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Least educated, Kansas counties · 2000

Kansas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2000 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 1990

01Elk County, KSKS2,45810.6%+1%

02Wilson County, KSKS8,29910.9%−4%

03Cherokee County, KSKS19,10511.3%+9%

04Woodson County, KSKS3,11811.4%+36%

05Anderson County, KSKS8,01811.7%+44%

06Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59712.0%+16%

07Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32112.3%+16%

08Linn County, KSKS9,95012.7%+22%

09Marshall County, KSKS9,85213.2%+30%

10Seward County, KSKS21,07313.6%+17%

11Jewell County, KSKS2,83013.8%+18%

12Harper County, KSKS5,37014.0%+28%

13Trego County, KSKS2,74014.0%+17%

14Finney County, KSKS37,50514.3%−1%

15Osage County, KSKS15,69314.3%+54%

16Greenwood County, KSKS5,82614.5%+40%

17Nemaha County, KSKS10,05414.6%+19%

18Doniphan County, KSKS7,59414.8%+52%

19Republic County, KSKS4,64014.9%+45%

20Sherman County, KSKS5,76315.0%+20%

21Kearny County, KSKS3,88815.0%+20%

22Neosho County, KSKS15,63715.0%+30%

23Comanche County, KSKS1,67315.1%+2%

24Washington County, KSKS5,53315.2%+36%

25Dickinson County, KSKS18,63715.2%+27%

26Allen County, KSKS12,30215.2%+22%

27Grant County, KSKS7,02815.2%+12%

28Rooks County, KSKS4,64615.4%+40%

29Norton County, KSKS5,28815.4%+20%

30Decatur County, KSKS2,71615.4%+13%

31Jackson County, KSKS13,43815.4%+48%

32Wichita County, KSKS2,03115.5%+24%

33Osborne County, KSKS3,28515.5%+42%

34Sumner County, KSKS22,31215.7%+39%

35Labette County, KSKS19,68515.9%+31%

36Sheridan County, KSKS2,42715.9%+20%

37Rawlins County, KSKS2,43115.9%+11%

38Cheyenne County, KSKS2,60416.0%+20%

39Montgomery County, KSKS30,17716.0%+17%

40Morris County, KSKS5,34816.0%+28%

41Phillips County, KSKS4,72816.1%+47%

42Edwards County, KSKS2,64016.3%+24%

43Gray County, KSKS5,65216.3%+29%

44Ottawa County, KSKS5,74416.3%+16%

45Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25716.4%+28%

46Rush County, KSKS2,84516.4%+43%

47Ford County, KSKS33,99316.4%−9%

48Clay County, KSKS7,99016.5%+24%

49Franklin County, KSKS26,29916.5%+28%

50Barton County, KSKS24,79016.6%+22%

51Russell County, KSKS6,58116.7%+19%

52Smith County, KSKS3,56616.7%+68%

53Mitchell County, KSKS5,59016.9%+7%

54Stanton County, KSKS1,98616.9%−0%

55Geary County, KSKS36,33817.1%+17%

56Wallace County, KSKS1,44117.2%+38%

57Reno County, KSKS61,53917.3%+16%

58Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,01817.3%+38%

59Hamilton County, KSKS2,50017.4%+35%

60Greeley County, KSKS1,18217.4%+4%

61Graham County, KSKS2,37117.4%+23%

62Lincoln County, KSKS2,86117.4%+50%

63Stevens County, KSKS4,98417.5%+24%

64Haskell County, KSKS3,59917.5%+31%

65Logan County, KSKS2,66117.5%+10%

66Rice County, KSKS9,26617.5%−6%

67Morton County, KSKS2,47017.6%+9%

68Bourbon County, KSKS14,31917.8%+27%

69Kingman County, KSKS7,02917.8%+49%

70Ness County, KSKS2,61717.9%+45%

71Marion County, KSKS11,63417.9%+20%

72Jefferson County, KSKS18,29617.9%+33%

73Atchison County, KSKS16,17218.0%+35%

74Cloud County, KSKS8,83318.0%+30%

75Cowley County, KSKS34,38218.3%+22%

76Stafford County, KSKS4,00518.4%+12%

77Gove County, KSKS2,63118.4%+35%

78Lane County, KSKS1,50818.5%+4%

79Kiowa County, KSKS2,43218.9%+29%

80Brown County, KSKS9,10419.0%+53%

81Miami County, KSKS36,24019.4%+47%

82Chase County, KSKS2,57219.6%+44%

83Meade County, KSKS3,85219.6%+15%

84Hodgeman County, KSKS1,61919.7%+14%

85Coffey County, KSKS8,46720.1%+49%

86Saline County, KSKS53,37720.4%+15%

87Butler County, KSKS69,48420.4%+20%

88Barber County, KSKS4,08321.0%+63%

89Pratt County, KSKS9,11721.0%+8%

90Pawnee County, KSKS5,99121.8%+31%

91Clark County, KSKS1,90022.1%+26%

92McPherson County, KSKS30,06422.2%+27%

93Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18622.7%+46%

94Harvey County, KSKS33,58023.0%+13%

95Lyon County, KSKS32,26623.0%+7%

96Scott County, KSKS4,81523.0%+67%

97Leavenworth County, KSKS84,59023.1%−4%

98Crawford County, KSKS39,00823.9%+28%

99Thomas County, KSKS7,72525.0%+59%

100Sedgwick County, KSKS538,43325.4%+15%

101Shawnee County, KSKS178,60726.0%+17%

102Ellis County, KSKS29,07529.2%+25%

103Riley County, KSKS72,59840.5%+18%

104Douglas County, KSKS120,92042.7%+11%

105Johnson County, KSKS636,90647.7%+18%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS