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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Least educated, US metro areas · 2000

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

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000
501Hot Springs, ARAR99,69518.0%+0%
502Atchison, KSKS16,17218.0%+0%
503Deltona, FLFL746,93318.0%+0%
504Lewisburg, PAPA42,31318.0%+0%
505Columbus, GAGA324,83018.1%+0%
506Kokomo, ININ83,90418.1%+0%
507Waco, TXTX308,80718.1%+0%
508Seneca, SCSC83,77518.2%+0%
509Lafayette, LALA423,75818.2%+0%
510Ponca City, OKOK43,49018.3%+0%
511Arkansas City, KSKS34,38218.3%+0%
512Fayetteville, NCNC395,41218.3%+0%
513Wausau, WIWI139,43218.3%+0%
514Huron, SDSD19,62418.3%+0%
515Winchester, VAVA152,33218.3%+0%
516Huntsville, TXTX83,84218.3%+0%
517Pueblo, COCO169,27718.3%+0%
518Willmar, MNMN44,72018.3%+0%
519York, PAPA473,19718.4%+0%
520Natchitoches, LALA36,08918.4%+0%
521Troy, ALAL33,68818.4%+0%
522Altus, OKOK24,76418.5%+0%
523Carson, NVNV58,57118.5%+0%
524Reading, PAPA440,07218.5%+0%
525Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,08318.5%+0%
526Johnson City, TNTN216,41618.5%+0%
527Charleston, WVWV200,17018.5%+0%
528Lewiston, IDID65,45018.6%+0%
529Elmira, NYNY80,41518.6%+0%
530Sioux City, IAIA145,73818.6%+0%
531Dover, DEDE194,78618.6%+0%
532Mobile, ALAL411,65818.6%+0%
533Montrose, COCO44,59118.7%+0%
534Hastings, NENE40,57718.7%+0%
535Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55318.7%+0%
536Storm Lake, IAIA20,44918.7%+0%
537Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,55118.7%+0%
538Gainesville, GAGA226,56818.7%+0%
539Rockford, ILIL337,24218.7%+0%
540Americus, GAGA33,39418.7%+0%
541Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44218.8%+0%
542Mitchell, SDSD25,91318.8%+0%
543Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33218.8%+0%
544Cleveland, MSMS28,26218.8%+0%
545Watertown, SDSD29,56218.8%+0%
546Lawton, OKOK127,59018.8%+0%
547Cortland, NYNY45,85018.8%+0%
548Glens Falls, NYNY124,37318.8%+0%
549Monroe, LALA222,39018.9%+0%
550Columbus, MSMS67,14418.9%+0%
551Pella, IAIA34,19218.9%+0%
552Jacksonville, ILIL37,38118.9%+0%
553Lynchburg, VAVA269,16919.0%+0%
554Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,80819.0%+0%
555Brenham, TXTX38,28819.0%+0%
556Red Wing, MNMN48,19519.1%+0%
557Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,86419.1%+0%
558Brigham City, UTUT70,40519.1%+0%
559Big Rapids, MIMI42,32019.1%+0%
560Astoria, OROR40,92619.1%+0%
561Mason City, IAIA49,71019.2%+0%
562Bowling Green, KYKY197,18019.2%+0%
563Burlington, NCNC186,17719.2%+0%
564Kenosha, WIWI168,44819.2%+0%
565Shreveport, LALA383,47419.2%+0%
566Warner Robins, GAGA208,09119.2%+0%
567Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44819.3%+0%
568Enterprise, ALAL56,95319.3%+0%
569Le Mars, IAIA25,69719.3%+0%
570Evansville, ININ273,78619.3%+0%
571Chattanooga, TNTN594,53019.4%+0%
572Kapaa, HIHI73,40019.4%+0%
573San Angelo, TXTX122,06519.5%+0%
574Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72119.5%+0%
575St. Simons, GAGA118,52419.5%+0%
576Enid, OKOK61,77919.6%+0%
577Salisbury, MDMD131,87219.6%+0%
578Niles, MIMI152,44419.6%+0%
579Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04719.7%+0%
580Jamestown, NDND21,41419.7%+0%
581Riverton, WYWY39,46419.7%+0%
582Abilene, TXTX185,42919.8%+0%
583Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93819.8%+0%
584Morehead City, NCNC70,46919.8%+0%
585Salina, KSKS59,12119.9%+0%
586Davenport, IAIA380,45220.0%+0%
587Casper, WYWY80,52620.0%+0%
588Wenatchee, WAWA128,41420.0%+0%
589Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91220.0%+0%
590Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21520.1%+0%
591Owatonna, MNMN37,46420.1%+0%
592Ketchikan, AKAK13,54920.2%+0%
593Green Bay, WIWI336,75620.2%+0%
594Ukiah, CACA88,12220.2%+0%
595Augusta, GAGA641,23120.2%+0%
596Racine, WIWI198,91920.3%+0%
597Bangor, MEME157,96720.3%+0%
598Las Vegas, NMNM30,31120.3%+0%
599Muncie, ININ113,10620.4%+0%
600Kingsville, TXTX30,31520.4%+0%
601Weatherford, OKOK39,05920.4%+0%
602Frankfort, KYKY77,87420.5%+0%
603Springfield, MAMA464,33820.5%+0%
604Granbury, TXTX70,50120.5%+0%
605Duluth, MNMN281,21920.5%+0%
606Lancaster, PAPA563,15920.5%+0%
607East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,17920.5%+0%
608Silver City, NMNM27,25220.5%+0%
609Augusta, MEME129,06720.7%+0%
610Rexburg, IDID69,38020.7%+0%
611Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85020.7%+0%
612Amarillo, TXTX276,23520.7%+0%
613Port Angeles, WAWA78,20220.8%+0%
614Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97520.8%+0%
615Newport, OROR50,63620.8%+0%
616Salem, OROR445,81420.8%+0%
617Charleston, ILIL46,60720.8%+0%
618Vicksburg, MSMS41,75920.8%+0%
619Peoria, ILIL363,50520.8%+0%
620Erie, PAPA265,83220.9%+0%
621Roanoke, VAVA316,54721.0%+0%
622St. George, UTUT213,67021.0%+0%
623St. Cloud, MNMN205,85421.0%+0%
624Rolla, MOMO45,24721.1%+0%
625Menomonie, WIWI46,22321.1%+0%
626Minot, NDND75,69421.1%+0%
627Cape Coral, FLFL875,60721.1%+0%
628Jefferson City, MOMO152,71221.1%+0%
629Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55221.1%+0%
630Alamosa, COCO27,89621.1%+0%
631Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20621.2%+0%
632Louisville, KYKY1,402,50921.2%+0%
633Springfield, MOMO500,69421.3%+0%
634Dubuque, IAIA99,38121.3%+0%
635Spirit Lake, IAIA18,07721.3%+0%
636Fort Wayne, ININ466,25821.4%+0%
637Dickinson, NDND39,14221.4%+0%
638Vallejo, CACA455,37621.4%+0%
639Greenville, SCSC1,014,10121.4%+0%
640Marshall, MNMN25,68421.4%+0%
641Great Falls, MTMT85,02921.5%+0%
642Pensacola, FLFL544,94921.5%+0%
643New Orleans, LALA970,84921.6%+0%
644Ocean Pines, MDMD54,45921.6%+0%
645Greeley, COCO378,42621.6%+0%
646Findlay, OHOH75,03421.7%+0%
647Toledo, OHOH599,37621.7%+0%
648Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11821.7%+0%
649Allentown, PAPA887,61521.7%+0%
650South Bend, ININ324,53821.8%+0%
651Whitewater, WIWI106,12721.8%+0%
652La Grande, OROR25,90021.8%+0%
653Ada, OKOK38,52821.8%+0%
654Chico, CACA209,21121.8%+0%
655Tampa, FLFL3,418,89521.9%+0%
656Memphis, TNTN1,341,41221.9%+0%
657Fayetteville, ARAR622,17721.9%+0%
658Grand Junction, COCO162,84522.0%+0%
659Oneonta, NYNY60,58922.0%+0%
660Bend, OROR266,37622.0%+0%
661Columbus, ININ85,72922.0%+0%
662Binghamton, NYNY243,18922.0%+0%
663San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14022.1%+0%
664Tahlequah, OKOK49,19622.1%+0%
665Hilo, HIHI210,04322.1%+0%
666Knoxville, TNTN968,13722.1%+0%
667Appleton, WIWI249,87622.2%+0%
668McPherson, KSKS30,06422.2%+0%
669Medford, OROR221,79522.3%+0%
670Las Cruces, NMNM229,09122.3%+0%
671Waterloo, IAIA169,18922.3%+0%
672Faribault, MNMN69,93922.4%+0%
673Sheridan, WYWY33,24122.4%+0%
674Kahului, HIHI160,67422.4%+0%
675Eau Claire, WIWI176,64722.4%+0%
676Kalispell, MTMT115,42922.4%+0%
677Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50022.5%+0%
678Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27322.5%+0%
679Baton Rouge, LALA888,69922.5%+0%
680Lubbock, TXTX368,43122.5%+0%
681Salinas, CACA433,72922.5%+0%
682Lexington Park, MDMD211,17622.5%+0%
683Reno, NVNV578,73422.5%+0%
684Tyler, TXTX252,54922.5%+0%
685Hudson, NYNY60,16822.6%+0%
686Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01422.6%+0%
687La Crosse, WIWI171,18222.7%+0%
688Crestview, FLFL315,09822.7%+0%
689Harrisonburg, VAVA140,15522.7%+0%
690Aberdeen, SDSD41,58322.7%+0%
691Emporia, KSKS34,83822.7%+0%
692Houghton, MIMI40,02822.7%+0%
693Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76622.8%+0%
694Oshkosh, WIWI174,21822.8%+0%
695Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03522.8%+0%
696Ruidoso, NMNM19,84422.8%+0%
697Statesboro, GAGA97,97722.8%+0%
698Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52722.9%+0%
699Eureka, CACA131,64723.0%+0%
700Kennewick, WAWA324,33423.0%+0%
701Detroit, MIMI4,390,91323.0%+0%
702Yankton, SDSD23,63523.0%+0%
703Hood River, OROR23,72023.1%+0%
704Daphne, ALAL267,76123.1%+0%
705Savannah, GAGA438,31423.1%+0%
706Sebastian, FLFL172,79923.1%+0%
707Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,99223.1%+0%
708Rutland, VTVT59,65323.2%+0%
709Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65323.2%+0%
710Warrensburg, MOMO56,67023.2%+0%
711Winona, MNMN50,52323.2%+0%
712Laconia, NHNH65,14723.3%+0%
713Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77523.3%+0%
714Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15423.3%+0%
715Kerrville, TXTX54,03723.3%+0%
716Walla Walla, WAWA62,36123.3%+0%
717Rapid City, SDSD156,93423.3%+0%
718Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,64523.4%+0%
719Stevens Point, WIWI71,94323.4%+0%
720Cheyenne, WYWY102,93823.4%+0%
721Bemidji, MNMN47,05523.5%+0%
722Dayton, OHOH826,55423.5%+0%
723Maryville, MOMO20,17423.6%+0%
724Palm Bay, FLFL663,98223.6%+0%
725Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21323.6%+0%
726Greensboro, NCNC805,94523.6%+0%
727Providence, RIRI1,708,16123.6%+0%
728Topeka, KSKS233,05223.6%+0%
729Cody, WYWY31,17123.7%+0%
730Marquette, MIMI68,06423.7%+0%
731Brevard, NCNC34,21123.7%+0%
732Cedar City, UTUT67,14123.8%+0%
733Idaho Falls, IDID173,85123.8%+0%
734Pittsburg, KSKS39,00823.9%+0%
735Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69123.9%+0%
736Miami, FLFL6,391,07224.0%+0%
737Spearfish, SDSD29,45924.0%+0%
738Murray, KYKY39,42124.0%+0%
739Jackson, MSMS609,84724.1%+0%
740Traverse City, MIMI156,97224.1%+0%
741Spokane, WAWA608,01224.2%+0%
742Little Rock, ARAR777,60724.2%+0%
743Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81324.2%+0%
744Akron, OHOH701,78024.2%+0%
745Montgomery, ALAL388,74724.2%+0%
746Wichita, KSKS663,80924.3%+0%
747Midland, TXTX193,13924.3%+0%
748Harrisburg, PAPA617,42724.3%+0%
749Asheville, NCNC422,34524.4%+0%
750Wilmington, NCNC492,77224.4%+0%
751North Port, FLFL948,15824.5%+0%
752Grand Forks, NDND105,04624.5%+0%
753Sioux Falls, SDSD314,63824.7%+0%
754Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83024.7%+0%
755Ogden, UTUT672,78424.8%+0%
756Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,85824.8%+0%
757Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37724.8%+0%
758St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42124.8%+0%
759Charleston, SCSC889,26324.8%+0%
760Orlando, FLFL2,957,67224.9%+0%
761Pocatello, IDID91,59124.9%+0%
762Stephenville, TXTX43,91125.0%+0%
763Kingston, NYNY183,33025.0%+0%
764Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,28525.0%+0%
765Nashville, TNTN2,197,41625.0%+0%
766Syracuse, NYNY652,27325.1%+0%
767Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93825.1%+0%
768Boise City, IDID864,24325.3%+0%
769Bismarck, NDND139,75025.3%+0%
770Bremerton, WAWA283,37425.3%+0%
771Key West, FLFL80,40625.5%+0%
772Eugene, OROR381,58425.5%+0%
773Oxford, MSMS71,97225.7%+0%
774Athens, OHOH63,19725.7%+0%
775Billings, MTMT193,60325.7%+0%
776Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69525.7%+0%
777Bartlesville, OKOK54,03725.8%+0%
778Taos, NMNM34,56425.9%+0%
779Pittsfield, MAMA128,22426.0%+0%
780Kirksville, MOMO29,82426.1%+0%
781Truckee, CACA101,91126.1%+0%
782Petoskey, MIMI33,77526.2%+0%
783Ellensburg, WAWA48,80326.2%+0%
784Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44126.2%+0%
785Auburn, ALAL208,01326.3%+0%
786Napa, CACA132,94926.4%+0%
787Greenville, NCNC182,93626.4%+0%
788Blacksburg, VAVA181,61626.4%+0%
789Houston, TXTX7,904,62726.4%+0%
790Sacramento, CACA2,477,27426.6%+0%
791Keene, NHNH78,26926.6%+0%
792San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36726.7%+0%
793Morgantown, WVWV141,99526.7%+0%
794Columbia, SCSC879,91826.7%+0%
795Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68526.7%+0%
796Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01026.8%+0%
797Pinehurst, NCNC110,61926.8%+0%
798Macomb, ILIL25,91626.9%+0%
799Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37726.9%+0%
800Worcester, MAMA888,50226.9%+0%
801Anchorage, AKAK405,82126.9%+0%
802Oxnard, CACA830,85126.9%+0%
803Fairbanks, AKAK93,97227.0%+0%
804Oak Harbor, WAWA85,65727.0%+0%
805Bennington, VTVT36,63027.1%+0%
806Des Moines, IAIA758,53927.1%+0%
807Omaha, NENE1,009,83627.2%+0%
808Bellingham, WAWA236,39227.2%+0%
809Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11827.6%+0%
810Mankato, MNMN104,90727.6%+0%
811Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,24527.7%+0%
812Columbus, OHOH2,242,02827.7%+0%
813Rochester, NYNY1,056,14927.7%+0%
814Easton, MDMD38,23827.8%+0%
815Honolulu, HIHI988,70327.9%+0%
816Naples, FLFL417,13127.9%+0%
817Albuquerque, NMNM925,27928.0%+0%
818Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68228.0%+0%
819Springfield, ILIL206,03328.1%+0%
820Lebanon, NHNH224,50028.3%+0%
821Slidell, LALA279,10828.3%+0%
822Port Townsend, WAWA33,97028.4%+0%
823Richmond, VAVA1,389,33828.5%+0%
824Dallas, TXTX8,477,15728.5%+0%
825Santa Rosa, CACA486,44428.5%+0%
826Lansing, MIMI479,72228.7%+0%
827Rochester, MNMN231,18428.7%+0%
828Portland, OROR2,542,28228.7%+0%
829Kearney, NENE57,96229.0%+0%
830Greenfield, MAMA70,69829.1%+0%
831Lafayette, ININ228,46829.1%+0%
832Albany, NYNY915,83529.1%+0%
833Concord, NHNH158,07829.1%+0%
834Chicago, ILIL9,434,12329.1%+0%
835Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78129.1%+0%
836Portland, MEME577,63529.2%+0%
837Hays, KSKS29,07529.2%+0%
838Midland, MIMI83,75429.3%+0%
839Fargo, NDND269,52829.3%+0%
840Santa Maria, CACA442,06529.4%+0%
841San Diego, CACA3,282,24829.5%+0%
842Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96629.6%+0%
843Lexington, KYKY535,17429.8%+0%
844Lacey, WAWA304,26129.8%+0%
845Logan, UTUT160,88929.9%+0%
846Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36829.9%+0%
847New York, NYNY20,112,44830.0%+0%
848Helena, MTMT97,15330.0%+0%
849Manchester, NHNH433,41530.1%+0%
850Steamboat Springs, COCO38,45130.5%+0%
851Brattleboro, VTVT45,20430.5%+0%
852Pierre, SDSD20,58830.6%+0%
853Starkville, MSMS62,06330.6%+0%
854Huntsville, ALAL556,44430.9%+0%
855Provo, UTUT773,42631.0%+0%
856Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79531.2%+0%
857Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18231.2%+0%
858Manhattan, KSKS136,12231.6%+0%
859Colorado Springs, COCO781,79631.8%+0%
860Ruston, LALA48,36031.8%+0%
861Lincoln, NENE352,08131.9%+0%
862Carbondale, ILIL52,50132.0%+0%
863Missoula, MTMT128,69832.0%+0%
864Brookings, SDSD37,63532.2%+0%
865Barre, VTVT59,65232.2%+0%
866Rifle, COCO80,09932.3%+0%
867Seattle, WAWA4,161,88332.4%+0%
868College Station, TXTX287,47632.8%+0%
869Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29532.8%+0%
870Boone, NCNC54,78633.2%+0%
871Gainesville, FLFL359,03633.5%+0%
872Athens, GAGA224,14833.5%+0%
873Barnstable, MAMA233,53933.6%+0%
874Trenton, NJNJ399,28934.0%+0%
875Denver, COCO3,092,03734.0%+0%
876Santa Cruz, CACA258,85234.2%+0%
877Stillwater, OKOK83,88934.2%+0%
878Tallahassee, FLFL397,44234.8%+0%
879Bloomington, ININ165,23135.0%+0%
880Burlington, VTVT227,80335.0%+0%
881Champaign, ILIL239,97935.0%+0%
882Madison, WIWI709,68535.8%+0%
883Juneau city and, AKAK31,60936.0%+0%
884Bloomington, ILIL171,41936.2%+0%
885State College, PAPA157,39336.3%+0%
886Durango, COCO56,89836.4%+0%
887Austin, TXTX2,620,94536.7%+0%
888Boston, MAMA5,034,22136.8%+0%
889Santa Fe, NMNM156,90736.9%+0%
890Hailey, IDID32,43637.2%+0%
891Columbia, MOMO219,06237.4%+0%
892Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72037.8%+0%
893Amherst, MAMA164,06537.9%+0%
894Ames, IAIA128,09038.2%+0%
895Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,21938.4%+0%
896Nantucket, MAMA14,75838.4%+0%
897San Francisco, CACA4,630,04138.5%+0%
898Charlottesville, VAVA228,59738.5%+0%
899Vermillion, SDSD15,03138.7%+0%
900Heber, UTUT81,65539.0%+0%
901Durham, NCNC625,48539.3%+0%
902Fort Collins, COCO377,29239.5%+0%
903San Jose, CACA1,984,47339.8%+0%
904Moscow, IDID41,84241.0%+0%
905Bozeman, MTMT128,74041.0%+0%
906Breckenridge, COCO39,06941.1%+0%
907Jackson, WYWY36,58741.4%+0%
908Washington, DCDC6,465,72442.1%+0%
909Edwards, COCO54,29142.6%+0%
910Lawrence, KSKS120,92042.7%+0%
911Iowa City, IAIA182,71142.7%+0%
912Pullman, WAWA48,51244.0%+0%
913Laramie, WYWY38,55844.1%+0%
914Corvallis, OROR97,72847.4%+0%
915Ithaca, NYNY104,04747.5%+0%
916Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21448.1%+0%
917Boulder, COCO328,56052.4%+0%
918Los Alamos, NMNM19,40760.5%+0%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES