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Most college graduates, Illinois counties

Illinois 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 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 102 is 3,728. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Fayette County, IL, up 12 places to #61.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCOLLEGE GRADUATESVS 2020

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,6251,555,601+9%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,298335,398+5%

03Lake County, ILIL719,339226,749+7%

04Will County, ILIL712,253177,122+12%

05Kane County, ILIL525,757132,046+9%

06McHenry County, ILIL317,75176,195+3%

07▲2Madison County, ILIL263,11057,289+11%

08▼1Champaign County, ILIL209,97255,991+2%

09▼1St. Clair County, ILIL250,70855,532+7%

10McLean County, ILIL171,41950,157+7%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,17050,028+7%

12Winnebago County, ILIL283,67448,740+10%

13Peoria County, ILIL178,55342,162+11%

14Kendall County, ILIL145,47032,735+13%

15Tazewell County, ILIL130,04926,144+8%

16Rock Island County, ILIL141,86924,233+4%

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,83519,9800%

18Macon County, ILIL99,30017,1290%

19▲1LaSalle County, ILIL107,77315,805+12%

20▼1Kankakee County, ILIL105,52515,226+2%

21▲1Williamson County, ILIL67,22512,674+4%

22▲1Adams County, ILIL64,26712,365+7%

23▼2Jackson County, ILIL52,50111,475−7%

24Monroe County, ILIL34,8409,689+8%

25▲5Vermilion County, ILIL71,2599,591+18%

26▼1Woodford County, ILIL38,1119,320+6%

27▲4Ogle County, ILIL51,3998,758+13%

28▲1Henry County, ILIL48,0958,606+5%

29▼1Boone County, ILIL53,5688,436−1%

30▼4Grundy County, ILIL54,0528,390−3%

31▼4Coles County, ILIL46,6078,153−5%

32Whiteside County, ILIL54,1217,910+7%

33Knox County, ILIL47,7677,190+7%

34▲3Clinton County, ILIL37,1286,834+18%

35▼1Stephenson County, ILIL43,2206,461−2%

36▼1Macoupin County, ILIL43,7486,448+9%

37▲1Effingham County, ILIL34,5196,409+18%

38▲2Morgan County, ILIL32,5155,176+9%

39▼3McDonough County, ILIL25,9165,175−12%

40▼1Bureau County, ILIL32,5105,099+5%

41Lee County, ILIL32,9144,835+3%

42▲5Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5944,801+13%

43▲5Livingston County, ILIL35,0574,774+14%

44Jefferson County, ILIL36,1474,683+2%

45▼2Fulton County, ILIL32,9014,454−4%

46Marion County, ILIL36,3824,308+1%

47▼2Christian County, ILIL33,4434,198−1%

48▼6Franklin County, ILIL36,9164,165−11%

49Logan County, ILIL27,1824,142+5%

50▲2Piatt County, ILIL16,7913,942+14%

51▼1Montgomery County, ILIL28,0763,728−1%

52▲3Iroquois County, ILIL26,1503,403+13%

53▼2Jersey County, ILIL21,1603,389−8%

54Randolph County, ILIL29,9213,343+11%

55▼2Saline County, ILIL22,7723,321−2%

56Hancock County, ILIL16,8033,138+9%

57▲1Douglas County, ILIL19,8802,780+6%

58▲6Crawford County, ILIL18,6482,757+20%

59▲1Shelby County, ILIL20,5762,748+7%

60▲2Clark County, ILIL15,1142,685+13%

61▲12Fayette County, ILIL20,7902,592+38%

62▼5Union County, ILIL16,6562,556−9%

63▲2De Witt County, ILIL15,1182,550+11%

64▲2Edgar County, ILIL16,3232,483+9%

65▼6Bond County, ILIL16,9592,468−4%

66▲3Menard County, ILIL11,8632,439+21%

67▼6Warren County, ILIL16,2222,357−6%

68▲4Mercer County, ILIL15,2292,323+16%

69▼2Washington County, ILIL13,5642,306+9%

70▼7Richland County, ILIL15,2192,082−9%

71▼3Carroll County, ILIL15,4192,059−2%

72▲2Perry County, ILIL20,1602,036+15%

73▲2Pike County, ILIL14,2311,880+11%

74▲8Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,857+26%

75▼5Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711,842−9%

76▲1Wayne County, ILIL15,8821,826+11%

77▲10Cass County, ILIL12,4631,797+35%

78▼2White County, ILIL13,2501,795+6%

79▼8Ford County, ILIL13,2161,749−12%

80▲6Massac County, ILIL13,5021,704+23%

81▼2Lawrence County, ILIL13,7901,643+2%

82▼4Mason County, ILIL12,4111,572−3%

83▲2Greene County, ILIL11,3131,570+11%

84▼3Marshall County, ILIL11,4731,534+1%

85▼5Wabash County, ILIL10,9071,445−6%

86▼3Cumberland County, ILIL10,2081,428−1%

87▲1Jasper County, ILIL9,0321,346+7%

88▲1Hamilton County, ILIL7,8591,181−4%

89▼5Clay County, ILIL12,7931,180−17%

90Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,009−6%

91Henderson County, ILIL5,984967+9%

92Putnam County, ILIL5,619944+17%

93▲1Stark County, ILIL5,319810+15%

94▼1Scott County, ILIL4,866760+1%

95▲3Calhoun County, ILIL4,300624+14%

96▼1Brown County, ILIL6,401604−3%

97▼1Edwards County, ILIL5,8986010%

98▲3Gallatin County, ILIL4,616482+15%

99▼2Pope County, ILIL3,672462−18%

100Pulaski County, ILIL4,820447−1%

101▼2Alexander County, ILIL4,570439−11%

102Hardin County, ILIL3,588385+14%

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