RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most college graduates, Texas counties

Texas 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 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 254 is 2,344. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Caldwell County, TX, up 16 places to #76.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCOLLEGE GRADUATESVS 2020

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,0261,072,128+11%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397610,863+11%

03Travis County, TXTX1,389,670532,790+19%

04Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466491,238+13%

05▲1Collin County, TXTX1,297,179435,736+24%

06▼1Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088429,670+19%

07Denton County, TXTX1,069,346327,798+26%

08Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191291,844+24%

09Williamson County, TXTX752,827221,859+40%

10Montgomery County, TXTX781,194174,561+29%

11El Paso County, TXTX877,858142,482+15%

12Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549106,469+14%

13Brazoria County, TXTX419,08085,677+14%

14Galveston County, TXTX372,20785,057+17%

15▲2Hays County, TXTX304,39072,625+40%

16Bell County, TXTX402,24865,042+18%

17▼2Lubbock County, TXTX328,90664,115+10%

18▲2Cameron County, TXTX433,94656,819+26%

19▲3Comal County, TXTX209,16656,214+43%

20▼2Nueces County, TXTX352,99255,883+9%

21▼2Brazos County, TXTX249,08855,512+10%

22▲1McLennan County, TXTX272,02047,134+22%

23▼2Smith County, TXTX252,54945,827+12%

24▲3Ellis County, TXTX240,86741,546+42%

25Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11138,924+29%

26▲5Parker County, TXTX184,76736,216+45%

27▲2Rockwall County, TXTX140,73836,023+28%

28▼2Midland County, TXTX187,85533,840+15%

29▼5Jefferson County, TXTX254,32133,468+3%

30▼2Webb County, TXTX281,22432,979+15%

31▼1Randall County, TXTX152,35132,658+18%

32▲1Johnson County, TXTX218,04832,339+48%

33▲5Kaufman County, TXTX209,23528,746+72%

34▼2Taylor County, TXTX150,07726,251+16%

35▲1Grayson County, TXTX153,61323,154+25%

36▼2Wichita County, TXTX129,55521,134+8%

37▼2Tom Green County, TXTX120,60220,022+5%

38▼1Gregg County, TXTX126,09518,579+9%

39Ector County, TXTX173,80117,405+8%

40▲4Bastrop County, TXTX118,90817,396+42%

41▼1Kendall County, TXTX53,28916,639+18%

42Hunt County, TXTX123,33616,178+25%

43Hood County, TXTX70,50115,833+25%

44▼3Bowie County, TXTX92,69614,746+6%

45Potter County, TXTX114,45313,817+20%

46▲2Henderson County, TXTX88,59512,423+17%

47Kerr County, TXTX54,03712,379+16%

48▼2Victoria County, TXTX92,65611,969+5%

49▲5Walker County, TXTX83,84211,642+31%

50▲5Wise County, TXTX83,77811,265+31%

51Burnet County, TXTX57,01510,850+20%

52▼2Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03510,745+17%

53▲3Coryell County, TXTX85,59210,525+30%

54▼2Harrison County, TXTX71,95610,484+17%

55▼6Angelina County, TXTX88,15410,322−1%

56▼3Orange County, TXTX86,26610,064+12%

57▲4Waller County, TXTX69,8589,916+45%

58Wilson County, TXTX56,1399,402+21%

59▲8Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1308,629+41%

60Medina County, TXTX56,8818,434+22%

61▼4Erath County, TXTX43,9118,300+3%

62▼3Hardin County, TXTX58,7238,217+17%

63▼1San Patricio County, TXTX72,0538,080+18%

64▼1Gillespie County, TXTX28,5277,691+15%

65▼1Washington County, TXTX38,2887,633+15%

66▲7Liberty County, TXTX121,3647,463+36%

67▼1Wood County, TXTX49,6887,448+19%

68▼3Lamar County, TXTX51,5037,439+16%

69▼1Chambers County, TXTX57,5947,162+18%

70▼1Cooke County, TXTX44,4616,888+15%

71▼1Cherokee County, TXTX53,3376,568+10%

72Val Verde County, TXTX47,8356,549+15%

73▲9Anderson County, TXTX59,8056,511+36%

74▼3Rusk County, TXTX54,8546,377+8%

75▼1Navarro County, TXTX57,1816,347+16%

76▲16Caldwell County, TXTX55,1506,304+54%

77Polk County, TXTX53,4346,200+19%

78▲7Llano County, TXTX23,3535,741+29%

79▲1Wharton County, TXTX42,0605,667+12%

80▲10Aransas County, TXTX26,1465,602+36%

81▼5Hopkins County, TXTX39,0635,573+6%

82▼7Brown County, TXTX38,7115,467+4%

83▲1Austin County, TXTX33,6255,386+15%

84▼1Matagorda County, TXTX36,4635,370+14%

85▼6Upshur County, TXTX44,4105,322+4%

86Fannin County, TXTX39,2655,168+17%

87▼6Atascosa County, TXTX53,5905,161+5%

88▲3Fayette County, TXTX25,4595,059+23%

89▲5Starr County, TXTX66,3195,051+29%

90▼12Maverick County, TXTX58,8234,822−7%

91▲2Bandera County, TXTX22,8764,686+20%

92▼5Hill County, TXTX39,5034,615+7%

93▲3Grimes County, TXTX34,2524,274+19%

94▼6Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8044,044−3%

95▼6Kleberg County, TXTX30,3153,970−4%

96▲10Lampasas County, TXTX23,6573,910+42%

97▼2Cass County, TXTX28,6513,8260%

98▲13Milam County, TXTX26,2583,649+44%

99▼2Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7913,595+1%

100Howard County, TXTX30,5043,472+5%

101▲11Blanco County, TXTX13,5813,435+37%

102▲5Colorado County, TXTX21,4393,327+21%

103▲2Brewster County, TXTX9,4583,280+17%

104▼1San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4883,250+4%

105▼6Titus County, TXTX31,5633,191−5%

106▲8Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513,187+29%

107▼5Jasper County, TXTX33,0753,183−2%

108▲1Burleson County, TXTX20,5493,182+18%

109▼8Uvalde County, TXTX24,9633,079−6%

110▼12Hale County, TXTX31,8193,069−13%

111▼7Young County, TXTX18,1543,010+3%

112▲7Bee County, TXTX32,5152,970+24%

113▼5Limestone County, TXTX22,8492,913+8%

114▲3Montague County, TXTX21,9662,806+16%

115▼2Calhoun County, TXTX19,5992,777+11%

116▼1Bosque County, TXTX18,9182,746+12%

117▲1Eastland County, TXTX18,1432,692+11%

118▼2Panola County, TXTX23,0182,646+8%

119▲19Lee County, TXTX18,7292,610+55%

120▲7Robertson County, TXTX17,8392,606+21%

121Hockley County, TXTX21,6002,576+14%

122▼12Houston County, TXTX22,3162,415−8%

123Callahan County, TXTX14,4912,404+7%

124▼4Shelby County, TXTX24,2862,399+4%

125▲18Falls County, TXTX17,8692,360+56%

126▲2Freestone County, TXTX20,8112,350+15%

127▲10DeWitt County, TXTX20,3092,344+34%

128▼4Gray County, TXTX20,9192,272+3%

129▼3Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6332,240+4%

130Leon County, TXTX16,8942,141+15%

131▼2Comanche County, TXTX14,4322,073+6%

132▼10Franklin County, TXTX10,9942,071−8%

133▼1Somervell County, TXTX10,2612,029+12%

134▲15Rains County, TXTX13,5421,996+45%

135▲6Andrews County, TXTX18,9141,991+22%

136▼5Camp County, TXTX13,3801,8530%

137▼12Tyler County, TXTX20,4431,845−15%

138▲15Willacy County, TXTX19,9711,835+47%

139▼3Jones County, TXTX20,8611,792+2%

140▲2Jackson County, TXTX15,3931,743+14%

141▼7Clay County, TXTX10,7641,734−4%

142▲2Trinity County, TXTX14,3841,728+18%

143▲7Madison County, TXTX14,2261,688+24%

144▲3Archer County, TXTX9,1291,608+16%

145▲10Hamilton County, TXTX8,6801,580+29%

146▼7Gonzales County, TXTX20,1591,568−6%

147▼12Moore County, TXTX21,8911,564−11%

148▼8Karnes County, TXTX15,0181,528−9%

149▼4Nolan County, TXTX14,1171,518+6%

150▲2Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4811,510+15%

151▲5Pecos County, TXTX14,5601,450+19%

152▼19Scurry County, TXTX16,1621,429−21%

153▲11Frio County, TXTX18,8231,409+37%

154▲4Gaines County, TXTX23,9561,382+17%

155▲18Live Oak County, TXTX11,9291,359+42%

156▼10Red River County, TXTX11,8161,311−7%

157▲3Runnels County, TXTX9,6931,307+12%

158▼1Morris County, TXTX12,1331,304+8%

159▲10McCulloch County, TXTX7,4721,284+30%

160▲11Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2841,229+27%

161▲9Zapata County, TXTX13,7531,228+26%

162▼11Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6261,226−7%

163Lamb County, TXTX12,5791,165+12%

164▲2Mason County, TXTX3,9901,151+14%

165▼11Marion County, TXTX9,8961,143−8%

166▲22Hansford County, TXTX4,9441,142+47%

167▲15Goliad County, TXTX7,2081,121+31%

168▼20Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,118−19%

169▼2Stephens County, TXTX9,3801,107+11%

170▲10Presidio County, TXTX5,4331,097+27%

171▲3Parmer County, TXTX9,6781,047+15%

172▼11Carson County, TXTX5,8051,035−10%

173▲12Lynn County, TXTX6,0171,005+25%

174▼15Dawson County, TXTX11,776995−15%

175▲19San Saba County, TXTX5,787990+36%

176▼11Coleman County, TXTX7,915958−6%

177▲13Mills County, TXTX4,580919+20%

178▲6Kimble County, TXTX4,438914+12%

179▲4Ward County, TXTX11,125898+6%

180▼4Jack County, TXTX9,5638940%

181▲15Haskell County, TXTX5,499884+33%

182▲18Yoakum County, TXTX7,438873+46%

183▲10Brooks County, TXTX6,579842+15%

184▲5Castro County, TXTX7,295831+8%

185▼7Hartley County, TXTX4,904821−6%

186▼5San Augustine County, TXTX7,722793−8%

187▲5Shackelford County, TXTX3,197775+5%

188▼13Terry County, TXTX11,720731−19%

189▼3Swisher County, TXTX6,703719−8%

190▲9Martin County, TXTX5,284706+13%

191▲7Mitchell County, TXTX8,947698+10%

192▲15Refugio County, TXTX6,657679+27%

193▲16Baylor County, TXTX3,472647+22%

194▲1Bailey County, TXTX6,963645−9%

195▼18Zavala County, TXTX9,037642−27%

196▼17Newton County, TXTX11,954604−30%

197▼35Reeves County, TXTX12,138582−47%

198▼11Delta County, TXTX5,549580−26%

199▲9Wheeler County, TXTX4,773579+8%

200▲4Coke County, TXTX3,412566+3%

201▼33Childress County, TXTX6,643565−43%

202▲9Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711549+10%

203▼2Floyd County, TXTX4,881532−10%

204▼32Dimmit County, TXTX8,024523−45%

205▲5Hemphill County, TXTX3,083518+4%

206▼15Dallam County, TXTX7,508511−32%

207▼5Crosby County, TXTX4,852507−9%

208▲17La Salle County, TXTX6,517505+46%

209▲8Winkler County, TXTX7,540496+15%

210▲13Sherman County, TXTX2,781463+23%

211▼8Fisher County, TXTX3,692461−17%

212▼15Duval County, TXTX9,402446−32%

213▲9Hall County, TXTX2,737445+17%

214▲4Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487444+4%

215▲4Real County, TXTX2,745429+6%

216▼1Sutton County, TXTX3,203421−7%

217▼4Hardeman County, TXTX3,292408−13%

218▼6Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955401−18%

219▲5Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555396+6%

220▲9Concho County, TXTX3,607376+19%

221▼5Menard County, TXTX1,956363−19%

222▼17Garza County, TXTX4,510360−34%

223▼3Donley County, TXTX3,213359−10%

224▲2Armstrong County, TXTX1,843353+3%

225▼4Crane County, TXTX4,554352−7%

226▲4Schleicher County, TXTX2,245316+2%

227▼13Knox County, TXTX3,192307−34%

228▼22Kinney County, TXTX3,128302−44%

229▲10Irion County, TXTX1,463288+32%

230▼3Oldham County, TXTX1,783272−19%

231▲5Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554263+11%

232▲1Reagan County, TXTX3,166252−3%

233▲5Culberson County, TXTX2,2672320%

234▲1Glasscock County, TXTX1,128229−4%

235▼3Dickens County, TXTX1,692227−25%

236▲6Briscoe County, TXTX1,474226+27%

237▼3Crockett County, TXTX2,769221−8%

238▼7Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433213−31%

239▲8Sterling County, TXTX1,349205+46%

240Cottle County, TXTX1,224194−3%

241▼13Upton County, TXTX3,131193−41%

242▼5Edwards County, TXTX1,370187−21%

243Terrell County, TXTX702180+2%

244Motley County, TXTX1,043174+4%

245▼4Borden County, TXTX567159−19%

246▼1Kent County, TXTX674159+1%

247▲2Foard County, TXTX1,044154+36%

248▲2Stonewall County, TXTX1,186143+30%

249▼3Cochran County, TXTX2,546131−15%

250▼2Roberts County, TXTX867113−16%

251McMullen County, TXTX54478+15%

252King County, TXTX19270+133%

253Kenedy County, TXTX31916+300%

254Loving County, TXTX520–

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