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Most college graduates, Alabama counties

Alabama counties with the most adults 25 and over holding a bachelor's degree or higher, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of graduates, not the share. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 3,621.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCOLLEGE GRADUATESVS 2020

01Jefferson County, ALAL665,742164,101+7%

02Madison County, ALAL433,516129,444+17%

03▲1Shelby County, ALAL238,55274,279+14%

04▼1Mobile County, ALAL411,65872,843+7%

05▲1Baldwin County, ALAL267,76159,842+21%

06▼1Montgomery County, ALAL225,89151,805+2%

07▲1Lee County, ALAL189,88147,791+32%

08▼1Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36846,298+14%

09▲1Limestone County, ALAL122,92823,622+39%

10▼1Morgan County, ALAL126,48319,867+13%

11▲1Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13519,554+22%

12▼1Houston County, ALAL110,31817,281+7%

13Calhoun County, ALAL115,83416,207+9%

14Elmore County, ALAL91,57715,894+9%

15▲2St. Clair County, ALAL98,20614,175+25%

16▼1Marshall County, ALAL103,53714,129+6%

17▼1Etowah County, ALAL103,88613,109+3%

18▲1Cullman County, ALAL94,00912,453+39%

19▼1Autauga County, ALAL61,92012,061+12%

20Talladega County, ALAL81,6039,615+12%

21▲2Colbert County, ALAL59,4748,917+31%

22▼1Coffee County, ALAL56,9538,388+7%

23▲4Walker County, ALAL65,1407,413+24%

24▼2Russell County, ALAL58,8987,261+6%

25▼1DeKalb County, ALAL74,0856,863+2%

26▼1Dale County, ALAL49,9126,862+12%

27▲3Blount County, ALAL60,1566,513+23%

28▲1Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9536,068+12%

29▼3Jackson County, ALAL54,2816,0460%

30▼2Pike County, ALAL33,6885,428−5%

31▲2Chilton County, ALAL47,7085,121+25%

32Covington County, ALAL37,9474,537+10%

33▼2Dallas County, ALAL35,1404,402+3%

34▲1Chambers County, ALAL34,2533,621+5%

35▼1Lawrence County, ALAL33,8433,567−4%

36Escambia County, ALAL36,6653,468+8%

37Franklin County, ALAL32,4493,365+6%

38▲2Cherokee County, ALAL26,4133,138+27%

39Randolph County, ALAL23,1632,913+7%

40▲3Henry County, ALAL18,3942,807+22%

41▼3Marion County, ALAL29,0972,766−3%

42▼1Geneva County, ALAL27,5542,525+3%

43▲3Marengo County, ALAL18,3112,506+12%

44▲1Winston County, ALAL23,8292,435+7%

45▼3Macon County, ALAL18,1322,416−1%

46▼2Clarke County, ALAL22,0142,371+3%

47▲2Barbour County, ALAL24,6071,872−9%

48▲3Bibb County, ALAL22,2621,872+3%

49▲4Cleburne County, ALAL15,9701,870+11%

50▲4Washington County, ALAL14,8221,810+13%

51▲4Hale County, ALAL15,1941,790+15%

52▼5Butler County, ALAL18,1001,774−20%

53▼5Pickens County, ALAL18,2211,768−15%

54▼2Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1751,706−5%

55▲1Fayette County, ALAL15,8721,685+18%

56▼6Monroe County, ALAL18,9651,569−21%

57▲4Clay County, ALAL14,2071,506+36%

58Choctaw County, ALAL11,9041,419+13%

59▼2Sumter County, ALAL11,5881,329−6%

60Lamar County, ALAL13,5871,171+6%

61▼2Conecuh County, ALAL10,8991,083−11%

62▲2Coosa County, ALAL10,1611,082+13%

63Lowndes County, ALAL9,359991−2%

64▲1Wilcox County, ALAL9,666900+9%

65▼3Perry County, ALAL7,425831−19%

66▲1Greene County, ALAL7,067778+33%

67▼1Bullock County, ALAL9,780590−15%

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