RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Least educated, Texas counties · 2000

Texas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2000 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 1990

01Newton County, TXTX11,9545.5%+0%

02Loving County, TXTX525.9%+47%

03La Salle County, TXTX6,5176.4%−40%

04Brooks County, TXTX6,5796.8%+3%

05Starr County, TXTX66,3196.9%+3%

06Willacy County, TXTX19,9717.5%−15%

07Zavala County, TXTX9,0377.6%+10%

08Reeves County, TXTX12,1388.0%+16%

09Liberty County, TXTX121,3648.1%+2%

10Jones County, TXTX20,8618.2%−24%

11Dickens County, TXTX1,6928.4%−25%

12Frio County, TXTX18,8238.4%+12%

13Marion County, TXTX9,8968.5%+11%

14Childress County, TXTX6,6438.6%−18%

15Zapata County, TXTX13,7538.7%+26%

16Duval County, TXTX9,4028.9%+39%

17Red River County, TXTX11,8169.0%+22%

18Maverick County, TXTX58,8239.1%+24%

19Reagan County, TXTX3,1669.2%−12%

20Bailey County, TXTX6,9639.3%+25%

21Trinity County, TXTX14,3849.4%+4%

22Karnes County, TXTX15,0189.4%+6%

23Terry County, TXTX11,7209.5%−2%

24Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5559.5%−15%

25San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4889.6%+25%

26Falls County, TXTX17,8699.6%+13%

27Dallam County, TXTX7,5089.6%+34%

28Tyler County, TXTX20,4439.7%+14%

29Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4339.7%+22%

30Garza County, TXTX4,51010.0%+3%

31Dimmit County, TXTX8,02410.1%+29%

32Cochran County, TXTX2,54610.2%−4%

33Yoakum County, TXTX7,43810.2%−2%

34Grimes County, TXTX34,25210.3%+20%

35Hall County, TXTX2,73710.3%+18%

36Crockett County, TXTX2,76910.4%−32%

37Polk County, TXTX53,43410.4%+21%

38Mitchell County, TXTX8,94710.4%−2%

39Jasper County, TXTX33,07510.5%+26%

40Atascosa County, TXTX53,59010.5%+24%

41Gaines County, TXTX23,95610.5%+6%

42Foard County, TXTX1,04410.5%−6%

43Winkler County, TXTX7,54010.5%+4%

44Dawson County, TXTX11,77610.5%+17%

45Crosby County, TXTX4,85210.5%+5%

46Sabine County, TXTX10,01210.6%+11%

47Gonzales County, TXTX20,15910.7%+27%

48Freestone County, TXTX20,81110.9%+18%

49Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80410.9%+16%

50Orange County, TXTX86,26611.0%+6%

51Moore County, TXTX21,89111.0%+3%

52Upshur County, TXTX44,41011.1%+25%

53Anderson County, TXTX59,80511.1%+17%

54Howard County, TXTX30,50411.1%−6%

55Limestone County, TXTX22,84911.1%+5%

56Lamb County, TXTX12,57911.1%+0%

57Morris County, TXTX12,13311.2%+6%

58Montague County, TXTX21,96611.3%+11%

59Cherokee County, TXTX53,33711.4%+12%

60Lavaca County, TXTX20,65111.4%+35%

61Rains County, TXTX13,54211.5%+52%

62Madison County, TXTX14,22611.5%+14%

63Refugio County, TXTX6,65711.6%+2%

64Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13011.6%+33%

65Milam County, TXTX26,25811.6%+16%

66Presidio County, TXTX5,43311.7%−1%

67Coleman County, TXTX7,91511.7%+22%

68Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62611.8%+7%

69Martin County, TXTX5,28411.8%+77%

70Upton County, TXTX3,13111.8%+15%

71Scurry County, TXTX16,16211.8%+18%

72DeWitt County, TXTX20,30911.8%+28%

73San Augustine County, TXTX7,72211.8%+43%

74Knox County, TXTX3,19211.8%+9%

75Gray County, TXTX20,91911.9%+0%

76Cass County, TXTX28,65112.0%+33%

77Ector County, TXTX173,80112.0%+6%

78Live Oak County, TXTX11,92912.0%+0%

79Calhoun County, TXTX19,59912.1%+19%

80Henderson County, TXTX88,59512.1%+17%

81Baylor County, TXTX3,47212.1%+17%

82Chambers County, TXTX57,59412.1%+5%

83Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79112.1%+9%

84Leon County, TXTX16,89412.1%+19%

85Camp County, TXTX13,38012.2%+22%

86Shelby County, TXTX24,28612.2%+39%

87Bee County, TXTX32,51512.2%−4%

88Navarro County, TXTX57,18112.2%−4%

89Houston County, TXTX22,31612.2%+22%

90Floyd County, TXTX4,88112.3%+10%

91Callahan County, TXTX14,49112.3%+26%

92Kaufman County, TXTX209,23512.3%+12%

93Goliad County, TXTX7,20812.3%+25%

94Ward County, TXTX11,12512.4%+18%

95Coryell County, TXTX85,59212.4%+13%

96Andrews County, TXTX18,91412.4%+26%

97Fisher County, TXTX3,69212.4%+8%

98Matagorda County, TXTX36,46312.5%−1%

99Hill County, TXTX39,50312.5%+18%

100Stonewall County, TXTX1,18612.6%+29%

101Fannin County, TXTX39,26512.6%+12%

102Eastland County, TXTX18,14312.7%+15%

103Robertson County, TXTX17,83912.7%+34%

104Hardeman County, TXTX3,29212.8%+16%

105Jackson County, TXTX15,39312.8%+25%

106Rusk County, TXTX54,85412.8%+20%

107Crane County, TXTX4,55412.8%+37%

108Jack County, TXTX9,56312.8%+17%

109Wilson County, TXTX56,13912.8%+45%

110Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54912.9%+13%

111Pecos County, TXTX14,56012.9%+7%

112Wise County, TXTX83,77813.0%+29%

113Comanche County, TXTX14,43213.0%+42%

114Hardin County, TXTX58,72313.0%+34%

115Wheeler County, TXTX4,77313.0%+3%

116San Patricio County, TXTX72,05313.0%+19%

117Sutton County, TXTX3,20313.0%−36%

118Lee County, TXTX18,72913.1%+15%

119Runnels County, TXTX9,69313.1%+31%

120Titus County, TXTX31,56313.2%+7%

121Nolan County, TXTX14,11713.2%+10%

122Burleson County, TXTX20,54913.2%+39%

123Caldwell County, TXTX55,15013.3%+21%

124Medina County, TXTX56,88113.3%+21%

125Lynn County, TXTX6,01713.4%+78%

126Stephens County, TXTX9,38013.4%+14%

127Cameron County, TXTX433,94613.4%+12%

128Parmer County, TXTX9,67813.4%+51%

129Panola County, TXTX23,01813.4%+12%

130Potter County, TXTX114,45313.5%+17%

131Hockley County, TXTX21,60013.6%+9%

132Johnson County, TXTX218,04813.8%+20%

133Uvalde County, TXTX24,96313.8%+2%

134Culberson County, TXTX2,26713.9%+15%

135Delta County, TXTX5,54913.9%+11%

136Webb County, TXTX281,22413.9%+25%

137Clay County, TXTX10,76413.9%+26%

138McCulloch County, TXTX7,47214.0%+2%

139Concho County, TXTX3,60714.1%+37%

140Val Verde County, TXTX47,83514.1%+8%

141Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63314.3%+10%

142Wharton County, TXTX42,06014.3%+21%

143Hale County, TXTX31,81914.4%+13%

144Colorado County, TXTX21,43914.4%+36%

145Haskell County, TXTX5,49914.4%+61%

146Young County, TXTX18,15414.4%+29%

147Lamar County, TXTX51,50314.5%+12%

148Wood County, TXTX49,68814.5%+51%

149Fayette County, TXTX25,45914.6%+61%

150Coke County, TXTX3,41214.7%+25%

151Castro County, TXTX7,29514.7%+39%

152Angelina County, TXTX88,15414.7%+11%

153Motley County, TXTX1,04314.7%+35%

154Brown County, TXTX38,71115.0%+10%

155Hopkins County, TXTX39,06315.1%+34%

156Kent County, TXTX67415.1%+46%

157Cottle County, TXTX1,22415.3%+42%

158Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48715.3%+27%

159Harrison County, TXTX71,95615.4%+21%

160Bosque County, TXTX18,91815.4%+42%

161Carson County, TXTX5,80515.5%+12%

162Cooke County, TXTX44,46115.7%+32%

163Donley County, TXTX3,21315.8%+42%

164San Saba County, TXTX5,78715.8%+33%

165Archer County, TXTX9,12915.9%+30%

166Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28416.1%+16%

167Bowie County, TXTX92,69616.1%+13%

168McMullen County, TXTX54416.2%+10%

169Lampasas County, TXTX23,65716.2%+27%

170Franklin County, TXTX10,99416.2%+43%

171Swisher County, TXTX6,70316.2%+41%

172Victoria County, TXTX92,65616.2%+15%

173Jefferson County, TXTX254,32116.3%+5%

174El Paso County, TXTX877,85816.6%+9%

175Aransas County, TXTX26,14616.7%+15%

176Waller County, TXTX69,85816.8%+3%

177Hunt County, TXTX123,33616.8%+5%

178Hamilton County, TXTX8,68016.8%+35%

179Bastrop County, TXTX118,90817.0%+28%

180Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48117.1%+35%

181Ellis County, TXTX240,86717.1%+28%

182Sterling County, TXTX1,34917.1%+27%

183Menard County, TXTX1,95617.2%+51%

184Somervell County, TXTX10,26117.2%+25%

185Grayson County, TXTX153,61317.2%+23%

186Real County, TXTX2,74517.3%+72%

187Kimble County, TXTX4,43817.3%+39%

188Austin County, TXTX33,62517.3%+26%

189Edwards County, TXTX1,37017.3%+26%

190Burnet County, TXTX57,01517.4%+25%

191Briscoe County, TXTX1,47417.5%+52%

192Schleicher County, TXTX2,24517.6%+31%

193Hartley County, TXTX4,90417.6%−11%

194Kinney County, TXTX3,12817.7%+61%

195Hemphill County, TXTX3,08317.9%+46%

196Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55418.2%+19%

197Walker County, TXTX83,84218.3%−4%

198Hansford County, TXTX4,94418.6%+22%

199Parker County, TXTX184,76718.6%+34%

200Glasscock County, TXTX1,12818.7%+90%

201Mason County, TXTX3,99018.7%+45%

202Nueces County, TXTX352,99218.8%+11%

203Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95518.9%+27%

204Washington County, TXTX38,28819.0%+26%

205Terrell County, TXTX70219.0%+59%

206McLennan County, TXTX272,02019.1%+15%

207Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11119.1%+37%

208Bandera County, TXTX22,87619.4%+15%

209Oldham County, TXTX1,78319.4%+4%

210Tom Green County, TXTX120,60219.5%+15%

211Gregg County, TXTX126,09519.5%+11%

212Brazoria County, TXTX419,08019.6%+30%

213Bell County, TXTX402,24819.8%+15%

214Wichita County, TXTX129,55520.0%+21%

215Mills County, TXTX4,58020.2%+58%

216Kenedy County, TXTX31920.3%+159%

217Sherman County, TXTX2,78120.4%+54%

218Kleberg County, TXTX30,31520.4%+8%

219Hood County, TXTX70,50120.5%+35%

220Armstrong County, TXTX1,84320.5%+46%

221Shackelford County, TXTX3,19720.8%+39%

222Llano County, TXTX23,35321.0%+58%

223Borden County, TXTX56721.4%+24%

224Irion County, TXTX1,46321.5%+56%

225Blanco County, TXTX13,58122.2%+70%

226Taylor County, TXTX150,07722.5%+8%

227Smith County, TXTX252,54922.5%+14%

228Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08822.7%+15%

229Galveston County, TXTX372,20722.7%+18%

230Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03522.8%+14%

231Gillespie County, TXTX28,52722.9%+34%

232Kerr County, TXTX54,03723.3%+15%

233Lubbock County, TXTX328,90624.4%+4%

234King County, TXTX19224.6%+0%

235Midland County, TXTX187,85524.8%−6%

236Erath County, TXTX43,91125.0%+23%

237Montgomery County, TXTX781,19425.3%+30%

238Roberts County, TXTX86725.4%+45%

239Comal County, TXTX209,16626.2%+29%

240Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46626.6%+11%

241Harris County, TXTX5,045,02626.9%+6%

242Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39727.0%+2%

243Brewster County, TXTX9,45827.7%−1%

244Randall County, TXTX152,35128.9%+9%

245Hays County, TXTX304,39031.3%+19%

246Kendall County, TXTX53,28931.4%+57%

247Rockwall County, TXTX140,73832.7%+14%

248Williamson County, TXTX752,82733.6%+37%

249Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71135.1%+40%

250Denton County, TXTX1,069,34636.6%+13%

251Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19136.9%+22%

252Brazos County, TXTX249,08837.0%+3%

253Travis County, TXTX1,389,67040.6%+17%

254Collin County, TXTX1,297,17947.3%+21%

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