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RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,122

Least educated, US counties · 1990

US counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (1990 ACS).

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501Lawrence County, OHOH55,7108.2%
502Howard County, ARAR12,3068.3%
503Caroline County, VAVA34,4138.3%
504Putnam County, FLFL77,7348.3%
505Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2198.3%
506Levy County, FLFL48,5208.3%
507Barren County, KYKY45,6418.3%
508Irwin County, GAGA9,0208.3%
509Harrison County, MOMO8,2818.3%
510Baraga County, MIMI8,1698.3%
511Chicot County, ARAR9,1078.3%
512Preston County, WVWV34,0048.3%
513San Augustine County, TXTX7,7228.3%
514Jasper County, TXTX33,0758.3%
515George County, MSMS26,3318.3%
516DeKalb County, MOMO9,7958.3%
517Maries County, MOMO8,3978.3%
518Randolph County, ILIL29,9218.3%
519St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5528.3%
520Sabine Parish, LALA21,8348.3%
521Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9808.3%
522Lincoln County, MNMN5,5838.4%
523Hoke County, NCNC56,9398.4%
524Edwards County, ILIL5,8988.4%
525Harrison County, ININ40,4378.4%
526Wayne County, IAIA6,7388.4%
527Woodson County, KSKS3,1188.4%
528Charles City County, VAVA6,6238.4%
529Monroe County, MSMS33,3188.4%
530Bates County, MOMO16,5128.4%
531Hawkins County, TNTN59,5598.4%
532Monroe County, ARAR6,2448.4%
533DeKalb County, TNTN21,8738.4%
534Prentiss County, MSMS25,2848.4%
535Walker County, GAGA70,2508.4%
536Carbon County, PAPA65,8688.4%
537Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1758.4%
538Lavaca County, TXTX20,6518.4%
539Sanilac County, MIMI40,0838.4%
540Atascosa County, TXTX53,5908.4%
541Ray County, MOMO23,3988.4%
542Union County, ININ6,8638.4%
543Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8968.4%
544Acadia Parish, LALA57,0328.4%
545Marion County, MSMS24,0018.4%
546Pike County, ARAR9,9648.5%
547Sierra County, NMNM11,3958.5%
548Tyler County, TXTX20,4438.5%
549Pleasants County, WVWV7,3388.5%
550Murray County, MNMN7,9428.5%
551Gonzales County, TXTX20,1598.5%
552Fayette County, OHOH28,5528.5%
553Pike County, ININ12,0038.5%
554Barry County, MOMO36,2008.5%
555St. Clair County, ALAL98,2068.5%
556Scioto County, OHOH71,3658.5%
557Apache County, AZAZ64,4458.5%
558Falls County, TXTX17,8698.5%
559Ziebach County, SDSD2,3898.5%
560Summers County, WVWV11,5328.5%
561Johnson County, NENE5,2188.5%
562St. Francis County, ARAR21,8008.5%
563Obion County, TNTN30,0678.5%
564Scotland County, MOMO4,7968.5%
565Oconto County, WIWI40,1958.5%
566Essex County, VTVT6,0518.5%
567Henry County, TNTN32,8968.5%
568Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.5%
569Choctaw County, ALAL11,9048.5%
570Rhea County, TNTN34,8448.5%
571La Paz County, AZAZ16,7118.5%
572Colfax County, NENE10,9348.5%
573Fayette County, ILIL20,7908.5%
574Dillon County, SCSC27,4588.5%
575Columbiana County, OHOH99,3778.5%
576Tunica County, MSMS8,8198.5%
577Webster County, MOMO43,0548.5%
578Mercer County, OHOH42,7378.6%
579Screven County, GAGA14,4088.6%
580Breathitt County, KYKY12,5588.6%
581Halifax County, NCNC46,5348.6%
582Sullivan County, PAPA5,8568.6%
583Randolph County, ININ24,4388.6%
584Martin County, ININ9,8568.6%
585Grimes County, TXTX34,2528.6%
586Wheeler County, GAGA7,5708.6%
587Hardee County, FLFL25,9328.6%
588Wise County, VAVA34,8248.6%
589Clearfield County, PAPA78,1008.6%
590Harrison County, KYKY19,6278.6%
591Juneau County, WIWI26,6498.6%
592Telfair County, GAGA11,1958.6%
593Sussex County, VAVA10,7558.6%
594Tucker County, WVWV6,5408.6%
595Gilmer County, GAGA33,8948.6%
596Sedgwick County, COCO2,2478.6%
597Howard County, NENE6,5388.6%
598Covington County, MSMS17,8988.6%
599Grant County, WVWV11,0418.6%
600Washington Parish, LALA44,9378.6%
601Northumberland County, PAPA89,9208.6%
602Polk County, TXTX53,4348.6%
603Gem County, IDID21,7738.6%
604Clark County, WIWI35,0528.6%
605Dawson County, GAGA35,3658.6%
606Butler County, MOMO41,9048.6%
607Evans County, GAGA11,0288.6%
608Jackson County, WVWV27,4508.7%
609Panola County, MSMS32,6918.7%
610Washington County, ILIL13,5648.7%
611Taylor County, IAIA5,8358.7%
612Osceola County, MIMI23,5168.7%
613Louisa County, VAVA42,9248.7%
614Hall County, TXTX2,7378.7%
615Wyandot County, OHOH21,5678.7%
616Haywood County, TNTN17,0428.7%
617Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1308.7%
618Wayne County, ILIL15,8828.7%
619Red River Parish, LALA7,1658.7%
620West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1568.7%
621Amite County, MSMS12,4878.7%
622Appomattox County, VAVA17,1728.7%
623McIntosh County, GAGA11,9898.7%
624Rush County, ININ16,7678.7%
625Owyhee County, IDID12,6618.7%
626Sharp County, ARAR18,1228.7%
627Mifflin County, PAPA46,1278.7%
628Simpson County, MSMS25,4988.7%
629Burke County, NDND2,1328.7%
630Howell County, MOMO40,7988.7%
631Livingston Parish, LALA155,0368.7%
632Jackson County, ININ47,3708.7%
633Moniteau County, MOMO15,4288.7%
634Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2238.7%
635Chester County, TNTN17,9948.7%
636Montmorency County, MIMI9,8428.7%
637Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1288.7%
638Putnam County, MOMO4,5468.7%
639Washington County, NCNC10,6388.7%
640Ballard County, KYKY7,5948.7%
641Fleming County, KYKY15,7878.7%
642Buena Vista, VAVA6,6728.7%
643Worth County, MOMO1,9148.7%
644Jackson County, WIWI20,9998.8%
645Whitley County, ININ35,0468.8%
646Thurston County, NENE6,7528.8%
647Dallas County, ARAR6,0118.8%
648Garfield County, MTMT1,1488.8%
649Wilkes County, NCNC66,2338.8%
650Graves County, KYKY37,0508.8%
651Willacy County, TXTX19,9718.8%
652Okmulgee County, OKOK37,2418.8%
653Northampton County, NCNC16,4918.8%
654Greene County, GAGA21,3678.8%
655Simpson County, KYKY20,7888.8%
656Putnam County, OHOH34,3808.8%
657Shelby County, TXTX24,2868.8%
658Juab County, UTUT13,5678.8%
659Darke County, OHOH51,5208.8%
660Benewah County, IDID10,5088.8%
661Franklin County, ARAR17,7258.8%
662Perquimans County, NCNC13,4908.8%
663Mason County, ILIL12,4118.8%
664Nottoway County, VAVA15,7968.8%
665Hampton County, SCSC18,1748.8%
666Knox County, NENE8,3358.8%
667Vermilion Parish, LALA57,6718.8%
668Langlade County, WIWI19,5348.8%
669Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6508.8%
670Cibola County, NMNM26,8078.8%
671Marquette County, WIWI15,9278.8%
672Sequoyah County, OKOK40,8428.8%
673Clarke County, IAIA9,5748.8%
674Carter County, MOMO5,4188.8%
675Rockingham County, NCNC94,1958.8%
676Fayette County, WVWV38,1658.8%
677Jefferson County, OHOH63,5978.8%
678Upshur County, TXTX44,4108.8%
679Wilson County, TXTX56,1398.8%
680Sibley County, MNMN15,3568.9%
681Wayne County, MSMS19,8078.9%
682Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,1878.9%
683Logan County, OHOH46,3028.9%
684Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5828.9%
685Ionia County, MIMI66,5578.9%
686Iberville Parish, LALA29,5798.9%
687Perry County, PAPA46,8068.9%
688Huron County, MIMI30,5308.9%
689Caldwell County, NCNC81,1058.9%
690Chambers County, ALAL34,2538.9%
691Karnes County, TXTX15,0188.9%
692Greene County, NCNC20,7008.9%
693Somerset County, PAPA72,0048.9%
694Daviess County, MOMO8,5588.9%
695Hale County, ALAL15,1948.9%
696Giles County, VAVA16,5648.9%
697Union County, KYKY12,8398.9%
698Kanabec County, MNMN16,6288.9%
699Hancock County, WVWV27,7298.9%
700Cotton County, OKOK5,4328.9%
701East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,9118.9%
702Parmer County, TXTX9,6788.9%
703Mercer County, KYKY23,7338.9%
704Giles County, TNTN31,4338.9%
705Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9418.9%
706Burnett County, WIWI17,2238.9%
707Grant County, NDND2,2068.9%
708Allamakee County, IAIA14,2388.9%
709Pulaski County, ININ12,4638.9%
710Florence County, WIWI4,7488.9%
711Jefferson County, PAPA43,2558.9%
712Williams County, OHOH36,5498.9%
713Blackford County, ININ11,7308.9%
714Tippah County, MSMS21,3899.0%
715Madison County, OHOH46,9859.0%
716Minidoka County, IDID22,9119.0%
717Jefferson County, MOMO233,1329.0%
718Ashtabula County, OHOH96,7139.0%
719Pickens County, GAGA37,1679.0%
720Winn Parish, LALA14,9619.0%
721Kings County, CACA154,3279.0%
722Dade County, MOMO7,8049.0%
723Shoshone County, IDID14,1309.0%
724McPherson County, NENE3699.0%
725Beaver County, UTUT7,3019.0%
726Quitman County, MSMS5,3649.0%
727Cass County, ININ37,8369.0%
728Haskell County, TXTX5,4999.0%
729Hampshire County, WVWV24,1059.0%
730Morrison County, MNMN34,6209.0%
731Pickaway County, OHOH62,9789.0%
732Alleghany County, NCNC11,4799.0%
733Jackson County, GAGA99,2659.0%
734Hot Spring County, ARAR33,4519.0%
735Clayton County, IAIA16,8459.0%
736Trinity County, TXTX14,3849.0%
737Alcona County, MIMI10,5569.0%
738Bartow County, GAGA120,8009.0%
739Wayne County, WVWV37,3099.0%
740Belmont County, OHOH64,4349.0%
741Dawson County, TXTX11,7769.0%
742Greene County, ILIL11,3139.0%
743Tuscarawas County, OHOH92,3739.0%
744Tyler County, WVWV7,8819.0%
745Iberia Parish, LALA66,8469.0%
746Emmons County, NDND3,2159.0%
747Cass County, TXTX28,6519.0%
748Upson County, GAGA28,5009.0%
749Columbus County, NCNC50,4879.1%
750Pierce County, NENE7,3789.1%
751Pasco County, FLFL674,5169.1%
752Warren County, MOMO39,0169.1%
753Mineral County, NVNV4,4079.1%
754Fayette County, TXTX25,4599.1%
755Emanuel County, GAGA23,1479.1%
756Pickett County, TNTN5,2199.1%
757Chester County, SCSC33,0019.1%
758Coal County, OKOK5,4369.1%
759Lyon County, KYKY9,1239.1%
760Concordia Parish, LALA17,8369.1%
761Greene County, ARAR47,4119.1%
762Tazewell County, VAVA38,6359.1%
763Marion County, SCSC28,2429.1%
764Brooks County, GAGA16,1019.1%
765Lincoln County, TNTN36,8539.1%
766Harrison County, IAIA14,6239.1%
767Covington County, ALAL37,9479.1%
768Kiowa County, COCO1,4129.1%
769Hart County, GAGA28,6399.1%
770Randolph County, NCNC149,5169.1%
771Gibson County, ININ33,0919.1%
772Johnson County, ILIL13,3639.1%
773St. Francois County, MOMO67,8099.1%
774Jackson Parish, LALA15,8349.2%
775Benton County, ININ8,8839.2%
776Henry County, ININ49,1379.2%
777Gulf County, FLFL15,9439.2%
778Spencer County, ININ20,0619.2%
779Scott County, ILIL4,8669.2%
780Montgomery County, KYKY28,8229.2%
781Humphreys County, TNTN19,6469.2%
782Phillips County, ARAR14,2559.2%
783Comanche County, TXTX14,4329.2%
784Leake County, MSMS21,6629.2%
785Pulaski County, KYKY67,3849.2%
786Macoupin County, ILIL43,7489.2%
787Gordon County, GAGA61,7019.2%
788Clinton County, ILIL37,1289.2%
789Dickson County, TNTN58,6629.2%
790Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.2%
791Clark County, ILIL15,1149.2%
792Terrell County, GAGA8,6569.2%
793Accomack County, VAVA33,8599.2%
794Ontonagon County, MIMI5,8239.2%
795DeWitt County, TXTX20,3099.2%
796Guernsey County, OHOH38,3799.2%
797Louisa County, IAIA10,4169.2%
798Madison Parish, LALA8,8449.2%
799Benson County, NDND5,7599.2%
800Barrow County, GAGA99,7739.2%
801Franklin County, NCNC82,0379.2%
802Taylor County, WIWI20,1189.2%
803Mitchell County, NCNC15,0629.2%
804Ross County, OHOH76,4299.2%
805Cass County, MIMI51,6779.2%
806Freestone County, TXTX20,8119.2%
807Pike County, GAGA20,9329.3%
808Jersey County, ILIL21,1609.3%
809Ascension Parish, LALA135,1059.3%
810Menominee County, MIMI22,9419.3%
811Hempstead County, ARAR19,0809.3%
812Cherokee County, SCSC58,2759.3%
813Fayette County, PAPA123,0219.3%
814Logan County, NDND1,8599.3%
815Franklin County, MOMO108,0909.3%
816Bell County, KYKY22,8299.3%
817Alleghany County, VAVA14,5469.3%
818Grant County, ARAR18,7569.3%
819Johnson County, KYKY22,0519.3%
820Grant County, SDSD7,5349.3%
821Osage County, KSKS15,6939.3%
822Red Lake County, MNMN3,9409.3%
823Caldwell Parish, LALA9,3449.3%
824Bienville Parish, LALA12,2699.3%
825Love County, OKOK10,7809.3%
826Ashley County, ARAR17,8319.3%
827Johnston County, OKOK10,4489.3%
828Van Wert County, OHOH29,0139.3%
829Nelson County, KYKY49,0369.3%
830Lapeer County, MIMI89,5169.3%
831Crawford County, OHOH41,8969.3%
832Christian County, ILIL33,4439.3%
833Stone County, ARAR12,7039.4%
834Cleburne County, ARAR25,6729.4%
835Livingston County, ILIL35,0579.4%
836Early County, GAGA10,4559.4%
837Lyon County, NVNV65,0889.4%
838Saline County, ILIL22,7729.4%
839Adams County, IAIA3,6179.4%
840Walton County, GAGA112,6969.4%
841Keokuk County, IAIA9,7979.4%
842Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8049.4%
843Huron County, OHOH58,2509.4%
844Surry County, NCNC72,2879.4%
845Crane County, TXTX4,5549.4%
846Warren County, ININ8,4749.4%
847Lawrence County, ININ45,5689.4%
848Scott County, MSMS28,0739.4%
849Boone County, NENE5,3559.4%
850Shawano County, WIWI41,5609.4%
851Dyer County, TNTN36,3209.4%
852Fulton County, ININ20,0919.4%
853Marshall County, MSMS34,6549.4%
854Stanly County, NCNC68,8309.4%
855Butler County, IAIA14,0499.4%
856Copiah County, MSMS27,4979.4%
857Baker County, GAGA2,7259.4%
858Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7539.4%
859Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1639.4%
860Izard County, ARAR14,4059.4%
861Glenn County, CACA28,1419.4%
862Huntingdon County, PAPA43,0019.4%
863DeSoto County, MSMS197,9189.5%
864Franklin County, GAGA25,9489.5%
865Montgomery County, MSMS9,3549.5%
866Fulton County, ILIL32,9019.5%
867Nye County, NVNV57,3369.5%
868Unicoi County, TNTN17,8569.5%
869McIntosh County, NDND2,4519.5%
870Henderson County, ILIL5,9849.5%
871Scott County, MOMO37,9759.5%
872Yuba County, CACA88,6919.5%
873Lucas County, IAIA8,8479.5%
874Robertson County, TXTX17,8399.5%
875Garrett County, MDMD28,3709.5%
876Miller County, ARAR42,3579.5%
877Allendale County, SCSC7,3559.5%
878Dooly County, GAGA11,1569.5%
879Anderson County, TXTX59,8059.5%
880Vance County, NCNC42,6389.5%
881White County, ILIL13,2509.5%
882Burleson County, TXTX20,5499.5%
883Newton County, GAGA125,5839.5%
884Crawford County, ILIL18,6489.5%
885Moultrie County, ILIL14,3719.5%
886De Soto Parish, LALA27,3819.5%
887Aitkin County, MNMN16,2529.5%
888Martin County, NCNC21,6019.5%
889Elk County, PAPA29,9269.5%
890Pine County, MNMN30,4729.5%
891Sabine County, TXTX10,0129.5%
892Harnett County, NCNC150,1379.5%
893Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7309.5%
894Roger Mills County, OKOK3,2599.5%
895Luce County, MIMI6,3399.6%
896Alcorn County, MSMS34,5699.6%
897Fairfield County, SCSC20,3409.6%
898Granville County, NCNC61,4219.6%
899Colleton County, SCSC39,3829.6%
900Loudon County, TNTN63,7649.6%
901Grant Parish, LALA22,0759.6%
902Adair County, OKOK19,8289.6%
903Burke County, GAGA24,4089.6%
904Hopkins County, KYKY45,1279.6%
905Seminole County, OKOK23,4419.6%
906Wayne County, GAGA32,4819.6%
907Coleman County, TXTX7,9159.6%
908Wood County, TXTX49,6889.6%
909Lancaster County, SCSC114,2969.6%
910Somerset County, MDMD24,9739.6%
911Le Flore County, OKOK50,1969.6%
912Marion County, ILIL36,3829.6%
913Van Buren County, IAIA7,1319.6%
914Tripp County, SDSD5,7089.6%
915McCurtain County, OKOK30,7449.6%
916Pepin County, WIWI7,5139.6%
917Marshall County, KYKY31,6599.6%
918Benton County, IAIA26,0049.6%
919Robertson County, TNTN80,1759.6%
920Pocahontas County, WVWV7,6029.7%
921Marshall County, WVWV29,1599.7%
922Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5209.7%
923Lawrence County, MOMO39,4019.7%
924Decatur County, ININ26,5769.7%
925Wyoming County, NYNY39,7419.7%
926Gila County, AZAZ53,8019.7%
927McHenry County, NDND5,1309.7%
928Hardin County, TXTX58,7239.7%
929Miami County, ININ34,4879.7%
930Sargent County, NDND3,7119.7%
931St. Landry Parish, LALA80,7659.7%
932Madison County, FLFL18,7599.7%
933Terry County, TXTX11,7209.7%
934Hernando County, FLFL221,7019.7%
935Marshall County, OKOK16,2559.7%
936Norman County, MNMN6,3369.7%
937Newton County, MSMS20,9609.7%
938Deuel County, SDSD4,4089.7%
939Holmes County, MSMS15,4659.7%
940Doniphan County, KSKS7,5949.7%
941Madison County, GAGA32,9199.7%
942Imperial County, CACA181,4119.7%
943Champaign County, OHOH38,8209.7%
944Bradley County, ARAR9,8289.8%
945Cameron County, PAPA4,2119.8%
946Garza County, TXTX4,5109.8%
947Dolores County, COCO2,4669.8%
948Callahan County, TXTX14,4919.8%
949Loup County, NENE5709.8%
950Audubon County, IAIA5,5099.8%
951Stonewall County, TXTX1,1869.8%
952Jasper County, MSMS15,7859.8%
953Brown County, ILIL6,4019.8%
954Shelby County, ILIL20,5769.8%
955Traverse County, MNMN3,1309.8%
956Crittenden County, ARAR46,2109.8%
957Owsley County, KYKY3,9329.8%
958Clark County, SDSD4,0319.8%
959Conway County, ARAR21,3939.8%
960Andrews County, TXTX18,9149.8%
961Payette County, IDID27,8249.8%
962Adair County, IAIA7,4039.8%
963Ripley County, ININ29,4349.8%
964Renville County, NDND2,3319.8%
965Auglaize County, OHOH45,9099.8%
966Potter County, PAPA15,8979.8%
967Tipton County, ININ15,3199.8%
968Clearwater County, MNMN8,6479.8%
969Washington County, GAGA19,4539.8%
970Okeechobee County, FLFL42,6089.8%
971Putnam County, ILIL5,6199.8%
972Crawford County, IAIA16,2379.8%
973Glasscock County, TXTX1,1289.8%
974Clay County, ININ26,4109.8%
975Rutherford County, NCNC65,7459.8%
976Nevada County, ARAR7,9429.8%
977Taylor County, FLFL21,2109.8%
978Anderson County, KYKY25,2259.9%
979Whiteside County, ILIL54,1219.9%
980Greene County, ININ31,1659.9%
981Spencer County, KYKY20,9989.9%
982West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7569.9%
983Goliad County, TXTX7,2089.9%
984Sioux County, NDND3,6679.9%
985Guthrie County, IAIA10,7829.9%
986Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6639.9%
987Polk County, ARAR19,4869.9%
988Boyd County, NENE1,6749.9%
989DeKalb County, ININ44,5359.9%
990Antelope County, NENE6,3529.9%
991Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3759.9%
992Gaines County, TXTX23,9569.9%
993Candler County, GAGA11,2759.9%
994Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3039.9%
995Pipestone County, MNMN9,2609.9%
996Marion County, OHOH65,1159.9%
998Swain County, NCNC14,0249.9%
999Shelby County, ININ45,8829.9%
1000Quay County, NMNM8,4549.9%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS