RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Least educated, Texas counties · 2010

Texas counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2010 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

01Reeves County, TXTX12,1387.6%−0.4 pts

02Zavala County, TXTX9,0377.7%+0.1 pts

03La Salle County, TXTX6,5178.1%+1.6 pts

04Frio County, TXTX18,8238.1%−0.3 pts

05Dallam County, TXTX7,5088.4%−1.2 pts

06Karnes County, TXTX15,0188.4%−1.0 pts

07Duval County, TXTX9,4028.5%−0.5 pts

08Newton County, TXTX11,9548.6%+3.0 pts

09Red River County, TXTX11,8168.6%−0.4 pts

10Garza County, TXTX4,5108.6%−1.5 pts

11Willacy County, TXTX19,9718.6%+1.1 pts

12Dawson County, TXTX11,7768.7%−1.8 pts

13Liberty County, TXTX121,3648.8%+0.7 pts

14Crockett County, TXTX2,7699.1%−1.3 pts

15Bee County, TXTX32,5159.2%−3.1 pts

16Jones County, TXTX20,8619.3%+1.1 pts

17Mitchell County, TXTX8,9479.4%−1.1 pts

18Zapata County, TXTX13,7539.6%+0.9 pts

19San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4889.6%+0.0 pts

20Starr County, TXTX66,3199.8%+2.8 pts

21Falls County, TXTX17,8699.8%+0.2 pts

22Winkler County, TXTX7,5409.8%−0.7 pts

23Reagan County, TXTX3,16610.0%+0.9 pts

24Ward County, TXTX11,12510.0%−2.3 pts

25Howard County, TXTX30,50410.1%−1.0 pts

26Concho County, TXTX3,60710.5%−3.6 pts

27Burleson County, TXTX20,54910.5%−2.7 pts

28McMullen County, TXTX54410.5%−5.7 pts

29Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43310.5%+0.8 pts

30Jack County, TXTX9,56310.5%−2.3 pts

31Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80410.6%−0.3 pts

32Polk County, TXTX53,43410.6%+0.2 pts

33Atascosa County, TXTX53,59011.0%+0.5 pts

34Trinity County, TXTX14,38411.2%+1.8 pts

35Marion County, TXTX9,89611.2%+2.7 pts

36Refugio County, TXTX6,65711.2%−0.4 pts

37Grimes County, TXTX34,25211.3%+1.0 pts

38Pecos County, TXTX14,56011.3%−1.6 pts

39Anderson County, TXTX59,80511.3%+0.2 pts

40Panola County, TXTX23,01811.4%−2.1 pts

41Madison County, TXTX14,22611.5%−0.0 pts

42Haskell County, TXTX5,49911.7%−2.8 pts

43Cochran County, TXTX2,54611.7%+1.6 pts

44Coke County, TXTX3,41211.8%−2.9 pts

45Sutton County, TXTX3,20311.8%−1.2 pts

46Cherokee County, TXTX53,33711.8%+0.5 pts

47San Augustine County, TXTX7,72211.9%+0.1 pts

48Limestone County, TXTX22,84912.0%+0.9 pts

49Rains County, TXTX13,54212.1%+0.6 pts

50Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13012.1%+0.5 pts

51DeWitt County, TXTX20,30912.1%+0.3 pts

52Tyler County, TXTX20,44312.2%+2.5 pts

53Gray County, TXTX20,91912.2%+0.3 pts

54Sabine County, TXTX10,01212.2%+1.6 pts

55Stephens County, TXTX9,38012.2%−1.1 pts

56Irion County, TXTX1,46312.3%−9.2 pts

57Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55512.4%+2.8 pts

58Andrews County, TXTX18,91412.4%−0.0 pts

59Brooks County, TXTX6,57912.5%+5.6 pts

60Orange County, TXTX86,26612.5%+1.5 pts

61Dimmit County, TXTX8,02412.6%+2.5 pts

62Martin County, TXTX5,28412.6%+0.8 pts

63Leon County, TXTX16,89412.6%+0.5 pts

64Dickens County, TXTX1,69212.7%+4.3 pts

65Upton County, TXTX3,13112.7%+1.0 pts

66Gaines County, TXTX23,95612.9%+2.4 pts

67Cass County, TXTX28,65112.9%+0.9 pts

68Knox County, TXTX3,19212.9%+1.1 pts

69Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63313.0%−1.3 pts

70Ector County, TXTX173,80113.1%+1.1 pts

71Crane County, TXTX4,55413.1%+0.3 pts

72Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62613.2%+1.5 pts

73Crosby County, TXTX4,85213.3%+2.8 pts

74Houston County, TXTX22,31613.4%+1.1 pts

75Shelby County, TXTX24,28613.5%+1.3 pts

76Milam County, TXTX26,25813.5%+1.9 pts

77Young County, TXTX18,15413.6%−0.9 pts

78Coleman County, TXTX7,91513.7%+1.9 pts

79Titus County, TXTX31,56313.7%+0.5 pts

80Maverick County, TXTX58,82313.7%+4.6 pts

81Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79113.7%+1.6 pts

82Moore County, TXTX21,89113.7%+2.7 pts

83Lamb County, TXTX12,57913.8%+2.7 pts

84Culberson County, TXTX2,26713.8%−0.0 pts

85Menard County, TXTX1,95613.9%−3.3 pts

86Gonzales County, TXTX20,15913.9%+3.1 pts

87Lavaca County, TXTX20,65114.0%+2.6 pts

88Freestone County, TXTX20,81114.0%+3.1 pts

89Live Oak County, TXTX11,92914.0%+2.0 pts

90Jasper County, TXTX33,07514.0%+3.6 pts

91Hale County, TXTX31,81914.1%−0.2 pts

92Matagorda County, TXTX36,46314.1%+1.7 pts

93Henderson County, TXTX88,59514.2%+2.2 pts

94Terry County, TXTX11,72014.3%+4.8 pts

95Caldwell County, TXTX55,15014.3%+1.1 pts

96Lee County, TXTX18,72914.5%+1.4 pts

97Kinney County, TXTX3,12814.5%−3.2 pts

98Cameron County, TXTX433,94614.5%+1.2 pts

99Swisher County, TXTX6,70314.6%−1.6 pts

100Calhoun County, TXTX19,59914.7%+2.6 pts

101Hardeman County, TXTX3,29214.7%+2.0 pts

102Fannin County, TXTX39,26514.7%+2.1 pts

103Rusk County, TXTX54,85414.8%+2.0 pts

104Bosque County, TXTX18,91814.8%−0.6 pts

105Camp County, TXTX13,38014.9%+2.8 pts

106Castro County, TXTX7,29514.9%+0.3 pts

107Briscoe County, TXTX1,47415.0%−2.6 pts

108Yoakum County, TXTX7,43815.0%+4.7 pts

109Brown County, TXTX38,71115.0%−0.0 pts

110Potter County, TXTX114,45315.0%+1.5 pts

111Delta County, TXTX5,54915.0%+1.2 pts

112Upshur County, TXTX44,41015.1%+4.0 pts

113Wheeler County, TXTX4,77315.1%+2.0 pts

114Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54915.1%+2.2 pts

115San Patricio County, TXTX72,05315.1%+2.1 pts

116Hall County, TXTX2,73715.2%+4.9 pts

117Fisher County, TXTX3,69215.2%+2.8 pts

118Hill County, TXTX39,50315.3%+2.7 pts

119Colorado County, TXTX21,43915.3%+0.9 pts

120Hardin County, TXTX58,72315.4%+2.3 pts

121Coryell County, TXTX85,59215.4%+3.0 pts

122Wharton County, TXTX42,06015.4%+1.1 pts

123Eastland County, TXTX18,14315.5%+2.8 pts

124Foard County, TXTX1,04415.6%+5.1 pts

125Wise County, TXTX83,77815.6%+2.6 pts

126Childress County, TXTX6,64315.7%+7.0 pts

127Parmer County, TXTX9,67815.7%+2.3 pts

128Navarro County, TXTX57,18115.7%+3.5 pts

129Robertson County, TXTX17,83915.8%+3.1 pts

130Val Verde County, TXTX47,83515.8%+1.7 pts

131Angelina County, TXTX88,15415.9%+1.2 pts

132Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48115.9%−1.2 pts

133Lynn County, TXTX6,01715.9%+2.5 pts

134Cottle County, TXTX1,22415.9%+0.7 pts

135Uvalde County, TXTX24,96316.1%+2.3 pts

136Johnson County, TXTX218,04816.1%+2.3 pts

137Chambers County, TXTX57,59416.2%+4.1 pts

138Harrison County, TXTX71,95616.2%+0.8 pts

139Scurry County, TXTX16,16216.3%+4.5 pts

140Hemphill County, TXTX3,08316.3%−1.6 pts

141Glasscock County, TXTX1,12816.4%−2.3 pts

142Runnels County, TXTX9,69316.4%+3.3 pts

143Wood County, TXTX49,68816.5%+2.0 pts

144Donley County, TXTX3,21316.6%+0.8 pts

145Montague County, TXTX21,96616.7%+5.3 pts

146Hopkins County, TXTX39,06316.7%+1.6 pts

147Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55416.7%−1.5 pts

148Webb County, TXTX281,22416.7%+2.8 pts

149Jackson County, TXTX15,39316.9%+4.1 pts

150Victoria County, TXTX92,65616.9%+0.7 pts

151Hunt County, TXTX123,33617.0%+0.2 pts

152Nolan County, TXTX14,11717.1%+3.9 pts

153Walker County, TXTX83,84217.1%−1.3 pts

154Floyd County, TXTX4,88117.1%+4.8 pts

155Callahan County, TXTX14,49117.1%+4.8 pts

156Kaufman County, TXTX209,23517.2%+4.9 pts

157Morris County, TXTX12,13317.3%+6.1 pts

158Lampasas County, TXTX23,65717.3%+1.2 pts

159Schleicher County, TXTX2,24517.4%−0.1 pts

160Lamar County, TXTX51,50317.4%+3.0 pts

161Fayette County, TXTX25,45917.6%+3.0 pts

162Jefferson County, TXTX254,32117.8%+1.5 pts

163Presidio County, TXTX5,43317.8%+6.1 pts

164Bastrop County, TXTX118,90817.9%+0.9 pts

165Kenedy County, TXTX31917.9%−2.4 pts

166Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28417.9%+1.9 pts

167Austin County, TXTX33,62517.9%+0.6 pts

168Loving County, TXTX5217.9%+12.1 pts

169Goliad County, TXTX7,20818.0%+5.7 pts

170Hockley County, TXTX21,60018.0%+4.4 pts

171Bowie County, TXTX92,69618.1%+1.9 pts

172San Saba County, TXTX5,78718.1%+2.2 pts

173Comanche County, TXTX14,43218.1%+5.1 pts

174Wilson County, TXTX56,13918.2%+5.4 pts

175Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48718.3%+3.0 pts

176Bailey County, TXTX6,96318.5%+9.2 pts

177Motley County, TXTX1,04318.5%+3.8 pts

178Mills County, TXTX4,58018.7%−1.5 pts

179Archer County, TXTX9,12918.8%+2.8 pts

180Sherman County, TXTX2,78119.1%−1.3 pts

181Borden County, TXTX56719.1%−2.4 pts

182Grayson County, TXTX153,61319.2%+2.0 pts

183Medina County, TXTX56,88119.3%+5.9 pts

184El Paso County, TXTX877,85819.3%+2.7 pts

185Clay County, TXTX10,76419.3%+5.3 pts

186Kent County, TXTX67419.4%+4.3 pts

187Real County, TXTX2,74519.4%+2.1 pts

188Cooke County, TXTX44,46119.5%+3.8 pts

189Waller County, TXTX69,85819.6%+2.9 pts

190Hartley County, TXTX4,90419.8%+2.2 pts

191Nueces County, TXTX352,99219.9%+1.1 pts

192Wichita County, TXTX129,55520.0%+0.1 pts

193Hansford County, TXTX4,94420.2%+1.7 pts

194Kimble County, TXTX4,43820.3%+3.0 pts

195Gregg County, TXTX126,09520.3%+0.8 pts

196Kleberg County, TXTX30,31520.4%−0.0 pts

197McCulloch County, TXTX7,47220.4%+6.4 pts

198McLennan County, TXTX272,02020.6%+1.5 pts

199Terrell County, TXTX70220.7%+1.7 pts

200Ellis County, TXTX240,86721.0%+3.9 pts

201Bell County, TXTX402,24821.2%+1.4 pts

202Burnet County, TXTX57,01521.4%+3.9 pts

203Tom Green County, TXTX120,60221.6%+2.1 pts

204Edwards County, TXTX1,37022.1%+4.8 pts

205Stonewall County, TXTX1,18622.4%+9.8 pts

206Parker County, TXTX184,76722.4%+3.8 pts

207Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95522.5%+3.6 pts

208Sterling County, TXTX1,34922.7%+5.5 pts

209Hamilton County, TXTX8,68023.4%+6.6 pts

210Franklin County, TXTX10,99423.6%+7.4 pts

211Carson County, TXTX5,80523.6%+8.0 pts

212Midland County, TXTX187,85523.9%−1.0 pts

213Aransas County, TXTX26,14623.9%+7.2 pts

214Hood County, TXTX70,50123.9%+3.4 pts

215Erath County, TXTX43,91124.0%−1.0 pts

216Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03524.0%+1.2 pts

217Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11124.0%+4.9 pts

218Bandera County, TXTX22,87624.0%+4.6 pts

219Taylor County, TXTX150,07724.2%+1.7 pts

220Baylor County, TXTX3,47224.5%+12.4 pts

221Smith County, TXTX252,54924.5%+2.0 pts

222Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08825.3%+2.7 pts

223Blanco County, TXTX13,58125.4%+3.2 pts

224Washington County, TXTX38,28825.8%+6.8 pts

225Armstrong County, TXTX1,84325.9%+5.4 pts

226Llano County, TXTX23,35326.0%+5.0 pts

227Brazoria County, TXTX419,08026.1%+6.5 pts

228Galveston County, TXTX372,20726.3%+3.6 pts

229Gillespie County, TXTX28,52726.8%+4.0 pts

230Kerr County, TXTX54,03727.0%+3.7 pts

231Lubbock County, TXTX328,90627.5%+3.1 pts

232Shackelford County, TXTX3,19727.6%+6.7 pts

233Harris County, TXTX5,045,02627.7%+0.8 pts

234Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39728.0%+1.0 pts

235Somervell County, TXTX10,26128.4%+11.2 pts

236Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46628.7%+2.1 pts

237Mason County, TXTX3,99028.9%+10.2 pts

238Montgomery County, TXTX781,19429.7%+4.4 pts

239Oldham County, TXTX1,78329.8%+10.3 pts

240Randall County, TXTX152,35130.1%+1.2 pts

241Brewster County, TXTX9,45830.4%+2.7 pts

242Comal County, TXTX209,16632.6%+6.5 pts

243Roberts County, TXTX86734.1%+8.7 pts

244Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71134.3%−0.8 pts

245Hays County, TXTX304,39035.0%+3.7 pts

246Kendall County, TXTX53,28935.5%+4.1 pts

247Rockwall County, TXTX140,73835.6%+3.0 pts

248King County, TXTX19236.8%+12.2 pts

249Williamson County, TXTX752,82737.3%+3.7 pts

250Brazos County, TXTX249,08839.3%+2.3 pts

251Denton County, TXTX1,069,34639.5%+2.8 pts

252Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19140.4%+3.5 pts

253Travis County, TXTX1,389,67043.5%+2.9 pts

254Collin County, TXTX1,297,17948.3%+1.0 pts

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