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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 144 SHOWN OF 3,144

Least educated, US counties

US counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000
3001▲2Madison County, ALAL433,51646.4%+12.2 pts
3002▲42Lafayette County, MSMS59,59746.5%+15.4 pts
3003▼10Arapahoe County, COCO673,82046.5%+9.5 pts
3004▲6Henrico County, VAVA342,77546.5%+11.6 pts
3005▼18Platte County, MOMO114,40046.5%+13.2 pts
3006▲17Cook County, MNMN5,52246.6%+17.8 pts
3007▼35Grafton County, NHNH93,22546.7%+14.1 pts
3008Shelby County, ALAL238,55246.8%+10.1 pts
3009▼24Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89647.0%+12.1 pts
3010▼183Chaffee County, COCO20,83147.0%+22.7 pts
3011▲5McLean County, ILIL171,41947.2%+11.0 pts
3012▲15Clarke County, GAGA129,92147.4%+7.6 pts
3013▼4Missoula County, MTMT123,51347.4%+14.6 pts
3014St. Louis County, MOMO990,91147.4%+12.0 pts
3015▲13DeKalb County, GAGA774,39447.4%+11.1 pts
3016▲2Washington County, OROR611,70847.5%+13.0 pts
3017▼16Hinsdale County, COCO75347.7%+12.8 pts
3018▲17Lake County, ILIL719,33947.7%+9.1 pts
3019▼95Blaine County, IDID25,51748.0%+4.9 pts
3020▼37Watauga County, NCNC54,78648.1%+14.8 pts
3021▼22Washington County, VTVT59,65248.1%+15.9 pts
3022▼2Barnstable County, MAMA233,53948.2%+14.6 pts
3023▼4Fayette County, KYKY329,75148.3%+12.6 pts
3024▼32Davidson County, TNTN745,90448.4%+17.9 pts
3025▼57Williamson County, TXTX752,82748.4%+14.8 pts
3026▼19Alachua County, FLFL290,02848.8%+10.1 pts
3027▲7Montgomery County, VAVA98,43448.8%+13.0 pts
3028▲10Multnomah County, OROR795,39148.9%+18.2 pts
3029▼12Waukesha County, WIWI417,21048.9%+14.8 pts
3030▼34Monongalia County, WVWV107,99148.9%+16.5 pts
3031▼7Kendall County, TXTX53,28948.9%+17.5 pts
3032▲7Leon County, FLFL299,04848.9%+7.2 pts
3033▲12Riley County, KSKS72,59848.9%+8.4 pts
3034▼30Hudson County, NJNJ735,03348.9%+23.6 pts
3035▼37Chatham County, NCNC85,11148.9%+21.4 pts
3036▼7Washington County, MNMN286,89549.1%+15.2 pts
3037▼5Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38349.2%+12.1 pts
3038▼32La Plata County, COCO56,89849.3%+12.9 pts
3039▲1Olmsted County, MNMN166,73149.4%+14.7 pts
3040▼10Denton County, TXTX1,069,34649.4%+12.8 pts
3041▼16Monroe County, ININ143,34549.5%+9.8 pts
3042▼100Lake County, COCO7,55249.5%+30.0 pts
3043▲26Madison County, MSMS116,29849.6%+11.7 pts
3044▼2Nassau County, NYNY1,398,93949.7%+14.3 pts
3045▲8Whitman County, WAWA48,51249.8%+5.7 pts
3046▼84Teton County, IDID13,25449.9%+21.8 pts
3047▼4Fayette County, GAGA125,15649.9%+13.7 pts
3048▲15York County, VAVA71,37450.0%+12.6 pts
3049▼12Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19150.2%+13.3 pts
3050▼24Charleston County, SCSC436,20050.3%+19.6 pts
3051▲8Carver County, MNMN114,37950.4%+16.2 pts
3052▼4Suffolk County, MAMA791,89150.6%+18.2 pts
3053▲15Lexington, VAVA7,76950.7%+8.1 pts
3054Cobb County, GAGA793,34550.8%+11.0 pts
3055▼40St. Johns County, FLFL346,32850.9%+17.8 pts
3056▲17Eagle County, COCO54,29150.9%+8.3 pts
3057▼6Oakland County, MIMI1,288,33751.0%+12.8 pts
3058▲21James City County, VAVA83,32651.0%+9.5 pts
3059▲5Ozaukee County, WIWI94,34651.2%+12.6 pts
3060▼14Monmouth County, NJNJ651,03551.3%+16.7 pts
3061▼64Wasatch County, UTUT38,51451.3%+25.0 pts
3062▲10Dallas County, IAIA118,45751.5%+24.7 pts
3063▼13Boone County, MOMO191,74651.5%+9.8 pts
3064▼7Hampshire County, MAMA164,06551.6%+13.7 pts
3065▲32Mineral County, COCO91051.7%+20.5 pts
3066▲11Boone County, ININ80,68951.7%+24.1 pts
3067▲3DuPage County, ILIL934,29851.8%+10.2 pts
3068▼27Leelanau County, MIMI22,98251.8%+20.5 pts
3069▼64Dukes County, MAMA21,21951.9%+13.5 pts
3070▼34Jefferson County, COCO580,45152.0%+15.4 pts
3071▼331San Juan County, COCO81352.1%+8.4 pts
3072▼17Alameda County, CACA1,636,63052.2%+17.3 pts
3073▼40Washington County, RIRI129,79552.4%+16.9 pts
3074▼63Gilpin County, COCO6,07352.8%+21.6 pts
3075▼26Larimer County, COCO377,29253.0%+13.4 pts
3076▼24Cumberland County, MEME317,22253.0%+18.8 pts
3077▼17Bristol County, RIRI50,00153.0%+18.7 pts
3078▼13Montgomery County, PAPA877,64353.0%+14.3 pts
3079▼12Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74353.1%+12.3 pts
3080▼4Bergen County, NJNJ977,02653.1%+14.9 pts
3081Douglas County, KSKS120,92053.2%+10.5 pts
3082▲4San Mateo County, CACA743,56853.7%+14.7 pts
3083▲1San Juan County, WAWA18,57753.9%+13.7 pts
3084▼18Newport County, RIRI83,05154.1%+15.8 pts
3085▼5Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78454.1%+15.1 pts
3086▼25Routt County, COCO25,32954.2%+11.7 pts
3087▲4Benton County, OROR97,72854.2%+6.8 pts
3088▼5Gallatin County, MTMT128,74054.3%+13.3 pts
3089▼4Story County, IAIA101,29154.8%+10.3 pts
3090▲4Summit County, COCO31,51755.0%+6.7 pts
3091▲14Albany County, WYWY38,55855.0%+10.9 pts
3092▲7Johnson County, IAIA160,04455.2%+7.6 pts
3093▼31Durham County, NCNC347,24055.2%+15.1 pts
3094▼7Dane County, WIWI590,37555.3%+14.7 pts
3095Western Connecticut Planning Region, CTCT640,48255.5%–
3096▼22Oconee County, GAGA44,89355.9%+16.1 pts
3097▼7Collin County, TXTX1,297,17956.2%+8.9 pts
3098▼51Nantucket County, MAMA14,75856.3%+17.9 pts
3099▼41Ouray County, COCO5,26556.5%+19.6 pts
3100▼7Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39156.5%+16.0 pts
3101▼30Denver County, COCO740,61356.5%+22.1 pts
3102▼20Travis County, TXTX1,389,67056.6%+15.9 pts
3103▼11King County, WAWA2,344,93956.7%+16.8 pts
3104▼16Chittenden County, VTVT169,11556.8%+15.6 pts
3105▼3Forsyth County, GAGA282,80557.1%+22.5 pts
3106▼8Chester County, PAPA557,11657.1%+14.7 pts
3107▼12Wake County, NCNC1,257,23557.2%+13.3 pts
3108▼12Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,78157.4%+15.6 pts
3109▼31Clear Creek County, COCO8,99457.5%+18.7 pts
3110▲1Johnson County, KSKS636,90657.6%+9.8 pts
3111▼4Somerset County, NJNJ356,48657.8%+11.3 pts
3112▼8Morris County, NJNJ524,25157.8%+13.7 pts
3113▼13Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79158.5%+17.1 pts
3114▼1Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21458.7%+10.6 pts
3115▼26Tompkins County, NYNY104,04758.8%+11.3 pts
3116▼15Norfolk County, MAMA739,74958.8%+15.8 pts
3117▼11Delaware County, OHOH242,03259.4%+18.4 pts
3118▼4Middlesex County, MAMA1,669,97959.5%+15.9 pts
3119▼9Summit County, UTUT43,14159.8%+14.3 pts
3120▼11Broomfield County, COCO79,17460.3%–
3121▼3San Francisco County, CACA826,07960.3%+15.4 pts
3122▼3Montgomery County, MDMD1,074,58260.6%+6.1 pts
3123▼20Teton County, WYWY23,33361.1%+15.3 pts
3124▼7Albemarle County, VAVA118,35661.1%+13.4 pts
3125▼3Marin County, CACA253,69461.1%+9.8 pts
3126▼1Orange County, NCNC152,49861.8%+10.3 pts
3127▼7Hamilton County, ININ387,03661.9%+13.0 pts
3128▼12Douglas County, COCO399,39662.0%+10.2 pts
3129▼6Fairfax, VAVA26,77262.4%+16.7 pts
3130▼22Charlottesville, VAVA44,38862.5%+21.7 pts
3131▼7Williamson County, TNTN272,06162.7%+18.3 pts
3132▼6Pitkin County, COCO16,62562.8%+5.7 pts
3133▼2Boulder County, COCO328,56064.2%+11.8 pts
3134▼5New York County, NYNY1,664,86264.2%+14.8 pts
3135▼14District of Columbia, DCDC693,64564.2%+25.2 pts
3136▼6Howard County, MDMD339,18364.5%+11.5 pts
3137▼10Loudoun County, VAVA449,74964.6%+17.4 pts
3138▼23Gunnison County, COCO17,43964.7%+21.1 pts
3139▼27San Miguel County, COCO7,75364.9%+16.4 pts
3140▼12Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,87365.0%+10.2 pts
3141▼9Alexandria, VAVA160,66266.2%+11.9 pts
3142▼9Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40769.7%+9.3 pts
3143▼9Arlington County, VAVA243,93177.1%+16.9 pts
3144▼9Falls Church, VAVA15,15980.5%+16.8 pts
SHOWING 3,001–3,144 OF 3,144

UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES