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Most graduate degrees, Alabama counties · 1990

Alabama counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (1990 ACS). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 3.4%.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS –

01Lee County, ALAL189,88111.5%–

02Madison County, ALAL433,5169.6%–

03Montgomery County, ALAL225,8919.1%–

04Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3689.1%–

05Shelby County, ALAL238,5528.7%–

06Macon County, ALAL18,1327.4%–

07Jefferson County, ALAL665,7426.9%–

08Baldwin County, ALAL267,7615.9%–

09Coffee County, ALAL56,9535.8%–

10Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1355.5%–

11Pike County, ALAL33,6885.4%–

12Calhoun County, ALAL115,8345.1%–

13Mobile County, ALAL411,6585.1%–

14Perry County, ALAL7,4255.1%–

15Elmore County, ALAL91,5774.9%–

16Houston County, ALAL110,3184.9%–

17Morgan County, ALAL126,4834.9%–

18Autauga County, ALAL61,9204.6%–

19Dallas County, ALAL35,1404.5%–

20Talladega County, ALAL81,6034.3%–

21Sumter County, ALAL11,5884.2%–

22Marshall County, ALAL103,5374.2%–

23Dale County, ALAL49,9124.1%–

24Colbert County, ALAL59,4744.0%–

25Barbour County, ALAL24,6074.0%–

26Etowah County, ALAL103,8864.0%–

27Marengo County, ALAL18,3113.9%–

28Clarke County, ALAL22,0143.9%–

29Limestone County, ALAL122,9283.9%–

30Bullock County, ALAL9,7803.9%–

31Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9533.7%–

32Greene County, ALAL7,0673.7%–

33Hale County, ALAL15,1943.4%–

34Jackson County, ALAL54,2813.4%–

35Wilcox County, ALAL9,6663.3%–

36Choctaw County, ALAL11,9043.3%–

37Chilton County, ALAL47,7083.3%–

38Clay County, ALAL14,2073.2%–

39Cleburne County, ALAL15,9703.2%–

40Monroe County, ALAL18,9653.1%–

41St. Clair County, ALAL98,2063.1%–

42Walker County, ALAL65,1403.1%–

43Butler County, ALAL18,1003.1%–

44Lowndes County, ALAL9,3593.1%–

45Covington County, ALAL37,9473.1%–

46Chambers County, ALAL34,2533.0%–

47DeKalb County, ALAL74,0853.0%–

48Randolph County, ALAL23,1633.0%–

49Cullman County, ALAL94,0093.0%–

50Fayette County, ALAL15,8722.9%–

51Henry County, ALAL18,3942.9%–

52Cherokee County, ALAL26,4132.9%–

53Escambia County, ALAL36,6652.9%–

54Marion County, ALAL29,0972.8%–

55Franklin County, ALAL32,4492.7%–

56Coosa County, ALAL10,1612.5%–

57Blount County, ALAL60,1562.5%–

58Washington County, ALAL14,8222.4%–

59Russell County, ALAL58,8982.4%–

60Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1752.4%–

61Geneva County, ALAL27,5542.4%–

62Pickens County, ALAL18,2212.4%–

63Conecuh County, ALAL10,8992.3%–

64Bibb County, ALAL22,2622.2%–

65Winston County, ALAL23,8292.2%–

66Lawrence County, ALAL33,8432.0%–

67Lamar County, ALAL13,5871.7%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS