RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Least educated, Texas counties

Texas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

01Loving County, TXTX520.0%−100%

02Newton County, TXTX11,9546.8%+23%

03Duval County, TXTX9,4026.8%−23%

04Reeves County, TXTX12,1387.4%−7%

05Cochran County, TXTX2,5468.2%−19%

06Upton County, TXTX3,1318.7%−26%

07Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4339.6%−2%

08Dimmit County, TXTX8,0249.8%−3%

09Terry County, TXTX11,7209.8%+3%

10Garza County, TXTX4,51010.2%+2%

11Winkler County, TXTX7,54010.6%+1%

12Crockett County, TXTX2,76910.7%+2%

13Zavala County, TXTX9,03711.1%+46%

14Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62611.4%−3%

15Mitchell County, TXTX8,94711.5%+10%

16Gaines County, TXTX23,95611.7%+12%

17La Salle County, TXTX6,51711.8%+83%

18Kinney County, TXTX3,12811.8%−33%

19Childress County, TXTX6,64311.8%+37%

20Liberty County, TXTX121,36411.9%+47%

21Gonzales County, TXTX20,15911.9%+11%

22Dallam County, TXTX7,50811.9%+24%

23Frio County, TXTX18,82311.9%+42%

24Jones County, TXTX20,86112.0%+46%

25Moore County, TXTX21,89112.3%+11%

26Tyler County, TXTX20,44312.4%+28%

27Ward County, TXTX11,12512.4%+0%

28Crane County, TXTX4,55412.6%−2%

29Dawson County, TXTX11,77612.7%+21%

30Scurry County, TXTX16,16213.0%+10%

31Kenedy County, TXTX31913.0%−36%

32Knox County, TXTX3,19213.5%+14%

33Starr County, TXTX66,31913.6%+96%

34Reagan County, TXTX3,16613.6%+48%

35San Augustine County, TXTX7,72213.8%+16%

36Bee County, TXTX32,51514.0%+14%

37Refugio County, TXTX6,65714.0%+21%

38Jasper County, TXTX33,07514.0%+34%

39Willacy County, TXTX19,97114.0%+87%

40Concho County, TXTX3,60714.1%−0%

41Pecos County, TXTX14,56014.1%+9%

42Maverick County, TXTX58,82314.3%+57%

43Karnes County, TXTX15,01814.3%+52%

44Sabine County, TXTX10,01214.3%+35%

45Lamb County, TXTX12,57914.3%+28%

46Jack County, TXTX9,56314.5%+13%

47Houston County, TXTX22,31614.8%+21%

48Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55514.8%+56%

49Floyd County, TXTX4,88114.9%+21%

50Delta County, TXTX5,54914.9%+8%

51Shelby County, TXTX24,28615.1%+24%

52Zapata County, TXTX13,75315.2%+75%

53Bailey County, TXTX6,96315.2%+64%

54Hale County, TXTX31,81915.3%+7%

55Crosby County, TXTX4,85215.4%+46%

56Anderson County, TXTX59,80515.4%+39%

57Red River County, TXTX11,81615.4%+72%

58Swisher County, TXTX6,70315.5%−5%

59Marion County, TXTX9,89615.6%+84%

60Howard County, TXTX30,50415.7%+41%

61Atascosa County, TXTX53,59015.7%+50%

62Culberson County, TXTX2,26715.8%+14%

63Live Oak County, TXTX11,92915.9%+32%

64Morris County, TXTX12,13316.0%+43%

65Nolan County, TXTX14,11716.0%+22%

66Polk County, TXTX53,43416.2%+55%

67San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48816.2%+70%

68Gray County, TXTX20,91916.2%+37%

69Titus County, TXTX31,56316.3%+24%

70Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80416.3%+50%

71Freestone County, TXTX20,81116.5%+52%

72Donley County, TXTX3,21316.6%+5%

73Jackson County, TXTX15,39316.6%+30%

74Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63316.8%+17%

75Trinity County, TXTX14,38416.8%+79%

76Hardeman County, TXTX3,29216.8%+32%

77Coleman County, TXTX7,91516.8%+43%

78Stonewall County, TXTX1,18616.9%+33%

79DeWitt County, TXTX20,30916.9%+42%

80Parmer County, TXTX9,67816.9%+26%

81Brooks County, TXTX6,57917.0%+148%

82Wheeler County, TXTX4,77317.0%+31%

83Panola County, TXTX23,01817.0%+27%

84Fisher County, TXTX3,69217.1%+38%

85Stephens County, TXTX9,38017.2%+29%

86Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48117.2%+1%

87Rusk County, TXTX54,85417.5%+37%

88San Patricio County, TXTX72,05317.5%+35%

89Ector County, TXTX173,80117.6%+47%

90Andrews County, TXTX18,91417.7%+43%

91Orange County, TXTX86,26617.7%+61%

92Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79117.8%+47%

93Angelina County, TXTX88,15417.9%+22%

94Hill County, TXTX39,50318.0%+43%

95Dickens County, TXTX1,69218.0%+114%

96Upshur County, TXTX44,41018.2%+65%

97Navarro County, TXTX57,18118.2%+49%

98Sutton County, TXTX3,20318.3%+41%

99Madison County, TXTX14,22618.4%+59%

100Schleicher County, TXTX2,24518.4%+5%

101Limestone County, TXTX22,84918.5%+67%

102Leon County, TXTX16,89418.6%+53%

103Potter County, TXTX114,45318.6%+37%

104Castro County, TXTX7,29518.6%+27%

105Montague County, TXTX21,96618.9%+67%

106Cass County, TXTX28,65118.9%+58%

107Hockley County, TXTX21,60018.9%+40%

108Cherokee County, TXTX53,33718.9%+67%

109Runnels County, TXTX9,69319.1%+46%

110Motley County, TXTX1,04319.3%+31%

111Caldwell County, TXTX55,15019.3%+46%

112Coryell County, TXTX85,59219.3%+56%

113Fannin County, TXTX39,26519.5%+54%

114Falls County, TXTX17,86919.5%+104%

115Grimes County, TXTX34,25219.7%+92%

116Jefferson County, TXTX254,32119.7%+21%

117Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13019.8%+71%

118Uvalde County, TXTX24,96319.8%+43%

119Victoria County, TXTX92,65619.9%+22%

120McMullen County, TXTX54420.1%+24%

121Calhoun County, TXTX19,59920.1%+66%

122Yoakum County, TXTX7,43820.1%+96%

123Brown County, TXTX38,71120.2%+34%

124Bosque County, TXTX18,91820.4%+32%

125Roberts County, TXTX86720.5%−19%

126Milam County, TXTX26,25820.6%+77%

127Foard County, TXTX1,04420.6%+97%

128Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54920.6%+60%

129Henderson County, TXTX88,59520.7%+71%

130Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28420.7%+29%

131Hartley County, TXTX4,90420.7%+18%

132Wharton County, TXTX42,06020.7%+45%

133Rains County, TXTX13,54220.9%+82%

134Lee County, TXTX18,72920.9%+60%

135Martin County, TXTX5,28420.9%+78%

136Hardin County, TXTX58,72321.0%+61%

137Cottle County, TXTX1,22421.1%+38%

138Real County, TXTX2,74521.1%+22%

139Comanche County, TXTX14,43221.4%+65%

140Webb County, TXTX281,22421.4%+53%

141Oldham County, TXTX1,78321.4%+10%

142Goliad County, TXTX7,20821.4%+74%

143Hall County, TXTX2,73721.4%+108%

144Wood County, TXTX49,68821.5%+48%

145Walker County, TXTX83,84221.6%+18%

146Lamar County, TXTX51,50321.6%+49%

147Eastland County, TXTX18,14321.8%+72%

148Hopkins County, TXTX39,06321.9%+45%

149Chambers County, TXTX57,59421.9%+82%

150Hemphill County, TXTX3,08321.9%+23%

151Robertson County, TXTX17,83922.0%+74%

152Cameron County, TXTX433,94622.1%+65%

153Wise County, TXTX83,77822.2%+71%

154Matagorda County, TXTX36,46322.2%+78%

155Lavaca County, TXTX20,65122.2%+95%

156Camp County, TXTX13,38022.2%+83%

157Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95522.4%+18%

158Clay County, TXTX10,76422.4%+60%

159Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55422.4%+23%

160Val Verde County, TXTX47,83522.5%+59%

161Hunt County, TXTX123,33622.6%+35%

162Harrison County, TXTX71,95622.7%+47%

163Haskell County, TXTX5,49922.8%+58%

164Gregg County, TXTX126,09522.9%+17%

165Colorado County, TXTX21,43922.9%+59%

166Coke County, TXTX3,41223.0%+57%

167Briscoe County, TXTX1,47423.1%+32%

168Medina County, TXTX56,88123.1%+73%

169Kleberg County, TXTX30,31523.2%+14%

170Burleson County, TXTX20,54923.5%+78%

171Bowie County, TXTX92,69623.6%+46%

172Cooke County, TXTX44,46123.7%+51%

173Nueces County, TXTX352,99223.8%+27%

174Grayson County, TXTX153,61323.9%+39%

175McCulloch County, TXTX7,47223.9%+71%

176Menard County, TXTX1,95624.0%+40%

177Young County, TXTX18,15424.0%+66%

178Callahan County, TXTX14,49124.0%+95%

179San Saba County, TXTX5,78724.0%+52%

180Lampasas County, TXTX23,65724.3%+50%

181Sterling County, TXTX1,34924.5%+43%

182Bastrop County, TXTX118,90825.0%+47%

183Wichita County, TXTX129,55525.1%+26%

184Austin County, TXTX33,62525.1%+45%

185Johnson County, TXTX218,04825.2%+83%

186Baylor County, TXTX3,47225.3%+110%

187Archer County, TXTX9,12925.4%+59%

188Tom Green County, TXTX120,60225.5%+31%

189Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48725.6%+67%

190Wilson County, TXTX56,13925.9%+102%

191El Paso County, TXTX877,85825.9%+56%

192Edwards County, TXTX1,37026.1%+51%

193Kent County, TXTX67426.3%+74%

194Carson County, TXTX5,80526.4%+70%

195Kaufman County, TXTX209,23526.5%+115%

196Lynn County, TXTX6,01726.8%+101%

197Hamilton County, TXTX8,68026.8%+59%

198Terrell County, TXTX70226.9%+41%

199Kimble County, TXTX4,43827.1%+57%

200Bell County, TXTX402,24827.2%+37%

201Armstrong County, TXTX1,84327.2%+33%

202Bandera County, TXTX22,87627.2%+40%

203Fayette County, TXTX25,45927.5%+88%

204Franklin County, TXTX10,99427.8%+71%

205Mills County, TXTX4,58027.9%+38%

206Waller County, TXTX69,85827.9%+67%

207Presidio County, TXTX5,43328.0%+140%

208Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03528.2%+24%

209Irion County, TXTX1,46328.3%+32%

210Burnet County, TXTX57,01528.5%+64%

211Smith County, TXTX252,54928.6%+27%

212McLennan County, TXTX272,02028.7%+50%

213Aransas County, TXTX26,14628.8%+73%

214Glasscock County, TXTX1,12829.2%+57%

215Taylor County, TXTX150,07729.3%+30%

216Somervell County, TXTX10,26129.3%+70%

217Ellis County, TXTX240,86730.1%+76%

218Sherman County, TXTX2,78130.2%+48%

219Washington County, TXTX38,28830.7%+62%

220Midland County, TXTX187,85531.0%+25%

221Kerr County, TXTX54,03731.3%+34%

222Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11131.4%+65%

223Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08831.8%+40%

224Erath County, TXTX43,91132.1%+28%

225Parker County, TXTX184,76732.3%+74%

226Llano County, TXTX23,35332.4%+54%

227Hood County, TXTX70,50132.9%+61%

228Brazoria County, TXTX419,08033.1%+69%

229Lubbock County, TXTX328,90633.4%+37%

230Randall County, TXTX152,35133.7%+17%

231Shackelford County, TXTX3,19734.1%+64%

232Harris County, TXTX5,045,02634.2%+27%

233Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46634.8%+31%

234Galveston County, TXTX372,20734.8%+53%

235Blanco County, TXTX13,58135.4%+60%

236Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39735.7%+33%

237Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71135.9%+2%

238Hansford County, TXTX4,94436.4%+96%

239Borden County, TXTX56736.9%+72%

240Gillespie County, TXTX28,52737.2%+63%

241Montgomery County, TXTX781,19438.8%+53%

242Mason County, TXTX3,99038.8%+107%

243King County, TXTX19238.9%+58%

244Brazos County, TXTX249,08843.0%+16%

245Hays County, TXTX304,39043.2%+38%

246Comal County, TXTX209,16643.3%+66%

247Rockwall County, TXTX140,73844.5%+36%

248Brewster County, TXTX9,45845.5%+64%

249Williamson County, TXTX752,82748.4%+44%

250Kendall County, TXTX53,28948.9%+56%

251Denton County, TXTX1,069,34649.4%+35%

252Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19150.2%+36%

253Collin County, TXTX1,297,17956.2%+19%

254Travis County, TXTX1,389,67056.6%+39%

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