%
3040Fayette County, KYKY329,75114.5%+21%
3041Watauga County, NCNC54,78614.5%+21%
3042Travis County, TXTX1,389,67014.5%+20%
3043Lake County, ILIL719,33914.6%+27%
3044San Mateo County, CACA743,56814.6%+31%
3045Collin County, TXTX1,297,17914.6%+34%
3046Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79114.7%+42%
3047Jackson County, ILIL52,50114.8%+5%
3048DuPage County, ILIL934,29814.8%+24%
3049Summit County, UTUT43,14114.9%+69%
3050Newport County, RIRI83,05115.0%+34%
3051Oakland County, MIMI1,288,33715.0%+34%
3052Lafayette County, MSMS59,59715.1%+7%
3053Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45615.1%−1%
3054San Juan County, WAWA18,57715.2%+35%
3055Loudoun County, VAVA449,74915.2%+49%
3056Douglas County, COCO399,39615.3%+30%
3057Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36015.3%+25%
3058Payne County, OKOK83,88915.4%+8%
3059Mercer County, NJNJ399,28915.5%+23%
3060Radford, VAVA17,24315.5%+12%
3061Hamilton County, ININ387,03615.6%+29%
3062Nassau County, NYNY1,398,93915.6%+20%
3063Montgomery County, PAPA877,64315.7%+24%
3064Albany County, NYNY321,22515.8%+21%
3065Dane County, WIWI590,37515.8%+18%
3066Chester County, PAPA557,11615.9%+29%
3067Chittenden County, VTVT169,11515.9%+20%
3068Yolo County, CACA224,41016.0%+16%
3069Johnson County, KSKS636,90616.0%+29%
3070San Juan County, COCO81316.1%+120%
3071Rockland County, NYNY357,39716.3%+14%
3072Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,78116.3%+32%
3073San Francisco County, CACA826,07916.4%+27%
3074York County, VAVA71,37416.4%+35%
3075Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39116.4%+37%
3076Santa Fe County, NMNM156,90716.6%+26%
3077James City County, VAVA83,32616.7%+20%
3078Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89616.8%+8%
3079Morris County, NJNJ524,25117.0%+27%
3080Oconee County, GAGA44,89317.1%+33%
3081Pitkin County, COCO16,62517.1%+80%
3082Brazos County, TXTX249,08817.3%+1%
3083Monongalia County, WVWV107,99117.4%+15%
3084Durham County, NCNC347,24017.4%+21%
3085Clay County, SDSD15,03117.4%−11%
3086Centre County, PAPA157,39317.5%+12%
3087Leon County, FLFL299,04817.7%+14%
3088Norfolk County, MAMA739,74917.9%+33%
3089Latah County, IDID41,84218.2%+13%
3090Douglas County, KSKS120,92018.3%+9%
3091Albany County, WYWY38,55818.5%+11%
3092Boone County, MOMO191,74618.6%+15%
3093Montgomery County, VAVA98,43418.6%+15%
3094Hampshire County, MAMA164,06518.6%+22%
3095Clarke County, GAGA129,92118.9%+2%
3096Riley County, KSKS72,59818.9%+23%
3097Alachua County, FLFL290,02819.0%+11%
3098Somerset County, NJNJ356,48619.1%+27%
3099Champaign County, ILIL209,97219.4%+9%
3100Story County, IAIA101,29119.6%+13%
3101Monroe County, ININ143,34519.6%+14%
3102Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74319.8%+19%
3103Whitman County, WAWA48,51219.9%−3%
3104Middlesex County, MAMA1,669,97920.1%+31%
3105Marin County, CACA253,69420.5%+21%
3106Fairfax, VAVA26,77220.8%+37%
3107District of Columbia, DCDC693,64521.0%+22%
3108Boulder County, COCO328,56021.2%+29%
3109Benton County, OROR97,72821.2%+12%
3110Williamsburg, VAVA15,86121.4%+6%
3111Charlottesville, VAVA44,38821.4%+29%
3112Johnson County, IAIA160,04421.4%+7%
3113Lexington, VAVA7,76921.6%+42%
3114Albemarle County, VAVA118,35623.1%+32%
3115New York County, NYNY1,664,86223.4%+17%
3116Howard County, MDMD339,18323.4%+22%
3117Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21423.8%+14%
3118Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,87324.4%+20%
3119Alexandria, VAVA160,66224.8%+28%
3120Tompkins County, NYNY104,04726.7%+14%
3121Orange County, NCNC152,49827.1%+15%
3122Montgomery County, MDMD1,074,58227.5%+18%
3123Arlington County, VAVA243,93130.6%+27%
3124Falls Church, VAVA15,15933.8%+32%
3125Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40736.0%+21%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS