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RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,122

Most educated, US counties · 1990

US counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (1990 ACS).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS –
501Rutherford County, TNTN386,35218.7%
502Gilliam County, OROR1,97118.7%
503Oldham County, TXTX1,78318.6%
504Chatham County, GAGA311,85518.6%
505Lowndes County, MSMS57,34618.6%
506Yankton County, SDSD23,63518.6%
507Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,11518.6%
508Anderson County, TNTN82,06618.6%
509Dauphin County, PAPA293,35118.6%
510Clarke County, VAVA15,60918.6%
511Porter County, ININ176,04918.5%
512Eaton County, MIMI109,58118.5%
513Columbia County, NYNY60,16818.5%
514Wicomico County, MDMD106,89918.5%
515Wasatch County, UTUT38,51418.5%
516Kay County, OKOK43,49018.5%
517Hawaii County, HIHI210,04318.5%
518Lake County, SDSD10,99318.5%
519Taos County, NMNM34,56418.5%
520Pinellas County, FLFL948,56318.5%
521Nemaha County, NENE7,10218.5%
522Ohio County, WVWV40,49618.4%
523Newport News, VAVA183,23018.4%
524Comanche County, OKOK122,15818.4%
525Washakie County, WYWY7,59718.4%
526Cherokee County, GAGA299,27318.4%
527Duval County, FLFL1,062,96318.4%
528Cascade County, MTMT85,02918.4%
529Weld County, COCO378,42618.4%
530Providence County, RIRI678,17918.3%
531Phelps County, MOMO45,24718.3%
532Bayfield County, WIWI16,78718.3%
533Cortland County, NYNY45,85018.2%
534Caddo Parish, LALA224,22618.2%
535Madison County, NYNY67,12018.2%
536Ravalli County, MTMT48,58218.2%
537Waynesboro, VAVA23,95118.2%
538Escambia County, FLFL333,83418.2%
539Winnebago County, WIWI174,21818.2%
540Hendricks County, ININ193,51018.2%
541Hill County, MTMT16,16718.1%
542Rockdale County, GAGA98,41618.1%
543Ford County, KSKS33,99318.1%
544Gloucester County, NJNJ312,63818.1%
545Roosevelt County, NMNM18,61518.1%
546Livingston County, NYNY61,43818.1%
547Kennebec County, MEME129,06718.1%
548Vigo County, ININ106,51218.1%
549Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,66618.1%
550Tioga County, NYNY47,45318.0%
551Will County, ILIL712,25318.0%
552Pontotoc County, OKOK38,52818.0%
553Houghton County, MIMI37,84218.0%
554Macon County, ALAL18,13218.0%
555Warren County, OHOH257,18118.0%
556Hood River County, OROR23,72018.0%
557Weber County, UTUT278,17418.0%
558Medina County, OHOH185,02518.0%
559Transylvania County, NCNC34,21117.9%
560Johnson County, WYWY8,90817.9%
561Faulkner County, ARAR133,97917.9%
562Clay County, FLFL239,59317.9%
563Mecosta County, MIMI42,32017.9%
564Silver Bow County, MTMT36,11817.9%
565Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,95117.9%
566Kearney County, NENE6,79017.9%
567Mineral County, COCO91017.9%
568Clark County, ARAR20,93817.9%
569Salem, VAVA25,81617.8%
570Teton County, MTMT6,49617.8%
571Kendall County, ILIL145,47017.8%
572Mendocino County, CACA88,12217.8%
573Pierce County, WIWI43,51917.8%
574Maui County, HIHI160,59217.8%
575Sioux County, NENE1,18817.8%
576Staunton, VAVA26,80117.8%
577Lane County, KSKS1,50817.8%
578Yavapai County, AZAZ252,55217.7%
579Washington County, UTUT213,67017.7%
580Penobscot County, MEME157,96717.7%
581Franklin County, MEME30,82417.7%
582Traill County, NDND7,92017.7%
583Brown County, WIWI275,80317.7%
584Saline County, KSKS53,37717.7%
585Gregg County, TXTX126,09517.7%
586Sheridan County, WYWY33,24117.6%
587Box Elder County, UTUT65,32017.6%
588Calvert County, MDMD94,48417.6%
589Storey County, NVNV4,26017.6%
590Portage County, OHOH163,40417.6%
591Jackson County, OROR221,79517.6%
592Hampden County, MAMA464,33817.6%
593Haines, AKAK2,06817.6%
594Kanawha County, WVWV172,38117.6%
595Monroe County, PAPA167,17917.6%
596Walworth County, WIWI106,12717.5%
597Marion County, OROR355,77717.5%
598Stearns County, MNMN164,11017.5%
599Dickinson County, IAIA18,07717.5%
600Nodaway County, MOMO20,17417.5%
601Petroleum County, MTMT54817.5%
602Pierce County, WAWA946,28817.5%
603Rio Grande County, COCO11,08717.5%
604Clark County, KSKS1,90017.5%
605Custer County, SDSD9,43117.5%
606Union County, PAPA42,31317.5%
607Lake County, OHOH232,21717.5%
608Roberts County, TXTX86717.4%
609Teton County, IDID13,25417.4%
610McPherson County, KSKS30,06417.4%
611Mesa County, COCO162,84517.4%
612Garfield County, OKOK61,77917.3%
613Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53217.3%
614Dorchester County, SCSC178,39717.3%
615Alfalfa County, OKOK5,64917.3%
616Borden County, TXTX56717.3%
617Hodgeman County, KSKS1,61917.3%
618Flagler County, FLFL140,36017.3%
619Rowan County, KYKY24,47617.3%
620Richmond County, GAGA206,55917.3%
621St. Louis County, MNMN200,51817.3%
622Cape May County, NJNJ93,39017.2%
623Aiken County, SCSC181,51517.2%
624Flathead County, MTMT115,42917.2%
625Scott County, MNMN159,01717.2%
626Bell County, TXTX402,24817.2%
627Socorro County, NMNM15,83817.1%
628Yamhill County, OROR110,02417.1%
629Gillespie County, TXTX28,52717.1%
630Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73317.1%
631Meade County, KSKS3,85217.1%
632Kenton County, KYKY175,77917.0%
633Lucas County, OHOH423,34717.0%
634Bibb County, GAGA157,55617.0%
635Butler County, KSKS69,48417.0%
636Dougherty County, GAGA82,61617.0%
637Nueces County, TXTX352,99217.0%
638Tom Green County, TXTX120,60217.0%
639Union County, OROR25,90017.0%
640Stevens County, MNMN9,74717.0%
641Stillwater County, MTMT9,44516.9%
642Bryan County, OKOK51,36716.9%
643Fresno County, CACA1,035,45616.9%
644Stanton County, KSKS1,98616.9%
645Kent County, MDMD19,56516.9%
646Bandera County, TXTX22,87616.9%
647Chesapeake, VAVA255,33216.9%
648Liberty County, MTMT1,95716.9%
649York County, SCSC306,88716.9%
650Granite County, MTMT3,65816.9%
651Bartholomew County, ININ85,72916.9%
652Pickens County, SCSC139,19816.9%
653Putnam County, TNTN86,61216.8%
654Waldo County, MEME40,69316.8%
655Howard County, MOMO10,18016.8%
656St. Mary's County, MDMD116,69216.8%
657Norfolk, VAVA231,01316.8%
658Baldwin County, ALAL267,76116.8%
659Mariposa County, CACA16,91816.8%
660Lyon County, MNMN25,68416.8%
661Chouteau County, MTMT5,86516.8%
662Clark County, WAWA532,11916.8%
663Dubuque County, IAIA99,38116.8%
664Greeley County, KSKS1,18216.8%
665Perkins County, NENE2,84916.7%
666Sherburne County, MNMN104,19416.7%
667Berrien County, MIMI152,44416.7%
668Northampton County, PAPA324,41116.7%
669Oneida County, NYNY226,39216.7%
670Clatsop County, OROR40,92616.7%
671Canadian County, OKOK187,18916.7%
672Chelan County, WAWA81,94116.7%
673Stutsman County, NDND21,41416.7%
674Outagamie County, WIWI195,89416.7%
675Johnson County, ININ174,26216.7%
676Colonial Heights, VAVA18,73816.7%
677Lancaster County, PAPA563,15916.7%
678Pawnee County, KSKS5,99116.7%
679Lincoln County, OROR50,63616.7%
680Woodbury County, IAIA106,64916.7%
681Winnebago County, ILIL283,67416.7%
682Powell County, MTMT7,15716.6%
683Cumberland County, NCNC338,47316.6%
684Muscogee County, GAGA202,17116.6%
685McLennan County, TXTX272,02016.6%
686Madison County, TNTN100,79016.6%
687Kings County, NYNY2,653,96316.6%
688Wichita County, TXTX129,55516.5%
689Fremont County, WYWY39,46416.5%
690Jackson County, OKOK24,76416.5%
691Stafford County, KSKS4,00516.5%
692Sullivan County, NHNH43,96116.5%
693Delaware County, ININ113,10616.5%
694Montgomery County, TNTN249,93516.5%
695Clinton County, NYNY78,13816.5%
696Racine County, WIWI198,91916.5%
697Coffee County, ALAL56,95316.5%
698Lee County, FLFL875,60716.4%
699Door County, WIWI30,61616.4%
700Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13516.4%
701Atlantic County, NJNJ278,65716.4%
702Grant County, NMNM27,25216.4%
703Meade County, SDSD30,71116.4%
704Essex County, VAVA10,65416.4%
705Moffat County, COCO13,12216.4%
706Sanborn County, SDSD2,38816.4%
707Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,08916.4%
708Lincoln County, SDSD77,14516.4%
709Craighead County, ARAR116,95716.4%
710Lowndes County, GAGA122,86716.3%
711Fall River County, SDSD7,46716.3%
712Carson City, NVNV58,57116.3%
713Harrison County, MSMS217,13616.3%
714Ramsey County, NDND11,53016.3%
715Dallas County, IAIA118,45716.3%
716Skagit County, WAWA132,97516.3%
717Fluvanna County, VAVA28,97516.3%
718Kauai County, HIHI73,40016.3%
719Erie County, PAPA265,83216.2%
720Waller County, TXTX69,85816.2%
721Charles County, MDMD176,59316.2%
722Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36816.2%
723Morton County, KSKS2,47016.2%
724Lake County, COCO7,55216.2%
725Carteret County, NCNC70,46916.2%
726Prince George County, VAVA43,93616.2%
727San Miguel County, NMNM26,26016.2%
728Harding County, SDSD1,33116.2%
729Warren County, IAIA57,33116.2%
730Warrick County, ININ66,80316.2%
731Jefferson County, WVWV63,10216.2%
732Clallam County, WAWA78,20216.1%
733Claiborne County, MSMS8,05816.1%
734Cochise County, AZAZ126,33216.1%
735Lincoln County, NMNM19,84416.1%
736Orange County, VAVA40,08316.1%
737Greenwood County, SCSC70,37916.0%
738Lincoln County, WAWA11,98216.0%
739Charlevoix County, MIMI26,03616.0%
740Dickey County, NDND4,89516.0%
741Morgan County, ILIL32,51516.0%
742Custer County, MTMT12,03416.0%
743Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99516.0%
744Horry County, SCSC427,55116.0%
745Kootenai County, IDID191,86416.0%
746Houston County, GAGA178,21416.0%
747Steele County, MNMN37,46416.0%
748Montezuma County, COCO26,67815.9%
749Logan County, KSKS2,66115.9%
750Hunt County, TXTX123,33615.9%
751Washington County, WIWI139,23815.9%
752Bristol County, MAMA593,64015.9%
753Sumter County, GAGA28,80115.9%
754Sierra County, CACA3,09815.9%
755Millard County, UTUT14,05715.9%
756Piatt County, ILIL16,79115.9%
757Blaine County, NENE45815.8%
758Elmore County, IDID29,46515.8%
759Martinsville, VAVA13,84915.8%
760Essex County, NYNY36,43815.8%
761Kit Carson County, COCO7,06915.8%
762Mitchell County, KSKS5,59015.8%
763Marshall County, IAIA39,89015.8%
764Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72015.7%
765Thomas County, KSKS7,72515.7%
766Wallowa County, OROR7,59515.7%
767Campbell County, WYWY48,14515.7%
768Leflore County, MSMS25,68615.7%
769Bay County, FLFL204,47915.7%
770Lake County, MTMT33,39215.7%
771Golden Valley County, NDND1,80815.7%
772Harding County, NMNM61715.7%
773Roanoke, VAVA99,11115.6%
774Custer County, IDID4,63615.6%
775Adams County, NENE31,07115.6%
776Georgetown County, SCSC65,91215.6%
777Nez Perce County, IDID42,90515.6%
778Sanpete County, UTUT31,45315.6%
779Crook County, WYWY7,85215.6%
780Grant County, OKOK4,06715.6%
781Sullivan County, TNTN163,75915.6%
782Butler County, PAPA200,16915.6%
783Forsyth County, GAGA282,80515.6%
784Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18615.6%
785Wilson County, TNTN175,03315.6%
786Allegany County, NYNY46,80015.6%
787Bedford County, VAVA83,05915.6%
788Mobile County, ALAL411,65815.5%
789Jefferson County, TXTX254,32115.5%
790Bossier Parish, LALA131,86715.5%
791Anoka County, MNMN381,60515.5%
792Sheridan County, NENE4,80915.5%
793Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37215.5%
794Fairfield County, OHOH169,75215.5%
795Morgan County, ALAL126,48315.5%
796Baltimore, MDMD569,99715.5%
797Manatee County, FLFL468,20015.5%
798Mathews County, VAVA8,52915.5%
799Phelps County, NENE8,99415.5%
800Beaver County, OKOK4,88215.4%
801Barnes County, NDND10,57315.4%
802Montrose County, COCO44,59115.4%
803Grand County, UTUT9,79015.4%
804Chemung County, NYNY80,41515.4%
805Rio Blanco County, COCO6,68315.4%
806Washington County, NENE21,30215.4%
807Madison County, VAVA14,23715.4%
808Hall County, GAGA226,56815.4%
809Sutter County, CACA98,78715.4%
810Woodford County, ILIL38,11115.4%
811Westmoreland County, PAPA349,32415.4%
812Boone County, KYKY145,31615.3%
813Jackson County, COCO1,21115.3%
814Coffee County, TNTN62,41915.3%
815Ocean County, NJNJ673,74615.3%
816St. Louis, MOMO278,14415.3%
817Powder River County, MTMT1,78115.3%
818Hansford County, TXTX4,94415.3%
819Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48315.3%
820Hanson County, SDSD3,45615.3%
821Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55415.3%
822El Paso County, TXTX877,85815.2%
823Lincoln County, WYWY21,18015.2%
824Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,28115.2%
825Crockett County, TXTX2,76915.2%
826Brown County, ININ15,77715.2%
827Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44915.2%
828Bolivar County, MSMS28,26215.2%
829Scott County, KYKY62,26215.2%
830Chaffee County, COCO20,83115.2%
831Peach County, GAGA29,87715.2%
832Hood County, TXTX70,50115.2%
833Bonner County, IDID54,42015.2%
834Beadle County, SDSD19,62415.1%
835Floyd County, ININ82,15315.1%
836Plumas County, CACA18,58315.1%
837Texas County, OKOK20,32215.1%
838Cimarron County, OKOK2,05915.1%
839Brazoria County, TXTX419,08015.1%
840Berks County, PAPA440,07215.1%
841Jefferson County, WIWI86,50515.1%
842Rich County, UTUT2,68715.1%
843Bremer County, IAIA25,29615.1%
844Washington County, TXTX38,28815.1%
845Benzie County, MIMI18,56815.1%
846Craven County, NCNC105,02515.1%
847Hamilton County, NYNY5,00615.1%
848Cheyenne County, NENE9,52815.1%
849St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,48815.1%
850Columbia County, WAWA4,14115.1%
851Chase County, NENE3,71815.1%
852Lee County, MSMS83,73115.0%
853Plymouth County, IAIA25,69715.0%
854Houston County, ALAL110,31815.0%
855Pondera County, MTMT6,07215.0%
856Rock Island County, ILIL141,86915.0%
857Camas County, IDID1,31615.0%
858Big Horn County, WYWY12,02415.0%
859Shackelford County, TXTX3,19715.0%
860Kent County, DEDE194,78615.0%
861Otero County, NMNM70,36815.0%
862Yates County, NYNY24,54715.0%
863Sumter County, SCSC105,06715.0%
864Garfield County, UTUT5,25615.0%
865Cowley County, KSKS34,38214.9%
866Reno County, KSKS61,53914.9%
867San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09114.9%
868Campbell County, KYKY95,44114.9%
869Hancock County, ININ90,96914.9%
870Oneida County, WIWI38,13114.9%
871Red Willow County, NENE10,30714.9%
872Comanche County, KSKS1,67314.9%
873Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95514.9%
874Brule County, SDSD5,27814.9%
875Marion County, KSKS11,63414.9%
876Culpeper County, VAVA57,66614.9%
877Douglas County, WIWI43,99014.8%
878Seward County, NENE18,03214.8%
880Adams County, MSMS30,06114.8%
881Lackawanna County, PAPA216,50214.8%
882Stark County, NDND34,01314.8%
883Davison County, SDSD20,06914.8%
884Florence County, SCSC138,50414.8%
885Volusia County, FLFL606,57314.8%
886Macon County, ILIL99,30014.8%
887Logan County, OKOK55,47314.8%
888Sanders County, MTMT14,06214.8%
889Worcester County, MDMD54,45914.8%
890Benton County, MNMN41,74414.8%
891St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58614.8%
892Frederick County, VAVA99,95514.7%
893Jefferson County, FLFL16,00714.7%
894Stephens County, OKOK44,31014.7%
895Pope County, ARAR64,97614.7%
896Tuolumne County, CACA53,16014.7%
897Gloucester County, VAVA40,09714.7%
898Coahoma County, MSMS19,84914.7%
899Clayton County, GAGA297,47114.7%
900Grant County, WIWI52,44614.7%
901Colfax County, NMNM12,18414.7%
902Middlesex County, VAVA10,84114.7%
903Davie County, NCNC45,85514.7%
904Golden Valley County, MTMT84414.7%
905Pike County, PAPA62,80814.7%
906St. Clair County, ILIL250,70814.7%
907Hubbard County, MNMN22,36914.7%
908Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,46614.7%
909McMullen County, TXTX54414.6%
910Geary County, KSKS36,33814.6%
911Rockingham County, VAVA89,31614.6%
912Jefferson County, ARAR62,98714.6%
913Bent County, COCO5,71614.6%
914Grant County, NENE56114.6%
915Alamance County, NCNC186,17714.6%
916Kiowa County, KSKS2,43214.6%
917Sebastian County, ARAR130,64114.6%
918Rapides Parish, LALA125,87714.6%
919Clinton County, MIMI80,43214.6%
920Stanley County, SDSD3,01814.6%
921Riverside County, CACA2,544,91614.6%
922Hall County, NENE63,63314.6%
923Lake County, OROR8,18714.5%
924Wasco County, OROR26,31014.5%
925Warren County, ILIL16,22214.5%
926Glacier County, MTMT13,46314.5%
927Goshen County, WYWY12,64014.5%
928Autauga County, ALAL61,92014.5%
929Hyde County, SDSD1,19114.5%
930Walworth County, SDSD5,21714.5%
931Henry County, IAIA19,34914.5%
932Clay County, IAIA16,20214.5%
933Clermont County, OHOH216,97714.5%
934Fergus County, MTMT11,82514.5%
935Aransas County, TXTX26,14614.5%
936Steuben County, NYNY91,85514.4%
937Hancock County, ILIL16,80314.4%
938Indiana County, PAPA82,87814.4%
939Sioux County, IAIA36,77414.4%
940Houston County, MNMN18,40014.4%
941Calaveras County, CACA46,60514.4%
942Sumner County, TNTN215,53814.4%
943Boise County, IDID8,54514.4%
944Boyle County, KYKY31,63214.4%
945Wilson County, NCNC81,15014.4%
946Madison County, ILIL263,11014.4%
947Sullivan County, NYNY80,58614.4%
948Rawlins County, KSKS2,43114.4%
949Meagher County, MTMT2,13714.4%
950Jackson County, MSMS147,66614.4%
951Schoharie County, NYNY30,17614.4%
952Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20114.4%
953San Benito County, CACA70,08214.4%
954Jones County, SDSD91314.4%
955Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35714.4%
956Franklin, VAVA8,47814.4%
957Saguache County, COCO6,73214.4%
958Benton County, ARAR332,55414.4%
959Finney County, KSKS37,50514.4%
960Kosciusko County, ININ80,89214.4%
961Blaine County, MTMT6,86014.4%
962Uinta County, WYWY20,72814.3%
963Williams County, NDND41,76714.3%
964Howard County, ININ83,90414.3%
965Franklin County, IDID15,88914.3%
966McCracken County, KYKY67,55314.3%
967Bottineau County, NDND6,28414.3%
968Bowie County, TXTX92,69614.3%
969Stark County, OHOH373,77114.3%
970Blount County, TNTN143,82014.3%
971Hot Springs County, WYWY4,60014.3%
972McCone County, MTMT1,72014.3%
973Washington County, MSMS40,44614.3%
974Franklin County, VTVT51,17714.3%
975Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85714.3%
976Hancock County, MSMS46,87314.3%
977Pike County, ALAL33,68814.3%
978Taney County, MOMO57,00114.3%
979Chaves County, NMNM63,36414.3%
980Lee County, NCNC70,25814.3%
981Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39114.2%
982McKenzie County, NDND15,19214.2%
983Atchison County, MOMO5,17514.2%
984Elkhart County, ININ208,77414.2%
985Orleans County, VTVT27,60014.2%
986Seneca County, NYNY32,88314.2%
987Graham County, KSKS2,37114.2%
988Garland County, ARAR99,69514.2%
989Chautauqua County, NYNY124,12614.2%
990Lincoln County, NENE33,30314.2%
991Williamson County, ILIL67,22514.2%
992Mora County, NMNM4,05114.2%
993Phillips County, COCO4,42014.2%
994Logan County, COCO20,65414.2%
995Siskiyou County, CACA42,01314.2%
996Carbon County, WYWY14,01314.2%
997Calhoun County, ALAL115,83414.2%
998Catawba County, NCNC170,17214.2%
999Gilmer County, WVWV7,08514.2%
1000North Slope, AKAK10,58214.1%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS