Which metro area has the lowest bachelor's degree or higher?

Town of Pecos, TX ranks #1 with 7.4% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by bachelor's degree or higher?

Town of Pecos, TX, Eufaula, AL-GA, Arcadia, FL, Newport, TN, Liberal, KS.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is bachelor's degree or higher measured?

Share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).

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Least educated, US metro areas

US metro areas with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2023 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

501Corning, NYNY91,85526.3%+47%

502Watertown, NYNY111,54026.5%+65%

503Durant, OKOK51,36726.5%+48%

504Lewisburg, PAPA42,31326.5%+47%

505Riverton, WYWY39,46426.5%+35%

506Emporia, KSKS34,83826.6%+17%

507Bloomsburg, PAPA66,19326.6%+69%

508Ludington, MIMI29,04026.6%+68%

509Gulfport, MSMS431,32926.6%+53%

510Jonesboro, ARAR139,44026.6%+53%

511Brigham City, UTUT70,40526.7%+40%

512New Bern, NCNC127,35826.7%+50%

513Florence, ALAL156,60926.7%+59%

514Utica, NYNY285,61126.8%+51%

515Charleston, ILIL46,60726.9%+29%

516Abilene, TXTX185,42926.9%+36%

517Amarillo, TXTX276,23526.9%+30%

518Indiana, PAPA82,87827.0%+59%

519Punta Gorda, FLFL217,21227.0%+54%

520Salem, OROR445,81427.1%+30%

521Charleston, WVWV200,17027.1%+46%

522Scottsbluff, NENE36,27227.1%+56%

523Holland, MIMI123,18827.1%+71%

524Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,55127.1%+45%

525Huron, SDSD19,62427.2%+48%

526Scranton, PAPA574,41827.2%+55%

527Fairmont, WVWV55,58427.2%+70%

528Fayetteville, NCNC395,41227.2%+49%

529Elmira, NYNY80,41527.2%+46%

530Gainesville, GAGA226,56827.3%+46%

531Baraboo, WIWI66,65227.3%+55%

532East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,17927.4%+34%

533Ketchikan, AKAK13,54927.4%+36%

534Panama City, FLFL231,17427.5%+65%

535Sheboygan, WIWI118,04727.5%+53%

536Dover, DEDE194,78627.5%+48%

537Las Vegas, NMNM30,31127.5%+35%

538Spencer, IAIA16,20227.5%+69%

539Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20127.6%+68%

540Salisbury, MDMD131,87227.6%+41%

541Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13827.6%+55%

542Lafayette, LALA423,75827.6%+52%

543York, PAPA473,19727.6%+50%

544Waco, TXTX308,80727.6%+52%

545Clarksville, TNTN349,00127.7%+70%

546Casper, WYWY80,52627.7%+38%

547Reading, PAPA440,07227.7%+50%

548Wenatchee, WAWA128,41427.7%+39%

549Hastings, NENE40,57727.8%+49%

550Staunton, VAVA129,69227.8%+59%

551Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22627.8%+60%

552Jefferson, GAGA99,26527.8%+137%

553Bowling Green, KYKY197,18027.8%+45%

554Maryville, MOMO20,17427.9%+18%

555Willmar, MNMN44,72027.9%+52%

556Red Wing, MNMN48,19527.9%+47%

557Owatonna, MNMN37,46428.0%+39%

558Cleveland, MSMS28,26228.0%+49%

559Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,49728.0%+67%

560Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11828.0%+29%

561Troy, ALAL33,68828.0%+52%

562Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33228.1%+49%

563Wausau, WIWI139,43228.1%+54%

564Columbus, GAGA324,83028.2%+56%

565Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03528.2%+24%

566Salinas, CACA433,72928.2%+25%

567St. Cloud, MNMN205,85428.3%+35%

568Brainerd, MNMN100,56228.3%+59%

569Fergus Falls, MNMN61,04128.3%+65%

570St. Simons, GAGA118,52428.4%+45%

571Great Falls, MTMT85,02928.4%+32%

572Racine, WIWI198,91928.4%+40%

573Weatherford, OKOK39,05928.5%+40%

574Watertown, WIWI86,50528.5%+64%

575Tyler, TXTX252,54928.6%+27%

576Sandpoint, IDID54,42028.6%+69%

577Newport, OROR50,63628.6%+38%

578Seneca, SCSC83,77528.7%+58%

579Minot, NDND75,69428.7%+36%

580Montrose, COCO44,59128.7%+54%

581Burlington, NCNC186,17728.7%+50%

582Astoria, OROR40,92628.7%+50%

583Vicksburg, MSMS41,75928.8%+38%

584Vallejo, CACA455,37628.8%+34%

585Deltona, FLFL746,93328.9%+61%

586Salina, KSKS59,12129.0%+46%

587Warrensburg, MOMO56,67029.1%+25%

588Cortland, NYNY45,85029.1%+55%

589Tahlequah, OKOK49,19629.2%+32%

590Sandusky, OHOH112,77729.2%+78%

591Richmond, KYKY131,80629.3%+68%

592Springfield, MAMA464,33829.3%+43%

593Evansville, ININ273,78629.3%+52%

594Kennewick, WAWA324,33429.4%+28%

595Augusta, GAGA641,23129.5%+46%

596Johnson City, TNTN216,41629.5%+59%

597Waynesville, NCNC63,36929.5%+85%

598Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,08329.6%+60%

599Menomonie, WIWI46,22329.6%+40%

600Dickinson, NDND39,14229.6%+38%

601Winchester, VAVA152,33229.6%+62%

602Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85029.6%+43%

603Alamosa, COCO27,89629.6%+40%

604Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,80829.7%+56%

605Glens Falls, NYNY124,37329.7%+57%

606Alexandria, MNMN40,12029.7%+71%

607Walla Walla, WAWA62,36129.8%+28%

608Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72129.9%+53%

609Binghamton, NYNY243,18929.9%+36%

610Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,86430.0%+57%

611Davenport, IAIA380,45230.0%+50%

612Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21530.0%+50%

613Frankfort, KYKY77,87430.0%+47%

614Bartlesville, OKOK54,03730.1%+17%

615Kapaa, HIHI73,40030.1%+55%

616Monticello, NYNY80,58630.1%+81%

617Topeka, KSKS233,05230.1%+27%

618Bangor, MEME157,96730.1%+48%

619Faribault, MNMN69,93930.2%+35%

620Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97530.2%+45%

621Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55230.3%+43%

622Fort Wayne, ININ466,25830.3%+42%

623Findlay, OHOH75,03430.3%+40%

624Ada, OKOK38,52830.3%+39%

625Toledo, OHOH599,37630.3%+40%

626Erie, PAPA265,83230.3%+45%

627Statesboro, GAGA97,97730.4%+33%

628Pensacola, FLFL544,94930.5%+42%

629Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27330.6%+36%

630Pocatello, IDID91,59130.6%+23%

631Silver City, NMNM27,25230.7%+49%

632Brenham, TXTX38,28830.7%+62%

633Midland, TXTX193,13930.7%+26%

634Springfield, MOMO500,69430.8%+45%

635Baton Rouge, LALA888,69930.8%+37%

636Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01430.9%+37%

637Niles, MIMI152,44430.9%+58%

638Kahului, HIHI160,67431.0%+38%

639Waterloo, IAIA169,18931.0%+39%

640Montgomery, ALAL388,74731.0%+28%

641Green Bay, WIWI336,75631.0%+54%

642Jefferson City, MOMO152,71231.1%+47%

643Memphis, TNTN1,341,41231.1%+42%

644Warner Robins, GAGA208,09131.1%+62%

645Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20631.1%+47%

646Sheridan, WYWY33,24131.1%+39%

647Oshkosh, WIWI174,21831.1%+37%

648Marshall, MNMN25,68431.1%+45%

649Kenosha, WIWI168,44831.2%+62%

650Spirit Lake, IAIA18,07731.2%+46%

651Murray, KYKY39,42131.2%+30%

652Cape Coral, FLFL875,60731.2%+48%

653Roanoke, VAVA316,54731.3%+49%

654Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69131.3%+31%

655Kerrville, TXTX54,03731.3%+34%

656Macomb, ILIL25,91631.4%+17%

657Hilo, HIHI210,04331.4%+42%

658Yankton, SDSD23,63531.4%+36%

659Bishop, CACA18,15831.5%+84%

660Port Angeles, WAWA78,20231.6%+52%

661Lynchburg, VAVA269,16931.6%+66%

662Cedar City, UTUT67,14131.6%+33%

663South Bend, ININ324,53831.7%+45%

664Las Cruces, NMNM229,09131.7%+42%

665Idaho Falls, IDID173,85131.7%+33%

666Lubbock, TXTX368,43131.7%+41%

667Medford, OROR221,79531.7%+42%

668Wichita, KSKS663,80931.8%+31%

669Bemidji, MNMN47,05531.8%+35%

670Duluth, MNMN281,21931.8%+55%

671Chattanooga, TNTN594,53031.9%+64%

672Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15431.9%+37%

673Augusta, MEME129,06731.9%+54%

674Chico, CACA209,21131.9%+46%

675Peoria, ILIL363,50531.9%+53%

676Eau Claire, WIWI176,64731.9%+43%

677Stephenville, TXTX43,91132.1%+28%

678Jackson, MSMS609,84732.1%+33%

679Pella, IAIA34,19232.1%+70%

680Pittsburg, KSKS39,00832.2%+35%

681Ruidoso, NMNM19,84432.2%+41%

682Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15532.2%+42%

683Spokane, WAWA608,01232.2%+33%

684Kirksville, MOMO29,82432.3%+24%

685San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14032.3%+46%

686Reno, NVNV578,73432.3%+43%

687Grand Junction, COCO162,84532.3%+47%

688Rolla, MOMO45,24732.4%+54%

689Whitewater, WIWI106,12732.4%+49%

690Lancaster, PAPA563,15932.4%+58%

691Greensboro, NCNC805,94532.5%+38%

692Winona, MNMN50,52332.7%+41%

693Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91232.8%+64%

694Appleton, WIWI249,87632.8%+48%

695Dayton, OHOH826,55432.9%+40%

696Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,28532.9%+32%

697Spearfish, SDSD29,45932.9%+37%

698Granbury, TXTX70,50132.9%+61%

699Seaford, DEDE277,14033.0%+99%

700Louisville, KYKY1,402,50933.0%+56%

701Cheyenne, WYWY102,93833.1%+41%

702Knoxville, TNTN968,13733.1%+49%

703Fairbanks, AKAK93,97233.1%+22%

704Rapid City, SDSD156,93433.1%+42%

705Eureka, CACA131,64733.1%+44%

706Greeley, COCO378,42633.2%+53%

707Aberdeen, SDSD41,58333.3%+46%

708New Orleans, LALA970,84933.3%+54%

709Dubuque, IAIA99,38133.4%+56%

710Allentown, PAPA887,61533.5%+55%

711Laconia, NHNH65,14733.6%+44%

712La Crosse, WIWI171,18233.7%+48%

713Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04733.7%+71%

714Daphne, ALAL267,76133.7%+46%

715Little Rock, ARAR777,60733.7%+40%

716Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76633.8%+48%

717Waterbury, CTCT463,34933.8%–

718Greenville, NCNC182,93633.8%+28%

719Sebastian, FLFL172,79933.8%+46%

720Eugene, OROR381,58434.0%+33%

721Stevens Point, WIWI71,94334.0%+46%

722Billings, MTMT193,60334.1%+33%

723Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77534.1%+46%

724Columbus, ININ85,72934.1%+55%

725Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81334.1%+41%

726Palm Bay, FLFL663,98234.2%+45%

727McPherson, KSKS30,06434.3%+54%

728Kearney, NENE57,96234.4%+19%

729Oneonta, NYNY60,58934.4%+56%

730Morehead City, NCNC70,46934.5%+74%

731Greenville, SCSC1,014,10134.6%+62%

732Detroit, MIMI4,390,91334.6%+50%

733Anchorage, AKAK405,82134.6%+29%

734Ogden, UTUT672,78434.8%+40%

735Mankato, MNMN104,90734.8%+26%

736Crestview, FLFL315,09834.9%+54%

737Athens, OHOH63,19734.9%+36%

738Tampa, FLFL3,418,89535.0%+60%

739Akron, OHOH701,78035.0%+45%

740Grand Forks, NDND105,04635.0%+43%

741Syracuse, NYNY652,27335.1%+40%

742St. George, UTUT213,67035.2%+68%

743Rutland, VTVT59,65335.3%+52%

744Ocean Pines, MDMD54,45935.3%+63%

745Providence, RIRI1,708,16135.3%+49%

746The Villages, FLFL157,77235.3%+189%

747Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93835.4%+41%

748Keene, NHNH78,26935.5%+34%

749Albuquerque, NMNM925,27935.6%+27%

750Columbia, SCSC879,91835.6%+33%

751Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21335.8%+52%

752Savannah, GAGA438,31435.8%+55%

753Norwich, CTCT284,01535.8%–

754Harrisburg, PAPA617,42735.8%+47%

755Fayetteville, ARAR622,17735.9%+64%

756Cody, WYWY31,17136.0%+52%

757Houston, TXTX7,904,62736.0%+36%

758Springfield, ILIL206,03336.1%+29%

759Oxnard, CACA830,85136.1%+34%

760Ruston, LALA48,36036.2%+14%

761Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65336.2%+56%

762Carbondale, ILIL52,50136.3%+14%

763Bismarck, NDND139,75036.3%+44%

764Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37736.4%+47%

765Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50036.4%+62%

766Midland, MIMI83,75436.6%+25%

767Oak Harbor, WAWA85,65736.6%+35%

768Miami, FLFL6,391,07236.6%+53%

769Lexington Park, MDMD211,17636.7%+63%

770Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,64536.7%+57%

771Sioux Falls, SDSD314,63836.7%+49%

772Orlando, FLFL2,957,67236.7%+48%

773Lafayette, ININ228,46836.8%+26%

774Boise City, IDID864,24336.8%+45%

775Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68536.8%+38%

776Marquette, MIMI68,06436.8%+55%

777Santa Maria, CACA442,06536.8%+25%

778Ellensburg, WAWA48,80337.0%+41%

779Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,85837.1%+50%

780Sacramento, CACA2,477,27437.1%+40%

781Kalispell, MTMT115,42937.2%+66%

782Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52737.2%+63%

783Houghton, MIMI40,02837.5%+65%

784Pierre, SDSD20,58837.5%+23%

785Slidell, LALA279,10837.7%+33%

786Blacksburg, VAVA181,61637.7%+43%

787Lansing, MIMI479,72237.8%+32%

788Bremerton, WAWA283,37437.9%+50%

789Rexburg, IDID69,38038.0%+83%

790Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44138.0%+45%

791St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42138.2%+54%

792North Port, FLFL948,15838.2%+56%

793Rochester, NYNY1,056,14938.2%+38%

794Kingston, NYNY183,33038.2%+53%

795Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,99238.2%+65%

796Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37738.3%+42%

797Honolulu, HIHI988,70338.5%+38%

798Santa Rosa, CACA486,44438.5%+35%

799Lacey, WAWA304,26138.5%+29%

800Taos, NMNM34,56438.5%+49%

801Key West, FLFL80,40638.6%+52%

802Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69538.7%+50%

803Concord, NHNH158,07838.9%+34%

804Hays, KSKS29,07538.9%+33%

805Traverse City, MIMI156,97239.3%+63%

806Dallas, TXTX8,477,15739.3%+38%

807Bellingham, WAWA236,39239.3%+44%

808Torrington, CTCT114,69039.4%–

809Hudson, NYNY60,16839.4%+74%

810Omaha, NENE1,009,83639.4%+45%

811Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01039.4%+47%

812Wilmington, NCNC492,77239.6%+63%

813Worcester, MAMA888,50239.7%+47%

814Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68239.7%+41%

815Stillwater, OKOK83,88939.7%+16%

816Napa, CACA132,94939.8%+51%

817Des Moines, IAIA758,53939.8%+47%

818San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36739.8%+49%

819Rifle, COCO80,09939.8%+23%

820Columbus, OHOH2,242,02839.9%+44%

821Pittsfield, MAMA128,22440.0%+54%

822Brevard, NCNC34,21140.0%+68%

823Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83040.0%+62%

824Bend, OROR266,37640.2%+83%

825Helena, MTMT97,15340.3%+34%

826Naples, FLFL417,13140.3%+44%

827Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36840.3%+35%

828Auburn, ALAL208,01340.4%+53%

829College Station, TXTX287,47640.4%+23%

830Logan, UTUT160,88940.5%+35%

831Charleston, SCSC889,26340.5%+63%

832Greenfield, MAMA70,69840.6%+40%

833Manhattan, KSKS136,12240.7%+29%

834Hood River, OROR23,72041.0%+78%

835Nashville, TNTN2,197,41641.0%+64%

836Pinehurst, NCNC110,61941.0%+53%

837Oxford, MSMS71,97241.1%+60%

838Richmond, VAVA1,389,33841.1%+44%

839Juneau city and, AKAK31,60941.2%+14%

840Hailey, IDID32,43641.2%+11%

841Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79541.3%+32%

842Morgantown, WVWV141,99541.3%+55%

843Lebanon, NHNH224,50041.4%+47%

844Lincoln, NENE352,08141.4%+30%

845Manchester, NHNH433,41541.5%+38%

846Truckee, CACA101,91141.5%+59%

847Chicago, ILIL9,434,12341.6%+43%

848Petoskey, MIMI33,77541.6%+59%

849Colorado Springs, COCO781,79641.7%+31%

850Fargo, NDND269,52841.8%+42%

851Bennington, VTVT36,63041.8%+54%

852Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18242.0%+34%

853Easton, MDMD38,23842.0%+51%

854New Haven, CTCT578,74142.0%–

855Albany, NYNY915,83542.1%+45%

856Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11842.1%+53%

857Lexington, KYKY535,17442.2%+41%

858Steamboat Springs, COCO38,45142.2%+38%

859Tallahassee, FLFL397,44242.4%+22%

860Portland, OROR2,542,28242.4%+48%

861Asheville, NCNC422,34542.5%+74%

862Brookings, SDSD37,63542.5%+32%

863Hartford, CTCT1,171,42642.7%–

864Gainesville, FLFL359,03642.8%+28%

865Starkville, MSMS62,06342.8%+40%

866Huntsville, ALAL556,44442.9%+39%

867Moscow, IDID41,84243.0%+5%

868Rochester, MNMN231,18443.1%+50%

869San Diego, CACA3,282,24843.2%+46%

870Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96643.2%+46%

871Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,24543.2%+56%

872Champaign, ILIL239,97943.7%+25%

873Athens, GAGA224,14843.8%+31%

874New York, NYNY20,112,44843.9%+46%

875Port Townsend, WAWA33,97043.9%+55%

876Santa Cruz, CACA258,85243.9%+29%

877Provo, UTUT773,42644.0%+42%

878Brattleboro, VTVT45,20444.0%+44%

879Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78144.0%+51%

880Bloomington, ININ165,23145.1%+29%

881Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29545.3%+38%

882Vermillion, SDSD15,03145.4%+17%

883Trenton, NJNJ399,28945.4%+34%

884Portland, MEME577,63546.0%+57%

885Santa Fe, NMNM156,90746.1%+25%

886State College, PAPA157,39346.2%+27%

887Missoula, MTMT128,69846.6%+46%

888Seattle, WAWA4,161,88347.0%+45%

889Bloomington, ILIL171,41947.2%+31%

890Boone, NCNC54,78648.1%+45%

891Barre, VTVT59,65248.1%+49%

892Barnstable, MAMA233,53948.2%+44%

893Columbia, MOMO219,06248.3%+29%

894Denver, COCO3,092,03749.1%+44%

895Durango, COCO56,89849.3%+36%

896Ames, IAIA128,09049.3%+29%

897Pullman, WAWA48,51249.8%+13%

898Madison, WIWI709,68550.4%+41%

899Burlington, VTVT227,80350.5%+44%

900Austin, TXTX2,620,94550.7%+38%

901Bridgeport, CTCT978,17950.8%–

902Edwards, COCO54,29150.9%+19%

903Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72051.2%+36%

904Iowa City, IAIA182,71151.5%+21%

905Amherst, MAMA164,06551.6%+36%

906Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,21951.9%+35%

907Boston, MAMA5,034,22151.9%+41%

908San Francisco, CACA4,630,04152.7%+37%

909Fort Collins, COCO377,29253.0%+34%

910Lawrence, KSKS120,92053.2%+25%

911Durham, NCNC625,48553.7%+36%

912Breckenridge, COCO39,06953.9%+31%

913Charlottesville, VAVA228,59754.0%+40%

914Washington, DCDC6,465,72454.2%+29%

915Corvallis, OROR97,72854.2%+14%

916Bozeman, MTMT128,74054.3%+32%

917Laramie, WYWY38,55855.0%+25%

918San Jose, CACA1,984,47355.4%+39%

919Heber, UTUT81,65555.9%+43%

920Nantucket, MAMA14,75856.3%+47%

921Jackson, WYWY36,58757.2%+38%

922Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21458.7%+22%

923Ithaca, NYNY104,04758.8%+24%

924Boulder, COCO328,56064.2%+22%

925Los Alamos, NMNM19,40769.7%+15%

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