RANKING · 2024 ACS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,144

Most educated, US counties

US counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS). Falls Church, Virginia leads at 80.5%. 3,144 counties qualify in total. Virginia carries 8 of the top 25 entries.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

USUnited States334,922,49935.6%–

01Falls Church, VAVA15,15980.5%+26%

02Arlington County, VAVA243,93177.1%+28%

03Los Alamos County, NMNM19,40769.7%+15%

04Alexandria, VAVA160,66266.2%+22%

05Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,87365.0%+19%

06San Miguel County, COCO7,75364.9%+34%

07Gunnison County, COCO17,43964.7%+48%

08Loudoun County, VAVA449,74964.6%+37%

09Howard County, MDMD339,18364.5%+22%

10District of Columbia, DCDC693,64564.2%+64%

11New York County, NYNY1,664,86264.2%+30%

12Boulder County, COCO328,56064.2%+22%

13Pitkin County, COCO16,62562.8%+10%

14Williamson County, TNTN272,06162.7%+41%

15Charlottesville, VAVA44,38862.5%+53%

16Fairfax, VAVA26,77262.4%+37%

17Douglas County, COCO399,39662.0%+20%

18Hamilton County, ININ387,03661.9%+27%

19Orange County, NCNC152,49861.8%+20%

20Marin County, CACA253,69461.1%+19%

21Albemarle County, VAVA118,35661.1%+28%

22Teton County, WYWY23,33361.1%+33%

23Montgomery County, MDMD1,074,58260.6%+11%

24San Francisco County, CACA826,07960.3%+34%

25Broomfield County, COCO79,17460.3%–

26Summit County, UTUT43,14159.8%+31%

27Middlesex County, MAMA1,669,97959.5%+37%

28Delaware County, OHOH242,03259.4%+45%

29Norfolk County, MAMA739,74958.8%+37%

30Tompkins County, NYNY104,04758.8%+24%

31Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21458.7%+22%

32Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79158.5%+41%

33Morris County, NJNJ524,25157.8%+31%

34Somerset County, NJNJ356,48657.8%+24%

35Johnson County, KSKS636,90657.6%+21%

36Clear Creek County, COCO8,99457.5%+48%

37Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,78157.4%+37%

38Wake County, NCNC1,257,23557.2%+30%

39Chester County, PAPA557,11657.1%+35%

40Forsyth County, GAGA282,80557.1%+65%

41Chittenden County, VTVT169,11556.8%+38%

42King County, WAWA2,344,93956.7%+42%

43Travis County, TXTX1,389,67056.6%+39%

44Denver County, COCO740,61356.5%+64%

45Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39156.5%+40%

46Ouray County, COCO5,26556.5%+53%

47Nantucket County, MAMA14,75856.3%+47%

48Collin County, TXTX1,297,17956.2%+19%

49Oconee County, GAGA44,89355.9%+40%

50Western Connecticut Planning Region, CTCT640,48255.5%–

51Dane County, WIWI590,37555.3%+36%

52Durham County, NCNC347,24055.2%+38%

53Johnson County, IAIA160,04455.2%+16%

54Albany County, WYWY38,55855.0%+25%

55Summit County, COCO31,51755.0%+14%

56Story County, IAIA101,29154.8%+23%

57Gallatin County, MTMT128,74054.3%+32%

58Benton County, OROR97,72854.2%+14%

59Routt County, COCO25,32954.2%+27%

60Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78454.1%+39%

61Newport County, RIRI83,05154.1%+41%

62San Juan County, WAWA18,57753.9%+34%

63San Mateo County, CACA743,56853.7%+38%

64Douglas County, KSKS120,92053.2%+25%

65Bergen County, NJNJ977,02653.1%+39%

66Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74353.1%+30%

67Montgomery County, PAPA877,64353.0%+37%

68Bristol County, RIRI50,00153.0%+55%

69Cumberland County, MEME317,22253.0%+55%

70Larimer County, COCO377,29253.0%+34%

71Gilpin County, COCO6,07352.8%+69%

72Washington County, RIRI129,79552.4%+48%

73Alameda County, CACA1,636,63052.2%+50%

74San Juan County, COCO81352.1%+19%

75Jefferson County, COCO580,45152.0%+42%

76Dukes County, MAMA21,21951.9%+35%

77Leelanau County, MIMI22,98251.8%+65%

78DuPage County, ILIL934,29851.8%+24%

79Boone County, ININ80,68951.7%+87%

80Mineral County, COCO91051.7%+66%

81Hampshire County, MAMA164,06551.6%+36%

82Boone County, MOMO191,74651.5%+23%

83Dallas County, IAIA118,45751.5%+92%

84Wasatch County, UTUT38,51451.3%+95%

85Monmouth County, NJNJ651,03551.3%+48%

86Ozaukee County, WIWI94,34651.2%+33%

87James City County, VAVA83,32651.0%+23%

88Oakland County, MIMI1,288,33751.0%+34%

89Eagle County, COCO54,29150.9%+19%

90St. Johns County, FLFL346,32850.9%+54%

91Cobb County, GAGA793,34550.8%+28%

92Lexington, VAVA7,76950.7%+19%

93Suffolk County, MAMA791,89150.6%+56%

94Carver County, MNMN114,37950.4%+47%

95Charleston County, SCSC436,20050.3%+64%

96Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19150.2%+36%

97York County, VAVA71,37450.0%+34%

98Fayette County, GAGA125,15649.9%+38%

99Teton County, IDID13,25449.9%+78%

100Whitman County, WAWA48,51249.8%+13%

101Nassau County, NYNY1,398,93949.7%+40%

102Madison County, MSMS116,29849.6%+31%

103Lake County, COCO7,55249.5%+154%

104Monroe County, ININ143,34549.5%+25%

105Denton County, TXTX1,069,34649.4%+35%

106Olmsted County, MNMN166,73149.4%+42%

107La Plata County, COCO56,89849.3%+36%

108Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38349.2%+33%

109Washington County, MNMN286,89549.1%+45%

110Chatham County, NCNC85,11148.9%+77%

111Hudson County, NJNJ735,03348.9%+93%

112Riley County, KSKS72,59848.9%+21%

113Leon County, FLFL299,04848.9%+17%

114Kendall County, TXTX53,28948.9%+56%

115Monongalia County, WVWV107,99148.9%+51%

116Waukesha County, WIWI417,21048.9%+43%

117Multnomah County, OROR795,39148.9%+59%

118Montgomery County, VAVA98,43448.8%+36%

119Alachua County, FLFL290,02848.8%+26%

120Williamson County, TXTX752,82748.4%+44%

121Davidson County, TNTN745,90448.4%+59%

122Fayette County, KYKY329,75148.3%+35%

123Barnstable County, MAMA233,53948.2%+44%

124Washington County, VTVT59,65248.1%+49%

125Watauga County, NCNC54,78648.1%+45%

126Blaine County, IDID25,51748.0%+11%

127Lake County, ILIL719,33947.7%+24%

128Hinsdale County, COCO75347.7%+37%

129Washington County, OROR611,70847.5%+38%

130DeKalb County, GAGA774,39447.4%+31%

131St. Louis County, MOMO990,91147.4%+34%

132Missoula County, MTMT123,51347.4%+45%

133Clarke County, GAGA129,92147.4%+19%

134McLean County, ILIL171,41947.2%+31%

135Chaffee County, COCO20,83147.0%+93%

136Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89647.0%+35%

137Shelby County, ALAL238,55246.8%+27%

138Grafton County, NHNH93,22546.7%+43%

139Cook County, MNMN5,52246.6%+62%

140Platte County, MOMO114,40046.5%+40%

141Henrico County, VAVA342,77546.5%+33%

142Arapahoe County, COCO673,82046.5%+26%

143Lafayette County, MSMS59,59746.5%+49%

144Madison County, ALAL433,51646.4%+35%

145Albany County, NYNY321,22546.4%+39%

146Oldham County, KYKY70,98646.4%+52%

147Centre County, PAPA157,39346.2%+27%

148Champaign County, ILIL209,97246.2%+22%

149Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39346.1%+51%

150Santa Fe County, NMNM156,90746.1%+25%

151Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CTCT177,31146.0%–

152Beaufort County, SCSC204,43346.0%+38%

153Buncombe County, NCNC277,41745.9%+82%

154Goochland County, VAVA29,18745.8%+56%

155Williamsburg, VAVA15,86145.8%+2%

156Frederick County, MDMD302,88345.8%+53%

157Anne Arundel County, MDMD603,38045.8%+50%

158Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,03545.8%+61%

159Rockingham County, NHNH324,07745.7%+44%

160Ramsey County, MNMN541,62345.6%+33%

161Richmond, VAVA237,25745.6%+55%

162Middlesex County, NJNJ883,33545.6%+38%

163Warren County, OHOH257,18145.6%+61%

164Putnam County, NYNY99,02845.5%+34%

165Brewster County, TXTX9,45845.5%+64%

166Mercer County, NJNJ399,28945.4%+34%

167Saratoga County, NYNY241,34345.4%+47%

168New Hanover County, NCNC245,95945.4%+47%

169Clay County, SDSD15,03145.4%+17%

170Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07045.2%+29%

171Dakota County, MNMN457,71045.0%+29%

172Deschutes County, OROR213,07245.0%+80%

173Prince William County, VAVA502,96644.9%+43%

174Yolo County, CACA224,41044.8%+31%

175Bucks County, PAPA647,82844.8%+43%

176Ada County, IDID546,14144.6%+43%

177Rockwall County, TXTX140,73844.5%+36%

178Lincoln County, SDSD77,14544.4%+74%

179Utah County, UTUT759,85944.4%+41%

180Lamoille County, VTVT26,29444.3%+42%

181Sagadahoc County, MEME37,97944.2%+77%

182Scott County, MNMN159,01744.1%+50%

183Orange County, CACA3,149,50744.1%+43%

184Grand Isle County, VTVT7,51144.0%+76%

185Windham County, VTVT45,20444.0%+44%

186Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85243.9%+29%

187Jefferson County, WAWA33,97043.9%+55%

188Stafford County, VAVA170,80343.8%+48%

189Chesterfield County, VAVA397,14843.8%+34%

190Custer County, COCO5,59043.7%+64%

191Addison County, VTVT38,04843.6%+46%

192Comal County, TXTX209,16643.3%+66%

193Jefferson County, IAIA15,29143.2%+39%

194Dare County, NCNC38,24543.2%+56%

195Placer County, CACA442,08143.2%+43%

196San Diego County, CACA3,282,24843.2%+46%

197Hays County, TXTX304,39043.2%+38%

198Lewis and Clark County, MTMT75,33143.0%+36%

199Essex County, MAMA826,65343.0%+38%

200Brazos County, TXTX249,08843.0%+16%

201Latah County, IDID41,84243.0%+5%

202Windsor County, VTVT57,31242.9%+42%

203Seminole County, FLFL491,88442.7%+38%

204St. Charles County, MOMO426,49942.7%+62%

205Cook County, ILIL5,194,62542.7%+52%

206Rockland County, NYNY357,39742.7%+14%

207Hanover County, VAVA116,42342.7%+49%

208Grand County, COCO16,49642.7%+24%

209Cass County, NDND201,79442.6%+36%

210Sarpy County, NENE208,30342.6%+41%

211Burlington County, NJNJ481,43942.5%+50%

212Brookings County, SDSD37,63542.5%+32%

213Orleans Parish, LALA362,15442.4%+65%

214Lee County, ALAL189,88142.4%+52%

215Baltimore County, MDMD847,65042.3%+38%

216Cache County, UTUT145,00042.2%+32%

217Douglas County, NENE606,46042.1%+38%

218Kings County, NYNY2,653,96342.1%+93%

219Franklin County, OHOH1,361,53642.1%+32%

220Capitol Planning Region, CTCT994,11542.1%–

221South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CTCT578,74142.0%–

222Talbot County, MDMD38,23842.0%+51%

223Delaware County, PAPA580,93741.9%+40%

224El Paso County, COCO757,04041.9%+32%

225Lancaster County, NENE334,04941.9%+29%

226Bennington County, VTVT36,63041.8%+54%

227Hamilton County, OHOH838,41841.8%+43%

228Plymouth County, MAMA546,82941.8%+51%

229Madison County, IDID55,17241.8%+71%

230Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CTCT337,69741.7%–

231Fauquier County, VAVA76,50341.7%+54%

232Greene County, OHOH174,32241.7%+34%

233Dutchess County, NYNY300,70841.6%+51%

234Park County, COCO18,31441.6%+37%

235Emmet County, MIMI33,77541.6%+59%

236Nevada County, CACA101,91141.5%+59%

237Hillsborough County, NHNH433,41541.5%+38%

238Monroe County, NYNY750,50641.5%+33%

239Lancaster County, VAVA10,99541.3%+69%

240Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,79541.3%+32%

241Greenville County, SCSC583,12541.3%+57%

242Juneau, AKAK31,60941.2%+14%

243Ingham County, MIMI289,70941.2%+25%

244Keweenaw County, MIMI2,18641.2%+116%

245Cherokee County, GAGA299,27341.1%+53%

246St. Louis, MOMO278,14441.1%+116%

247Alpine County, CACA1,04341.1%+46%

248Moore County, NCNC110,61941.0%+53%

249Hood River County, OROR23,72041.0%+78%

250Knox County, TNTN511,45341.0%+41%

251Virginia Beach, VAVA453,73740.9%+46%

252Archuleta County, COCO14,30640.9%+41%

253Geauga County, OHOH95,67640.9%+29%

254Sarasota County, FLFL479,95840.8%+49%

255Kent County, MIMI675,23240.8%+58%

256Woodford County, KYKY27,88340.7%+57%

257Richland County, SCSC434,95640.7%+25%

258Carroll County, MDMD176,67740.7%+64%

259Franklin County, MAMA70,69840.6%+40%

260Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,72940.6%+56%

261Clackamas County, OROR426,28040.5%+43%

262Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,72640.5%+46%

263Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45640.5%+22%

264Union County, NCNC267,67440.5%+90%

265Coconino County, AZAZ144,36840.3%+35%

266Harford County, MDMD266,44640.3%+48%

267Collier County, FLFL417,13140.3%+44%

268Sussex County, NJNJ148,06340.3%+48%

269Polk County, IAIA516,54640.3%+35%

270Lincoln County, MEME36,59540.2%+51%

271Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,09040.2%+46%

272Livingston County, MIMI197,31540.2%+43%

273Valley County, IDID12,83140.1%+52%

274Hancock County, MEME57,17140.1%+48%

275El Dorado County, CACA192,32340.0%+51%

276Cumberland County, PAPA277,27040.0%+43%

277Transylvania County, NCNC34,21140.0%+68%

278Berkshire County, MAMA128,22440.0%+54%

279San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36739.8%+49%

280Park County, MTMT18,21439.8%+73%

281Clarke County, VAVA15,60939.8%+66%

282Napa County, CACA132,94939.8%+51%

283Campbell County, KYKY95,44139.7%+93%

284Knox County, MEME41,11739.7%+51%

285Payne County, OKOK83,88939.7%+16%

286New Castle County, DEDE588,02639.7%+35%

287Worcester County, MAMA888,50239.7%+47%

288Kent County, MDMD19,56539.6%+83%

289Hendricks County, ININ193,51039.5%+71%

290St. Croix County, WIWI98,27639.5%+50%

291Columbia County, NYNY60,16839.4%+74%

292Northwest Hills Planning Region, CTCT114,69039.4%–

293Butler County, PAPA200,16939.4%+68%

294Salt Lake County, UTUT1,220,91639.4%+44%

295Whatcom County, WAWA236,39239.3%+44%

296Orange County, FLFL1,528,00239.3%+50%

297York County, SCSC306,88739.3%+88%

298Strafford County, NHNH135,04339.3%+49%

299Clay County, MNMN67,73439.3%+59%

300Davis County, UTUT381,22739.3%+36%

301Onondaga County, NYNY466,58439.2%+38%

302Union County, OHOH73,44639.2%+146%

303Essex County, NJNJ896,37939.1%+42%

304Burleigh County, NDND103,25139.1%+36%

305Hughes County, SDSD17,57039.0%+22%

306Cape May County, NJNJ93,39039.0%+77%

307Guilford County, NCNC562,23439.0%+29%

308Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09939.0%+15%

309Ellis County, KSKS29,07538.9%+33%

310Cole County, MOMO77,90838.9%+42%

311Merrimack County, NHNH158,07838.9%+34%

312Ottawa County, MIMI308,45938.9%+50%

313King County, TXTX19238.9%+58%

314Union County, NJNJ601,86338.9%+36%

315Mason County, TXTX3,99038.8%+107%

316Montgomery County, TXTX781,19438.8%+53%

317Montour County, PAPA17,86838.7%+75%

318Monroe County, ILIL34,84038.7%+90%

319Anchorage, AKAK287,15538.7%+34%

320Carroll County, NHNH52,78438.6%+46%

321Monroe County, FLFL80,40638.6%+52%

322Taos County, NMNM34,56438.5%+49%

323East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18038.5%+25%

324Thurston County, WAWA304,26138.5%+29%

325Lynchburg, VAVA81,34738.5%+52%

326Sonoma County, CACA486,44438.5%+35%

327Forsyth County, NCNC401,71838.5%+34%

328Honolulu County, HIHI988,70338.5%+38%

329Columbia County, GAGA169,18938.5%+20%

330Orange County, VTVT30,00238.4%+61%

331New Kent County, VAVA28,02238.4%+135%

332Morgan County, UTUT13,38338.4%+64%

333Snohomish County, WAWA870,65638.2%+56%

334Ulster County, NYNY183,33038.2%+53%

335Wallowa County, OROR7,59538.2%+88%

336Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18638.2%+68%

337Bernalillo County, NMNM667,60138.2%+25%

338Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,11538.1%+52%

339Kane County, ILIL525,75738.1%+37%

340Erie County, NYNY946,74138.0%+55%

341Grand Forks County, NDND74,50138.0%+36%

342Harris County, GAGA37,28038.0%+80%

343Queen Anne's County, MDMD54,44838.0%+49%

344Ontario County, NYNY113,13038.0%+54%

345Kitsap County, WAWA283,37437.9%+50%

346Radford, VAVA17,24337.9%+11%

347Pulaski County, ARAR404,61137.9%+35%

348Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72537.9%+98%

349Teller County, COCO24,75637.9%+20%

350Wilson County, TNTN175,03337.8%+93%

351Greene County, GAGA21,36737.8%+114%

352Benton County, ARAR332,55437.8%+86%

353Staunton, VAVA26,80137.7%+85%

354Chatham County, GAGA311,85537.7%+51%

355Beaverhead County, MTMT10,04337.7%+43%

356St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,10837.7%+33%

357Rensselaer County, NYNY160,51037.6%+58%

358Will County, ILIL712,25337.5%+47%

359Grand County, UTUT9,79037.5%+63%

360Hamilton County, TNTN390,83337.5%+57%

361Treasure County, MTMT72837.5%+106%

362Harrisonburg, VAVA50,83937.5%+20%

363Kenton County, KYKY175,77937.4%+63%

364Door County, WIWI30,61637.4%+75%

365Fluvanna County, VAVA28,97537.3%+52%

366Houghton County, MIMI37,84237.2%+62%

367Gillespie County, TXTX28,52737.2%+63%

368Flathead County, MTMT115,42937.2%+66%

369Roanoke County, VAVA97,15037.1%+32%

370Martin County, FLFL166,27237.1%+41%

371Jefferson County, KYKY795,22237.0%+49%

372Calvert County, MDMD94,48437.0%+65%

373Union County, SDSD17,40237.0%+41%

374Kittitas County, WAWA48,80337.0%+41%

375Kendall County, ILIL145,47036.9%+46%

376Borden County, TXTX56736.9%+72%

377Chesapeake, VAVA255,33236.9%+50%

378Benzie County, MIMI18,56836.9%+84%

379Washington County, NENE21,30236.8%+63%

380Gloucester County, NJNJ312,63836.8%+68%

381Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06536.8%+25%

382Marquette County, MIMI68,06436.8%+55%

383Pima County, AZAZ1,074,68536.8%+38%

384Eau Claire County, WIWI109,03336.8%+36%

385Pinellas County, FLFL948,56336.8%+60%

386Broward County, FLFL2,013,31736.7%+50%

387Prince George's County, MDMD970,37436.7%+35%

388Maricopa County, AZAZ4,689,55836.7%+42%

389Arthur County, NENE39636.6%+134%

390Island County, WAWA85,65736.6%+35%

391Sangamon County, ILIL194,17036.6%+28%

392Scott County, IAIA175,25936.6%+47%

393Midland County, MIMI83,75436.6%+25%

394Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,92536.5%+45%

395Clay County, MOMO265,03236.5%+47%

396Wood County, OHOH134,17636.5%+40%

397Warren County, NJNJ112,95336.5%+50%

398Henderson County, NCNC122,37536.5%+51%

399St. Mary's County, MDMD116,69236.5%+62%

400La Crosse County, WIWI121,33936.5%+44%

401Warren County, NYNY65,02036.4%+57%

402Dawson County, GAGA35,36536.4%+102%

403Hansford County, TXTX4,94436.4%+96%

404Camden County, NJNJ535,79936.3%+51%

405Jackson County, ILIL52,50136.3%+14%

406Poquoson, VAVA13,29236.3%+15%

407Nelson County, VAVA14,92036.3%+74%

408Bremer County, IAIA25,29636.2%+69%

409Medina County, OHOH185,02536.2%+46%

410York County, MEME222,43436.2%+58%

411Dawes County, NENE7,85836.2%+28%

412Polk County, NCNC20,53336.2%+41%

413Jefferson County, ALAL665,74236.2%+47%

414Coweta County, GAGA160,24036.2%+76%

415Cleveland County, OKOK303,97336.2%+29%

416Lincoln Parish, LALA48,36036.2%+14%

417Baltimore, MDMD569,99736.1%+89%

418Queens County, NYNY2,358,18236.1%+49%

419Ventura County, CACA830,85136.1%+34%

420Bryan County, GAGA52,06236.1%+87%

421Leavenworth County, KSKS84,59036.1%+56%

422Schenectady County, NYNY162,58136.1%+37%

423Elbert County, COCO30,53436.1%+36%

424Nicollet County, MNMN34,27336.1%+23%

425Campbell County, SDSD1,37736.0%+144%

426Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93436.0%+45%

427Park County, WYWY31,17136.0%+52%

428Woodford County, ILIL38,11135.9%+70%

429Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71135.9%+2%

430Oklahoma County, OKOK822,12535.9%+41%

431Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CTCT284,01535.8%–

432Summit County, OHOH538,37635.8%+42%

433Rutherford County, TNTN386,35235.8%+56%

434Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39735.7%+33%

435Boone County, KYKY145,31635.7%+56%

436Richmond County, NYNY501,29035.7%+54%

437Nassau County, FLFL106,87935.6%+88%

438Cheshire County, NHNH78,26935.5%+34%

439Adair County, MOMO25,68435.5%+25%

440Manatee County, FLFL468,20035.4%+71%

441Blanco County, TXTX13,58135.4%+60%

442Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,28135.4%+98%

443Clinton County, MIMI80,43235.4%+67%

444Sumter County, FLFL157,77235.3%+189%

445Worcester County, MDMD54,45935.3%+63%

446Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94935.3%+38%

447Rutland County, VTVT59,65335.3%+52%

448Washington County, ARAR271,21335.2%+44%

449McHenry County, ILIL317,75135.2%+27%

450Washington County, UTUT213,67035.2%+68%

451Charlevoix County, MIMI26,03635.2%+77%

452Washington County, WIWI139,23835.2%+60%

453Warrick County, ININ66,80335.2%+61%

454Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69135.2%+35%

455Walton County, FLFL93,28835.0%+116%

456Bayfield County, WIWI16,78735.0%+62%

457Powhatan County, VAVA32,59135.0%+83%

458Faulkner County, ARAR133,97935.0%+39%

459Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,38834.9%+53%

460Hancock County, ININ90,96934.9%+57%

461Athens County, OHOH63,19734.9%+36%

462Peoria County, ILIL178,55334.9%+49%

463Okaloosa County, FLFL221,81034.8%+44%

464Galveston County, TXTX372,20734.8%+53%

465Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46634.8%+31%

466Marion County, ININ992,19634.8%+37%

467Linn County, IAIA232,02834.7%+25%

468Scott County, KYKY62,26234.7%+71%

469Northampton County, PAPA324,41134.7%+64%

470King George County, VAVA29,64634.7%+47%

471Milwaukee County, WIWI924,21634.7%+47%

472Johnson County, ININ174,26234.7%+50%

473Kent County, RIRI173,49534.7%+40%

474Brunswick County, NCNC174,70234.7%+116%

475Pennington County, SDSD116,79234.6%+39%

476Lake County, SDSD10,99334.6%+64%

477Thomas County, KSKS7,72534.6%+38%

478Carbon County, MTMT11,46634.6%+49%

479Carteret County, NCNC70,46934.5%+74%

480Lamar County, MSMS67,40334.5%+29%

481Kearney County, NENE6,79034.5%+62%

482Rio Grande County, COCO11,08734.5%+83%

483Montgomery County, ALAL225,89134.5%+21%

484Duval County, FLFL1,062,96334.4%+57%

485Madison County, KYKY101,69634.4%+58%

486Dauphin County, PAPA293,35134.4%+46%

487Ocean County, NJNJ673,74634.4%+77%

488Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,02934.4%+59%

489Camas County, IDID1,31634.4%+55%

490Otsego County, NYNY60,58934.4%+56%

491Wright County, MNMN157,55934.4%+92%

492Buffalo County, NENE51,17234.4%+14%

493Waldo County, MEME40,69334.4%+54%

494Tulsa County, OKOK698,78234.4%+28%

495Antrim County, MIMI24,69834.3%+77%

496Washington County, TNTN141,19934.3%+50%

497Shelby County, TNTN910,22634.3%+36%

498Mora County, NMNM4,05134.3%+121%

499Sitka, AKAK8,31934.3%+16%

500McPherson County, KSKS30,06434.3%+54%

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Frequently asked

Which county has the highest bachelor's degree or higher?

Falls Church, Virginia ranks #1 with 80.5% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by bachelor's degree or higher?

Falls Church, Virginia, Arlington County, Virginia, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, Alexandria, Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,144 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is bachelor's degree or higher measured?

Share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).