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.

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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%

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

06Bexar 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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44Bowie County, TXTX92,69614,746+6%

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

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

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

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

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

50Wise County, TXTX83,77811,265+31%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

61Erath County, TXTX43,9118,300+3%

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

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

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

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

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

67Wood County, TXTX49,6887,448+19%

68Lamar County, TXTX51,5037,439+16%

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

70Cooke County, TXTX44,4616,888+15%

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

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

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

74Rusk County, TXTX54,8546,377+8%

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

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

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

78Llano County, TXTX23,3535,741+29%

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

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

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

82Brown County, TXTX38,7115,467+4%

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

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

85Upshur County, TXTX44,4105,322+4%

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

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

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

89Starr County, TXTX66,3195,051+29%

90Maverick County, TXTX58,8234,822−7%

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

92Hill County, TXTX39,5034,615+7%

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

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

95Kleberg County, TXTX30,3153,970−4%

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

97Cass County, TXTX28,6513,826−0%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

105Titus County, TXTX31,5633,191−5%

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

107Jasper County, TXTX33,0753,183−2%

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

109Uvalde County, TXTX24,9633,079−6%

110Hale County, TXTX31,8193,069−13%

111Young County, TXTX18,1543,010+3%

112Bee County, TXTX32,5152,970+24%

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

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

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

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

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

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

119Lee County, TXTX18,7292,610+55%

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

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

122Houston County, TXTX22,3162,415−8%

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

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

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

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

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

128Gray County, TXTX20,9192,272+3%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

136Camp County, TXTX13,3801,853+0%

137Tyler County, TXTX20,4431,845−15%

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

139Jones County, TXTX20,8611,792+2%

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

141Clay County, TXTX10,7641,734−4%

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

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

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

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

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

147Moore County, TXTX21,8911,564−11%

148Karnes County, TXTX15,0181,528−9%

149Nolan County, TXTX14,1171,518+6%

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

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

152Scurry County, TXTX16,1621,429−21%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

164Mason County, TXTX3,9901,151+14%

165Marion County, TXTX9,8961,143−8%

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

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

168Sabine County, TXTX10,0121,118−19%

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

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

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

172Carson County, TXTX5,8051,035−10%

173Lynn County, TXTX6,0171,005+25%

174Dawson County, TXTX11,776995−15%

175San Saba County, TXTX5,787990+36%

176Coleman County, TXTX7,915958−6%

177Mills County, TXTX4,580919+20%

178Kimble County, TXTX4,438914+12%

179Ward County, TXTX11,125898+6%

180Jack County, TXTX9,563894+0%

181Haskell County, TXTX5,499884+33%

182Yoakum County, TXTX7,438873+46%

183Brooks County, TXTX6,579842+15%

184Castro County, TXTX7,295831+8%

185Hartley County, TXTX4,904821−6%

186San Augustine County, TXTX7,722793−8%

187Shackelford County, TXTX3,197775+5%

188Terry County, TXTX11,720731−19%

189Swisher County, TXTX6,703719−8%

190Martin County, TXTX5,284706+13%

191Mitchell County, TXTX8,947698+10%

192Refugio County, TXTX6,657679+27%

193Baylor County, TXTX3,472647+22%

194Bailey County, TXTX6,963645−9%

195Zavala County, TXTX9,037642−27%

196Newton County, TXTX11,954604−30%

197Reeves County, TXTX12,138582−47%

198Delta County, TXTX5,549580−26%

199Wheeler County, TXTX4,773579+8%

200Coke County, TXTX3,412566+3%

201Childress County, TXTX6,643565−43%

202Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711549+10%

203Floyd County, TXTX4,881532−10%

204Dimmit County, TXTX8,024523−45%

205Hemphill County, TXTX3,083518+4%

206Dallam County, TXTX7,508511−32%

207Crosby County, TXTX4,852507−9%

208La Salle County, TXTX6,517505+46%

209Winkler County, TXTX7,540496+15%

210Sherman County, TXTX2,781463+23%

211Fisher County, TXTX3,692461−17%

212Duval County, TXTX9,402446−32%

213Hall County, TXTX2,737445+17%

214Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487444+4%

215Real County, TXTX2,745429+6%

216Sutton County, TXTX3,203421−7%

217Hardeman County, TXTX3,292408−13%

218Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955401−18%

219Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555396+6%

220Concho County, TXTX3,607376+19%

221Menard County, TXTX1,956363−19%

222Garza County, TXTX4,510360−34%

223Donley County, TXTX3,213359−10%

224Armstrong County, TXTX1,843353+3%

225Crane County, TXTX4,554352−7%

226Schleicher County, TXTX2,245316+2%

227Knox County, TXTX3,192307−34%

228Kinney County, TXTX3,128302−44%

229Irion County, TXTX1,463288+32%

230Oldham County, TXTX1,783272−19%

231Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554263+11%

232Reagan County, TXTX3,166252−3%

233Culberson County, TXTX2,267232−0%

234Glasscock County, TXTX1,128229−4%

235Dickens County, TXTX1,692227−25%

236Briscoe County, TXTX1,474226+27%

237Crockett County, TXTX2,769221−8%

238Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433213−31%

239Sterling County, TXTX1,349205+46%

240Cottle County, TXTX1,224194−3%

241Upton County, TXTX3,131193−41%

242Edwards County, TXTX1,370187−21%

243Terrell County, TXTX702180+2%

244Motley County, TXTX1,043174+4%

245Borden County, TXTX567159−19%

246Kent County, TXTX674159+1%

247Foard County, TXTX1,044154+36%

248Stonewall County, TXTX1,186143+30%

249Cochran County, TXTX2,546131−15%

250Roberts County, TXTX867113−16%

251McMullen County, TXTX54478+15%

252King County, TXTX19270+133%

253Kenedy County, TXTX31916+300%

254Loving County, TXTX520–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES