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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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1001Goodhue County, MNMN48,19514.1%
1002Clark County, IDID78314.1%
1003Stevens County, KSKS4,98414.1%
1004Victoria County, TXTX92,65614.1%
1005Miami County, OHOH112,63414.1%
1006Muskogee County, OKOK66,70814.1%
1007Daviess County, KYKY104,89814.1%
1008Harney County, OROR7,38014.1%
1009Armstrong County, TXTX1,84314.1%
1010Russell County, KSKS6,58114.1%
1011Toole County, MTMT5,21114.0%
1012Bourbon County, KSKS14,31914.0%
1013Winnebago County, IAIA10,25114.0%
1014Ottawa County, KSKS5,74414.0%
1015Pueblo County, COCO169,27714.0%
1016Wayne County, NYNY91,25014.0%
1017Tift County, GAGA42,25414.0%
1018Burnet County, TXTX57,01514.0%
1019Amador County, CACA41,87614.0%
1020Grayson County, TXTX153,61314.0%
1021Cassia County, IDID26,39714.0%
1022Genesee County, NYNY58,41614.0%
1023Mahoning County, OHOH224,70614.0%
1024Ellis County, OKOK3,61314.0%
1025Wayne County, OHOH116,75813.9%
1026Moody County, SDSD6,63213.9%
1027Callaway County, MOMO45,76513.9%
1028Bowman County, NDND2,76213.9%
1029Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11113.9%
1030Parker County, TXTX184,76713.9%
1031Carson County, TXTX5,80513.9%
1032Gosper County, NENE1,80313.9%
1033Garden County, NENE1,80413.9%
1034York County, PAPA473,19713.9%
1035Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58613.9%
1036Union County, SDSD17,40213.9%
1037Drew County, ARAR17,05413.9%
1038Bristol, VAVA16,41813.8%
1039Cloud County, KSKS8,83313.8%
1040Douglas County, WAWA46,47313.8%
1041Menard County, ILIL11,86313.8%
1042Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28413.8%
1043Calhoun County, MIMI133,40813.8%
1045Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83013.8%
1046Clark County, NVNV2,407,22613.8%
1047Scott County, KSKS4,81513.8%
1048Limestone County, ALAL122,92813.8%
1049Arthur County, NENE39613.8%
1050Morton County, NDND34,60113.8%
1051Erie County, OHOH73,29613.8%
1052McCulloch County, TXTX7,47213.8%
1053Irion County, TXTX1,46313.8%
1054Somervell County, TXTX10,26113.8%
1055Sheboygan County, WIWI118,04713.8%
1056Edwards County, TXTX1,37013.8%
1057Austin County, TXTX33,62513.8%
1058Monroe County, ILIL34,84013.7%
1059Otsego County, MIMI26,08013.7%
1060Boone County, IAIA26,79913.7%
1061Webster County, IAIA36,83813.7%
1062Garfield County, WAWA2,41613.7%
1063Nash County, NCNC99,36513.7%
1064Floyd County, GAGA101,37813.7%
1065Pennington County, MNMN13,68613.7%
1066Steele County, NDND1,79713.7%
1067Curry County, NMNM46,65513.7%
1068Shasta County, CACA181,64813.7%
1069Antrim County, MIMI24,69813.7%
1070Lee County, GAGA34,17913.7%
1071Yakima County, WAWA259,18513.7%
1072Vilas County, WIWI23,76113.7%
1073Greene County, IAIA8,65813.7%
1074Adams County, ILIL64,26713.7%
1075Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17713.7%
1076Brown County, TXTX38,71113.7%
1077Wayne County, MIMI1,769,03813.7%
1078Delta County, COCO32,17813.6%
1079Scotland County, NCNC33,32213.6%
1080Decatur County, KSKS2,71613.6%
1081Schuyler County, NYNY16,92413.6%
1082Gove County, KSKS2,63113.6%
1083Grant County, KSKS7,02813.6%
1084Troup County, GAGA72,84413.6%
1085Washington County, PAPA210,80213.6%
1086Chase County, KSKS2,57213.6%
1087Botetourt County, VAVA34,14413.6%
1088Harper County, OKOK3,17213.6%
1089Baca County, COCO3,34713.6%
1090Barton County, KSKS24,79013.6%
1091Stephenson County, ILIL43,22013.6%
1092Mason County, WAWA71,16513.6%
1093Harris County, GAGA37,28013.6%
1094Montgomery County, KSKS30,17713.6%
1095Waseca County, MNMN18,68813.6%
1096White County, GAGA29,80213.6%
1097Cass County, NENE27,65713.6%
1098Mercer County, PAPA107,86013.6%
1099Jefferson County, NYNY111,54013.6%
1100Tazewell County, ILIL130,04913.6%
1101Eureka County, NVNV1,86713.6%
1102Niagara County, NYNY208,91213.6%
1103Hooker County, NENE68613.5%
1104Ottawa County, OHOH39,48113.5%
1105Page County, IAIA14,85613.5%
1106Petersburg, VAVA33,73413.5%
1107Uvalde County, TXTX24,96313.5%
1108Butte County, IDID2,78313.5%
1109Andrew County, MOMO18,24113.5%
1110Burt County, NENE6,67813.5%
1111Murray County, OKOK13,80513.5%
1112Dodge County, NENE38,05713.5%
1113Buchanan County, MOMO83,54013.5%
1114Jefferson County, KSKS18,29613.5%
1115Sterling County, TXTX1,34913.5%
1116Wood County, WIWI74,06013.5%
1117Northumberland County, VAVA12,55713.5%
1118Dale County, ALAL49,91213.5%
1119Harrison County, WVWV64,22113.5%
1120Inyo County, CACA18,15813.5%
1121Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13213.5%
1122Macomb County, MIMI886,22113.5%
1123Broadwater County, MTMT8,49313.5%
1124Camden County, GAGA60,14313.5%
1125Wood County, WVWV82,38513.5%
1126Coffey County, KSKS8,46713.5%
1127Marathon County, WIWI139,43213.5%
1128Charlotte County, FLFL217,21213.4%
1129New Kent County, VAVA28,02213.4%
1130Emporia, VAVA5,44713.4%
1131Kingfisher County, OKOK15,79513.4%
1132Yuma County, COCO9,89613.4%
1133Onslow County, NCNC217,17513.4%
1134Nelson County, VAVA14,92013.4%
1135Carter County, OKOK48,91013.4%
1136Jasper County, MOMO127,42813.4%
1137Haskell County, KSKS3,59913.4%
1138Schleicher County, TXTX2,24513.4%
1139Rosebud County, MTMT8,25313.4%
1140Greene County, NYNY47,23813.4%
1141Richland County, MTMT11,37713.4%
1142Pierce County, NDND3,83813.4%
1143Franklin County, WAWA102,61213.4%
1144Liberty County, GAGA70,31313.4%
1145Logan County, NENE66913.4%
1146Thomas County, GAGA46,36813.4%
1147Ellis County, TXTX240,86713.4%
1148Umatilla County, OROR81,11913.3%
1149Baldwin County, GAGA44,02913.3%
1150Sweetwater County, WYWY41,26713.3%
1151Fond du Lac County, WIWI104,66913.3%
1152Bastrop County, TXTX118,90813.3%
1153Lauderdale County, MSMS70,31713.3%
1154Oconee County, SCSC83,77513.3%
1155Elko County, NVNV54,81513.3%
1156Rock County, WIWI166,47213.3%
1157Atchison County, KSKS16,17213.3%
1158Sheridan County, KSKS2,42713.3%
1159Jefferson County, ININ33,27913.3%
1160Llano County, TXTX23,35313.3%
1161Baker County, OROR16,65813.3%
1162Boundary County, IDID13,99713.3%
1163Putnam County, WVWV56,88513.3%
1164Gooding County, IDID16,44613.3%
1165Iowa County, WIWI23,95113.3%
1166Kern County, CACA927,06813.3%
1167Twin Falls County, IDID97,53913.3%
1168Cheyenne County, KSKS2,60413.3%
1169Coweta County, GAGA160,24013.3%
1170McClain County, OKOK49,64713.3%
1171Clay County, KSKS7,99013.3%
1172Dawson County, MTMT8,69213.2%
1173Madison County, NENE36,10613.2%
1174Angelina County, TXTX88,15413.2%
1175Valley County, MTMT7,38513.2%
1176Wyoming County, PAPA25,79013.2%
1177Washington County, OHOH58,38913.2%
1178Sherman County, TXTX2,78113.2%
1179Roane County, TNTN57,39513.2%
1180Grady County, OKOK59,12813.2%
1181Miami County, KSKS36,24013.2%
1182San Joaquin County, CACA823,81513.2%
1183Treasure County, MTMT72813.2%
1184Prairie County, MTMT1,11213.2%
1185Macon County, NCNC39,23213.2%
1186Delaware County, NYNY44,30513.2%
1187Lewis County, IDID3,70413.2%
1188Union County, NCNC267,67413.2%
1189Adams County, PAPA107,59413.2%
1190Bingham County, IDID51,15313.1%
1191Stephens County, GAGA27,85413.1%
1192Otoe County, NENE16,53113.1%
1193Pembina County, NDND6,56813.1%
1194Edwards County, KSKS2,64013.1%
1195Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45313.1%
1196Tillamook County, OROR27,38413.1%
1197Churchill County, NVNV25,85113.1%
1198Lincoln County, NVNV4,32013.1%
1199Mineral County, MTMT5,18513.1%
1200Chenango County, NYNY45,71513.1%
1201Phillips County, MTMT4,20313.1%
1202Keith County, NENE8,10013.1%
1203Osage County, OKOK46,79413.1%
1204Major County, OKOK7,53613.1%
1205Cherry County, NENE5,56113.1%
1206Mahaska County, IAIA21,88013.1%
1207Malheur County, OROR32,26113.1%
1208Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39113.1%
1209San Juan County, UTUT14,54213.1%
1210St. Lucie County, FLFL402,44913.1%
1211Franklin County, TNTN45,57913.1%
1212Vernon County, MOMO19,94613.1%
1213Columbia County, ARAR21,89413.1%
1214Wayne County, PAPA51,70313.1%
1215Luzerne County, PAPA332,12613.1%
1216Hamilton County, NENE9,67813.0%
1217York County, NENE14,56413.0%
1218Beauregard Parish, LALA36,67313.0%
1219Cass County, MOMO115,85913.0%
1220Martin County, MNMN19,44013.0%
1221Val Verde County, TXTX47,83513.0%
1222Dundy County, NENE1,56813.0%
1223Blanco County, TXTX13,58113.0%
1224Dickinson County, MIMI25,82713.0%
1225Otero County, COCO17,68313.0%
1226Niobrara County, WYWY2,34113.0%
1227Effingham County, ILIL34,51913.0%
1228Woodward County, OKOK19,82713.0%
1229Adams County, COCO554,66813.0%
1230Ashland County, OHOH52,52313.0%
1231Cayuga County, NYNY74,36513.0%
1232Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63313.0%
1233Richland County, NDND16,73113.0%
1234Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04113.0%
1235Muscatine County, IAIA41,85313.0%
1236Licking County, OHOH185,56413.0%
1237Clark County, KYKY37,88813.0%
1238Highland County, VAVA2,31813.0%
1239Rogers County, OKOK102,19713.0%
1240Sussex County, DEDE277,14013.0%
1241Saginaw County, MIMI187,68813.0%
1242Box Butte County, NENE10,49413.0%
1243Walsh County, NDND10,17913.0%
1244King William County, VAVA19,61713.0%
1245Lamar County, TXTX51,50313.0%
1246Stanislaus County, CACA557,71913.0%
1247Mason County, TXTX3,99012.9%
1248Hardin County, KYKY113,48212.9%
1249Oneida County, IDID5,08512.9%
1250Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,34612.9%
1251Codington County, SDSD29,56212.9%
1252Sawyer County, WIWI18,84612.9%
1253Shelby County, KYKY51,24312.9%
1254Aleutians East, AKAK3,47912.9%
1255Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.9%
1256Campbell County, VAVA55,62912.9%
1257Jackson County, MIMI159,55212.9%
1258Deuel County, NENE1,86212.9%
1259Barber County, KSKS4,08312.9%
1260Marion County, MOMO28,52512.9%
1261Clinton County, IAIA46,00212.9%
1262Franklin County, KSKS26,29912.9%
1263Marion County, IAIA34,19212.9%
1264Harlan County, NENE3,00012.9%
1265Sully County, SDSD1,47912.9%
1266Columbia County, WIWI58,13212.9%
1267Rockbridge County, VAVA22,66312.9%
1268Mountrail County, NDND9,39512.9%
1269Calumet County, WIWI53,98212.9%
1270Lincoln County, COCO5,64512.9%
1271Mower County, MNMN40,97112.9%
1272Clay County, MSMS18,23812.9%
1273Anderson County, SCSC219,93012.9%
1274Garfield County, NENE1,71012.9%
1275Hamilton County, KSKS2,50012.9%
1276Oswego County, NYNY118,56912.9%
1277Herkimer County, NYNY59,21912.9%
1278Sauk County, WIWI66,65212.9%
1279Polk County, MNMN30,54512.9%
1280Polk County, FLFL874,79012.9%
1281Bradford County, PAPA59,60012.9%
1282Trinity County, CACA15,72012.9%
1283Lenawee County, MIMI97,77912.9%
1284Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41512.8%
1285Pike County, MSMS38,71212.8%
1286Divide County, NDND2,11012.8%
1287Elmore County, ALAL91,57712.8%
1288Curry County, OROR22,62112.8%
1289Knox County, OHOH64,00212.8%
1290Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89912.8%
1291Norton County, KSKS5,28812.8%
1292Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81912.8%
1293Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25712.8%
1294Lake County, ININ504,61212.8%
1295Haywood County, NCNC63,36912.8%
1296Shelby County, IAIA11,68912.8%
1297Ashland County, WIWI16,20312.8%
1298Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,39012.8%
1299Montgomery County, ININ38,95412.8%
1300Holt County, NENE10,06712.8%
1301Lampasas County, TXTX23,65712.8%
1302Genesee County, MIMI401,09312.8%
1303Platte County, NENE35,64912.8%
1304Pulaski County, MOMO54,44212.8%
1305Hamilton County, IAIA14,94412.8%
1306Hand County, SDSD3,12112.8%
1307Big Horn County, MTMT12,75212.8%
1308Union County, IAIA11,82912.8%
1309Montgomery County, IAIA10,00212.8%
1310Bath County, VAVA4,07612.8%
1311Washburn County, WIWI17,08712.8%
1312Mills County, TXTX4,58012.8%
1313Cedar County, IAIA18,35912.8%
1314Lake County, FLFL456,06812.7%
1315Converse County, WYWY13,82412.7%
1316Jasper County, IAIA38,15312.7%
1317Wayne County, NCNC122,27812.7%
1318Des Moines County, IAIA38,07712.7%
1319Weston County, WYWY6,84012.7%
1320Yuma County, AZAZ224,44912.7%
1321Navarro County, TXTX57,18112.7%
1322Las Animas County, COCO14,39112.7%
1323Knox County, ILIL47,76712.7%
1324Sac County, IAIA9,52512.7%
1325Bond County, ILIL16,95912.7%
1326Jefferson County, NENE7,07012.7%
1327Noble County, OKOK10,89912.7%
1328Towner County, NDND2,04012.7%
1329Oxford County, MEME60,34612.7%
1330Spink County, SDSD6,15512.7%
1331Morrill County, NENE4,40412.7%
1332Greene County, VAVA21,95812.7%
1333Kenosha County, WIWI168,44812.7%
1334Washington County, MEME31,33412.7%
1335Bee County, TXTX32,51512.7%
1336Harrison County, TXTX71,95612.7%
1337Wheeler County, TXTX4,77312.7%
1338Haakon County, SDSD1,80212.7%
1339Perkins County, SDSD2,85312.7%
1340Union County, ARAR36,92612.7%
1341Douglas County, MNMN40,12012.7%
1342Idaho County, IDID17,87412.7%
1343Kimball County, NENE3,39112.7%
1344Hale County, TXTX31,81912.7%
1345Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48112.7%
1346Gray County, KSKS5,65212.6%
1347Tioga County, PAPA40,50212.6%
1348Huerfano County, COCO7,01112.6%
1349Sevier County, UTUT22,82712.6%
1350Wabash County, ILIL10,90712.6%
1351Mills County, IAIA14,79312.6%
1352Wexford County, MIMI34,44512.6%
1353Cavalier County, NDND3,49712.6%
1354O'Brien County, IAIA14,22012.6%
1355Matagorda County, TXTX36,46312.6%
1356Saline County, NENE14,99612.6%
1357Billings County, NDND1,07112.6%
1358Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,01812.6%
1359Crawford County, MIMI13,72212.6%
1360Clay County, NCNC12,23912.6%
1361Androscoggin County, MEME116,48712.6%
1362Kittson County, MNMN4,03112.5%
1363Livingston County, MOMO14,70812.5%
1364Turner County, SDSD9,31412.5%
1365Lincoln County, MTMT22,32812.5%
1366Grant County, OROR7,07512.5%
1367Wichita County, KSKS2,03112.5%
1368Grundy County, ILIL54,05212.5%
1369Itasca County, MNMN45,40412.5%
1370Cass County, IAIA12,96012.5%
1371Kearny County, KSKS3,88812.5%
1372Marion County, WVWV55,58412.5%
1373Pettis County, MOMO44,25412.5%
1374Morris County, KSKS5,34812.5%
1375Defiance County, OHOH38,29212.5%
1376Carbon County, UTUT20,68012.5%
1377Columbia County, PAPA66,19312.5%
1378Steuben County, ININ34,79912.5%
1379Brown County, KSKS9,10412.5%
1380Logan County, ILIL27,18212.5%
1381Sherman County, KSKS5,76312.5%
1382Piute County, UTUT1,50912.5%
1383Wallace County, KSKS1,44112.5%
1384Kershaw County, SCSC73,16612.5%
1385Delta County, TXTX5,54912.5%
1386Aroostook County, MEME66,60912.5%
1387Nassau County, FLFL106,87912.5%
1388Christian County, MOMO96,72512.5%
1389Newberry County, SCSC39,56112.5%
1390Bureau County, ILIL32,51012.5%
1391Hardin County, IAIA16,45512.4%
1392Camden County, MOMO44,04712.4%
1393Wabasha County, MNMN21,53712.4%
1394Hamilton County, TXTX8,68012.4%
1395Klamath County, OROR70,27412.4%
1396Danville, VAVA41,64712.4%
1397LaMoure County, NDND4,13512.4%
1398Kimble County, TXTX4,43812.4%
1399Franklin County, FLFL13,02912.4%
1400Franklin County, PAPA160,65212.4%
1401Darlington County, SCSC62,88812.4%
1402Hockley County, TXTX21,60012.4%
1403Sunflower County, MSMS22,89312.4%
1404Allen County, KSKS12,30212.4%
1405Stone County, MSMS19,65412.4%
1406Northampton County, VAVA11,87912.4%
1407Avery County, NCNC18,11012.4%
1408Blaine County, OKOK8,51512.4%
1409Sharkey County, MSMS3,09712.4%
1410Polk County, NENE5,27012.4%
1411Asotin County, WAWA22,54512.4%
1412Beckham County, OKOK22,15912.3%
1413Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.3%
1414Lorain County, OHOH323,21912.3%
1415Ness County, KSKS2,61712.3%
1416Butte County, SDSD10,85612.3%
1417Potter County, SDSD2,37712.3%
1418San Juan County, NMNM120,34012.3%
1419Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72512.3%
1420Lycoming County, PAPA112,58712.3%
1421Coos County, OROR63,99212.3%
1422Brown County, MNMN25,51712.3%
1423Hemphill County, TXTX3,08312.3%
1424Piscataquis County, MEME17,40912.3%
1425Archer County, TXTX9,12912.3%
1426Cottonwood County, MNMN11,40512.3%
1427Adams County, WAWA21,48812.3%
1428Franklin County, IAIA9,86812.3%
1429Grundy County, IAIA12,36112.3%
1430Nemaha County, KSKS10,05412.3%
1431Decatur County, IAIA7,65512.3%
1432Marshall County, ININ46,59912.3%
1433Dawson County, NENE24,45212.3%
1434Titus County, TXTX31,56312.3%
1435Suffolk, VAVA104,69912.3%
1436Chowan County, NCNC14,08212.2%
1437Washington County, VAVA53,89812.2%
1438Jones County, MSMS66,49612.2%
1439Brooke County, WVWV21,14212.2%
1440Dallas County, ALAL35,14012.2%
1441Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33212.2%
1442Floyd County, IAIA14,90112.2%
1443Ouachita County, ARAR21,73112.2%
1444Carlton County, MNMN36,71112.2%
1445Clark County, OHOH135,34012.2%
1446Jefferson County, OROR25,74012.2%
1447Holt County, MOMO4,20012.2%
1448Edgefield County, SCSC29,80812.2%
1449McKean County, PAPA38,98412.2%
1450Humboldt County, NVNV17,26712.2%
1451Lake County, MNMN10,74612.2%
1452Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,10212.2%
1453Hettinger County, NDND2,49212.2%
1454Prowers County, COCO11,88412.2%
1455Powhatan County, VAVA32,59112.2%
1456Ogle County, ILIL51,39912.1%
1457Griggs County, NDND2,23912.1%
1458Wheeler County, NENE78912.1%
1459Labette County, KSKS19,68512.1%
1460Van Buren County, MIMI76,07112.1%
1461Hitchcock County, NENE2,46712.1%
1462Culberson County, TXTX2,26712.1%
1463Cecil County, MDMD107,13112.1%
1464Ford County, ILIL13,21612.1%
1465Newton County, MOMO62,26312.1%
1466Maury County, TNTN118,13112.1%
1467Manitowoc County, WIWI81,71012.1%
1468Wright County, MNMN157,55912.1%
1469Foster County, NDND3,21212.1%
1470Stevens County, WAWA49,66812.1%
1471Wells County, ININ28,88312.1%
1472Pecos County, TXTX14,56012.1%
1473Dewey County, OKOK4,20712.1%
1474Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59412.1%
1475Valencia County, NMNM82,01312.1%
1476Trego County, KSKS2,74012.1%
1477Wagoner County, OKOK93,26312.0%
1478Carroll County, GAGA131,03612.0%
1479Furnas County, NENE4,52412.0%
1480Douglas County, GAGA154,29312.0%
1481Panola County, TXTX23,01812.0%
1482Boone County, ILIL53,56812.0%
1483Habersham County, GAGA50,41612.0%
1484Okanogan County, WAWA45,23012.0%
1485Ferry County, WAWA7,51712.0%
1486Josephine County, OROR87,86712.0%
1487Becker County, MNMN35,49712.0%
1488Upshur County, WVWV23,75812.0%
1489Union County, NMNM3,84412.0%
1490Merced County, CACA297,26012.0%
1491Madison County, IAIA17,27012.0%
1492Union County, OHOH73,44612.0%
1493Whitfield County, GAGA106,21212.0%
1494Faribault County, MNMN13,88812.0%
1495Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48712.0%
1496Green County, WIWI37,22712.0%
1497Terrell County, TXTX70212.0%
1498Laurens County, GAGA51,04112.0%
1499Live Oak County, TXTX11,92912.0%
1500Banner County, NENE68612.0%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS