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Most educated, California cities · 2000

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 1990

501Indio, CACA94,2698.6%−7%

502Ione, CACA9,2828.5%+36%

503Valinda, CACA20,9628.4%−19%

504Cottonwood CDP (Shasta County), CACA7,4088.3%+187%

505Ceres, CACA48,9828.3%−6%

506West Whittier-Los Nietos, CACA25,6158.2%+18%

507Sanger, CACA27,2288.2%+23%

508Tulare, CACA73,9078.2%−3%

509Lakeland, CACA12,2368.1%−23%

510Selma, CACA24,7028.0%−10%

511South San Jose Hills, CACA16,9118.0%+5%

512Hesperia, CACA102,6058.0%+19%

513King City, CACA14,0028.0%−34%

514Palermo, CACA5,2667.9%+70%

515Orland, CACA8,3817.9%−8%

516Alum Rock, CACA10,4407.9%–

517West Puente Valley, CACA22,4957.9%+45%

518La Puente, CACA36,4237.8%+5%

519Rio Linda, CACA16,3357.6%−9%

520Gridley, CACA7,2587.6%+2%

521El Rio, CACA6,3687.3%−12%

522Corning, CACA8,2607.3%+0%

523Gonzales, CACA8,3137.2%+173%

524El Monte, CACA105,0757.1%+18%

525Pico Rivera, CACA58,9157.1%+16%

526Paramount, CACA50,7557.0%+1%

527Anderson, CACA11,1317.0%+38%

528Dinuba, CACA25,9496.8%−24%

529Shasta Lake, CACA10,2086.8%–

530Hughson, CACA8,0516.8%+46%

531Hawaiian Gardens, CACA13,3736.7%−9%

532Perris, CACA83,2376.6%−9%

533Delhi, CACA11,0096.5%+346%

534Tehachapi, CACA11,8526.4%−48%

535Chowchilla, CACA18,7306.3%−15%

536Willowbrook, CACA21,6816.3%+7%

537Livingston, CACA14,6906.2%+19%

538Oildale, CACA34,6876.2%−3%

539Mojave, CACA5,1736.1%−26%

540Adelanto, CACA38,7985.9%+35%

541Compton, CACA90,5005.9%−4%

542Winton, CACA11,7975.8%−6%

543Homeland, CACA7,5845.7%−2%

544Westmont, CACA34,1235.7%−0%

545Corcoran, CACA22,3585.6%+4%

546Shafter, CACA23,8715.6%−34%

547Delano, CACA52,3345.5%−28%

548San Fernando, CACA23,4495.4%+0%

549Williams, CACA5,5295.4%−33%

550Lindsay, CACA12,5785.2%−16%

551Clearlake, CACA16,8935.1%−4%

552Olivehurst, CACA18,4445.0%+10%

553Walnut Park, CACA14,9585.0%+45%

554South Gate, CACA90,0714.9%−7%

555Bloomington, CACA25,6984.9%−19%

556Huntington Park, CACA51,5444.7%−10%

557Commerce, CACA11,6884.6%−15%

558West Modesto, CACA5,9784.6%–

559Live Oak, CACA9,4664.6%+75%

560Lynwood, CACA63,5124.5%+16%

561Dos Palos, CACA5,6974.3%−34%

562Guadalupe, CACA8,8464.3%+2%

563Wasco, CACA26,5254.2%−6%

564Heber, CACA7,3124.2%−20%

565Avenal, CACA13,4794.1%+71%

566Soledad, CACA26,3574.1%+22%

567Bell, CACA31,6254.0%+7%

568Bell Gardens, CACA37,3674.0%+131%

569Woodlake, CACA8,0733.9%+1%

570East Porterville, CACA5,0663.8%−33%

571Greenfield, CACA21,1383.7%+20%

572Linda, CACA23,8713.6%−12%

573Keyes, CACA5,5773.6%+31%

574East Los Angeles, CACA111,6473.6%+6%

575Firebaugh, CACA8,7743.5%−6%

576Garden Acres, CACA10,6673.4%+23%

577Muscoy, CACA12,0253.3%+14%

578McFarland, CACA14,7093.2%+1%

579Goshen, CACA5,1363.1%–

580South El Monte, CACA18,9633.1%−12%

581Thermalito, CACA6,7203.0%−47%

582Cudahy, CACA21,4453.0%+8%

583Castroville, CACA6,7203.0%−42%

584Lennox, CACA19,4493.0%+7%

585Parlier, CACA14,6222.7%+246%

586Lamont, CACA13,1642.4%+265%

587Florence-Graham, CACA60,6902.4%+34%

588Maywood, CACA23,6002.3%+42%

589Calipatria, CACA6,0122.2%−5%

590Arvin, CACA19,8202.2%−10%

591August, CACA8,8252.1%−22%

592Farmersville, CACA10,3262.0%−34%

593Coachella, CACA45,4111.9%+7%

594Earlimart, CACA7,2141.8%+47%

595Orange Cove, CACA9,8111.7%−10%

596Mecca, CACA7,1841.6%+4%

597Mendota, CACA12,7780.5%−76%

598Huron, CACA7,3940.0%−100%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS