RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 159 SHOWN OF 159

Most graduate degrees, Georgia counties · 2010

Georgia counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2010 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Oconee County, GAGA44,89323.0%+5.9 pts

02Clarke County, GAGA129,92119.3%+0.4 pts

03Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79117.7%+3.0 pts

04Fayette County, GAGA125,15615.4%+3.2 pts

05DeKalb County, GAGA774,39415.1%+1.5 pts

06Cobb County, GAGA793,34514.6%+2.8 pts

07Columbia County, GAGA169,18912.7%+0.7 pts

08Forsyth County, GAGA282,80512.5%+4.0 pts

09Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.9%+0.9 pts

10Bulloch County, GAGA86,94910.8%−1.0 pts

11Harris County, GAGA37,28010.7%+3.4 pts

12Chatham County, GAGA311,85510.1%+1.8 pts

13Glynn County, GAGA87,5999.8%+1.1 pts

14Rabun County, GAGA17,7649.3%+1.7 pts

15Houston County, GAGA178,2149.1%+1.3 pts

16White County, GAGA29,8029.1%+3.5 pts

17Cherokee County, GAGA299,2739.1%+1.7 pts

18Lee County, GAGA34,1798.8%+3.1 pts

19Morgan County, GAGA22,0958.6%+2.9 pts

20Bryan County, GAGA52,0628.6%+2.5 pts

21Rockdale County, GAGA98,4168.5%+1.0 pts

22Towns County, GAGA13,2858.4%+0.4 pts

23Lowndes County, GAGA122,8678.3%+1.1 pts

24Coweta County, GAGA160,2408.3%+2.0 pts

25Camden County, GAGA60,1438.3%+2.6 pts

26Muscogee County, GAGA202,1718.3%+0.3 pts

27Union County, GAGA27,8598.2%+3.2 pts

28Henry County, GAGA264,9228.2%+2.2 pts

29Baldwin County, GAGA44,0298.1%+1.6 pts

30Bibb County, GAGA157,5568.0%+0.5 pts

31Dougherty County, GAGA82,6167.8%+1.3 pts

32Sumter County, GAGA28,8017.8%−0.3 pts

33Douglas County, GAGA154,2937.7%+1.9 pts

34Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.6%+3.4 pts

35Hall County, GAGA226,5687.6%+0.8 pts

36Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4657.5%+1.0 pts

37Richmond County, GAGA206,5597.5%+0.8 pts

38Thomas County, GAGA46,3687.5%+1.3 pts

39Pickens County, GAGA37,1677.3%+1.6 pts

40Fannin County, GAGA26,1117.2%+2.9 pts

41Floyd County, GAGA101,3787.2%+1.4 pts

42Wilkes County, GAGA9,5407.1%+2.9 pts

43Tift County, GAGA42,2547.1%+0.7 pts

44Habersham County, GAGA50,4167.0%+1.0 pts

45Clinch County, GAGA6,8477.0%+2.6 pts

46Monroe County, GAGA32,0237.0%+0.5 pts

47Troup County, GAGA72,8446.9%+1.0 pts

48Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1786.8%−0.4 pts

49Newton County, GAGA125,5836.8%+1.7 pts

50Carroll County, GAGA131,0366.7%+0.0 pts

51Putnam County, GAGA23,7226.7%+0.9 pts

52Laurens County, GAGA51,0416.6%+1.1 pts

53Greene County, GAGA21,3676.5%−0.1 pts

54Early County, GAGA10,4556.5%+1.4 pts

55Bleckley County, GAGA12,8666.3%+1.4 pts

56McIntosh County, GAGA11,9896.3%+1.5 pts

57Peach County, GAGA29,8776.2%−0.8 pts

58Ware County, GAGA36,9066.2%+1.6 pts

59Randolph County, GAGA6,1566.2%+1.7 pts

60Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4156.1%+0.6 pts

61Turner County, GAGA8,9836.0%+1.3 pts

62Pike County, GAGA20,9325.9%+2.1 pts

63Bartow County, GAGA120,8005.9%+1.5 pts

64Paulding County, GAGA190,9965.9%+2.3 pts

65Jones County, GAGA29,1715.9%+0.3 pts

66Evans County, GAGA11,0285.8%+2.3 pts

67Talbot County, GAGA5,7095.8%+2.5 pts

68Brooks County, GAGA16,1015.8%+1.4 pts

69Dawson County, GAGA35,3655.7%−0.5 pts

70Whitfield County, GAGA106,2125.6%+0.8 pts

71Jasper County, GAGA17,6325.6%+1.4 pts

72Hart County, GAGA28,6395.6%+0.1 pts

73Montgomery County, GAGA8,6355.5%+1.0 pts

74Stephens County, GAGA27,8545.5%+0.8 pts

75Liberty County, GAGA70,3135.5%+0.6 pts

76Toombs County, GAGA27,5455.4%+1.2 pts

77Terrell County, GAGA8,6565.3%+0.7 pts

78Walton County, GAGA112,6965.3%+1.2 pts

79Dade County, GAGA16,1545.2%+1.9 pts

80Effingham County, GAGA74,3975.2%+0.8 pts

81Catoosa County, GAGA69,6285.2%+1.0 pts

82Irwin County, GAGA9,0205.2%+2.1 pts

83Clayton County, GAGA297,4715.2%+0.7 pts

84Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0995.1%+1.4 pts

85Madison County, GAGA32,9195.1%+1.0 pts

86Decatur County, GAGA29,4324.9%+0.1 pts

87Jenkins County, GAGA8,8434.9%+0.8 pts

88Barrow County, GAGA99,7734.9%+1.8 pts

89Dodge County, GAGA19,6634.8%+0.1 pts

90Tattnall County, GAGA24,3764.8%+2.5 pts

91Polk County, GAGA45,5144.8%+0.9 pts

92Macon County, GAGA11,7564.8%+1.8 pts

93Spalding County, GAGA70,7754.7%+0.6 pts

94Crisp County, GAGA19,2374.7%+0.6 pts

95Stewart County, GAGA4,6314.6%+0.5 pts

96Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.6%+1.1 pts

97Franklin County, GAGA25,9484.5%+0.6 pts

98Screven County, GAGA14,4084.4%+1.3 pts

99Gordon County, GAGA61,7014.4%+0.5 pts

100Upson County, GAGA28,5004.4%+0.9 pts

101Emanuel County, GAGA23,1474.3%−0.5 pts

102McDuffie County, GAGA21,6404.3%+0.6 pts

103Colquitt County, GAGA47,4384.3%+0.4 pts

104Seminole County, GAGA9,1624.2%+1.5 pts

105Walker County, GAGA70,2504.2%+0.8 pts

106Gilmer County, GAGA33,8944.1%−0.9 pts

107Miller County, GAGA5,8124.0%+0.1 pts

108Banks County, GAGA21,2733.9%+0.3 pts

109Butts County, GAGA27,2183.9%+0.7 pts

110Bacon County, GAGA11,0703.9%+1.1 pts

111Lanier County, GAGA10,6233.9%+0.7 pts

112Meriwether County, GAGA21,5163.9%−0.5 pts

113Clay County, GAGA2,8153.9%−1.7 pts

114Pierce County, GAGA20,7643.9%+0.6 pts

115Telfair County, GAGA11,1953.8%+0.9 pts

116Lamar County, GAGA20,9413.8%−0.7 pts

117Wayne County, GAGA32,4813.8%−0.2 pts

118Webster County, GAGA2,3693.8%+1.7 pts

119Candler County, GAGA11,2753.8%+0.5 pts

120Dooly County, GAGA11,1563.7%−0.2 pts

121Grady County, GAGA26,5903.7%−0.1 pts

122Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2193.6%+0.3 pts

123Washington County, GAGA19,4533.6%+0.1 pts

124Berrien County, GAGA18,9323.6%−0.5 pts

125Worth County, GAGA20,0593.6%+0.7 pts

126Cook County, GAGA18,2323.5%+0.9 pts

127Burke County, GAGA24,4083.5%+0.4 pts

128Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6503.4%+0.3 pts

129Elbert County, GAGA20,0723.4%−0.2 pts

130Hancock County, GAGA8,6823.3%−0.2 pts

131Atkinson County, GAGA8,4543.3%+1.0 pts

132Lincoln County, GAGA8,1123.3%−0.6 pts

133Haralson County, GAGA33,0663.2%−0.3 pts

134Appling County, GAGA19,1003.2%+0.0 pts

135Murray County, GAGA41,6073.1%+0.8 pts

136Schley County, GAGA4,5933.0%−3.1 pts

137Mitchell County, GAGA20,4673.0%−0.2 pts

138Marion County, GAGA7,6762.9%−1.7 pts

139Charlton County, GAGA13,1212.9%−0.1 pts

140Johnson County, GAGA9,3102.9%−0.1 pts

141Glascock County, GAGA3,1412.9%+0.1 pts

142Wheeler County, GAGA7,5702.8%+0.0 pts

143Crawford County, GAGA12,2062.7%+0.9 pts

144Chattooga County, GAGA25,3002.7%−0.3 pts

145Echols County, GAGA3,6852.6%+0.8 pts

146Jefferson County, GAGA15,0112.5%−0.3 pts

147Treutlen County, GAGA6,4662.4%−0.9 pts

148Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6622.3%−1.5 pts

149Brantley County, GAGA18,9362.3%−0.7 pts

150Calhoun County, GAGA5,4132.2%−4.5 pts

151Heard County, GAGA12,1492.1%−0.0 pts

152Taylor County, GAGA7,8182.0%−0.7 pts

153Wilcox County, GAGA8,7971.9%−1.5 pts

154Pulaski County, GAGA10,1721.9%−2.7 pts

155Warren County, GAGA5,2691.5%−0.8 pts

156Baker County, GAGA2,7251.5%−1.7 pts

157Long County, GAGA21,5571.5%−0.8 pts

158Twiggs County, GAGA7,5971.2%−0.7 pts

159Quitman County, GAGA2,2540.6%−1.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS