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Most graduate degrees, Georgia counties · 2020

Georgia counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2020 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, GAGA44,89326.6%+9.5 pts

02Clarke County, GAGA129,92123.0%+4.1 pts

03Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79122.4%+7.7 pts

04DeKalb County, GAGA774,39419.7%+6.1 pts

05Forsyth County, GAGA282,80519.3%+10.8 pts

06Fayette County, GAGA125,15618.5%+6.3 pts

07Cobb County, GAGA793,34517.6%+5.9 pts

08Columbia County, GAGA169,18914.6%+2.6 pts

09Towns County, GAGA13,28514.6%+6.6 pts

10Rabun County, GAGA17,76414.5%+6.9 pts

11Harris County, GAGA37,28013.8%+6.5 pts

12Chatham County, GAGA311,85513.6%+5.2 pts

13Monroe County, GAGA32,02313.4%+6.9 pts

14Houston County, GAGA178,21413.2%+5.4 pts

15Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09913.1%+3.1 pts

16Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17812.9%+5.7 pts

17Bryan County, GAGA52,06212.0%+5.9 pts

18Bulloch County, GAGA86,94911.9%+0.1 pts

19Greene County, GAGA21,36711.8%+5.2 pts

20Bibb County, GAGA157,55611.8%+4.2 pts

21Dawson County, GAGA35,36511.7%+5.6 pts

22Lee County, GAGA34,17911.7%+6.0 pts

23Peach County, GAGA29,87711.5%+4.5 pts

24Glynn County, GAGA87,59911.4%+2.7 pts

25Muscogee County, GAGA202,17111.1%+3.1 pts

26Cherokee County, GAGA299,27310.9%+3.6 pts

27Coweta County, GAGA160,24010.8%+4.5 pts

28Baker County, GAGA2,72510.7%+7.5 pts

29Morgan County, GAGA22,09510.6%+4.9 pts

30Henry County, GAGA264,92210.5%+4.5 pts

31Lowndes County, GAGA122,86710.3%+3.2 pts

32Douglas County, GAGA154,29310.3%+4.6 pts

33Thomas County, GAGA46,36810.0%+3.9 pts

34Rockdale County, GAGA98,4169.8%+2.3 pts

35Sumter County, GAGA28,8019.8%+1.7 pts

36Union County, GAGA27,8599.7%+4.7 pts

37Habersham County, GAGA50,4169.6%+3.6 pts

38Dougherty County, GAGA82,6169.6%+3.2 pts

39Baldwin County, GAGA44,0299.4%+2.8 pts

40Fannin County, GAGA26,1119.3%+5.0 pts

41Tift County, GAGA42,2549.3%+2.9 pts

42Floyd County, GAGA101,3789.3%+3.4 pts

43Hall County, GAGA226,5689.3%+2.5 pts

44Putnam County, GAGA23,7229.1%+3.3 pts

45Madison County, GAGA32,9199.1%+5.0 pts

46Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4658.9%+2.4 pts

47Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4158.8%+3.2 pts

48Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.7%+2.0 pts

49Pike County, GAGA20,9328.6%+4.9 pts

50Gilmer County, GAGA33,8948.6%+3.6 pts

51Walton County, GAGA112,6968.5%+4.4 pts

52Newton County, GAGA125,5838.4%+3.4 pts

53Jones County, GAGA29,1718.4%+2.8 pts

54Irwin County, GAGA9,0208.4%+5.4 pts

55Laurens County, GAGA51,0418.3%+2.7 pts

56White County, GAGA29,8028.2%+2.6 pts

57Camden County, GAGA60,1438.2%+2.5 pts

58Pickens County, GAGA37,1678.1%+2.4 pts

59Bleckley County, GAGA12,8668.0%+3.1 pts

60Clay County, GAGA2,8157.9%+2.3 pts

61Paulding County, GAGA190,9967.8%+4.2 pts

62Barrow County, GAGA99,7737.8%+4.6 pts

63Stephens County, GAGA27,8547.7%+3.1 pts

64Carroll County, GAGA131,0367.6%+0.9 pts

65Miller County, GAGA5,8127.5%+3.6 pts

66Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.4%+3.2 pts

67Catoosa County, GAGA69,6287.4%+3.2 pts

68Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.4%+2.9 pts

69Troup County, GAGA72,8447.4%+1.4 pts

70Evans County, GAGA11,0287.3%+3.8 pts

71Walker County, GAGA70,2507.3%+3.9 pts

72Franklin County, GAGA25,9487.2%+3.3 pts

73Toombs County, GAGA27,5457.2%+3.0 pts

74Gordon County, GAGA61,7017.2%+3.3 pts

75Effingham County, GAGA74,3976.9%+2.6 pts

76Spalding County, GAGA70,7756.9%+2.8 pts

77Screven County, GAGA14,4086.8%+3.7 pts

78Atkinson County, GAGA8,4546.6%+4.2 pts

79Clayton County, GAGA297,4716.5%+2.1 pts

80Haralson County, GAGA33,0666.5%+3.0 pts

81Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.3%+4.0 pts

82Grady County, GAGA26,5906.3%+2.5 pts

83Talbot County, GAGA5,7096.3%+3.0 pts

84McDuffie County, GAGA21,6406.3%+2.6 pts

85Wilcox County, GAGA8,7976.3%+2.8 pts

86Long County, GAGA21,5576.3%+4.0 pts

87Bartow County, GAGA120,8006.3%+1.9 pts

88Cook County, GAGA18,2326.2%+3.6 pts

89Colquitt County, GAGA47,4386.2%+2.3 pts

90Pierce County, GAGA20,7646.2%+2.9 pts

91Lanier County, GAGA10,6236.1%+2.9 pts

92McIntosh County, GAGA11,9896.1%+1.3 pts

93Liberty County, GAGA70,3136.1%+1.2 pts

94Whitfield County, GAGA106,2126.0%+1.2 pts

95Crisp County, GAGA19,2376.0%+1.9 pts

96Lamar County, GAGA20,9415.8%+1.3 pts

97Banks County, GAGA21,2735.8%+2.1 pts

98Charlton County, GAGA13,1215.8%+2.8 pts

99Decatur County, GAGA29,4325.8%+1.0 pts

100Pulaski County, GAGA10,1725.5%+0.9 pts

101Stewart County, GAGA4,6315.5%+1.3 pts

102Crawford County, GAGA12,2065.4%+3.5 pts

103Emanuel County, GAGA23,1475.3%+0.5 pts

104Wayne County, GAGA32,4815.2%+1.2 pts

105Webster County, GAGA2,3695.1%+3.0 pts

106Jasper County, GAGA17,6325.1%+0.8 pts

107Heard County, GAGA12,1495.1%+3.0 pts

108Twiggs County, GAGA7,5975.0%+3.1 pts

109Ware County, GAGA36,9065.0%+0.4 pts

110Wilkes County, GAGA9,5405.0%+0.8 pts

111Dodge County, GAGA19,6635.0%+0.2 pts

112Washington County, GAGA19,4535.0%+1.5 pts

113Upson County, GAGA28,5004.9%+1.5 pts

114Hart County, GAGA28,6394.9%−0.6 pts

115Bacon County, GAGA11,0704.9%+2.0 pts

116Quitman County, GAGA2,2544.9%+2.8 pts

117Polk County, GAGA45,5144.8%+0.9 pts

118Treutlen County, GAGA6,4664.8%+1.5 pts

119Appling County, GAGA19,1004.7%+1.6 pts

120Schley County, GAGA4,5934.6%−1.5 pts

121Turner County, GAGA8,9834.6%−0.1 pts

122Dooly County, GAGA11,1564.6%+0.6 pts

123Seminole County, GAGA9,1624.6%+1.9 pts

124Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.6%+1.1 pts

125Brooks County, GAGA16,1014.6%+0.2 pts

126Terrell County, GAGA8,6564.5%−0.0 pts

127Dade County, GAGA16,1544.5%+1.1 pts

128Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2194.4%+1.1 pts

129Burke County, GAGA24,4084.4%+1.4 pts

130Taylor County, GAGA7,8184.4%+1.8 pts

131Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6504.3%+1.2 pts

132Mitchell County, GAGA20,4674.2%+1.0 pts

133Early County, GAGA10,4554.2%−0.9 pts

134Lincoln County, GAGA8,1124.2%+0.4 pts

135Elbert County, GAGA20,0724.1%+0.5 pts

136Meriwether County, GAGA21,5164.0%−0.4 pts

137Worth County, GAGA20,0594.0%+1.1 pts

138Macon County, GAGA11,7563.9%+1.0 pts

139Clinch County, GAGA6,8473.7%−0.7 pts

140Berrien County, GAGA18,9323.7%−0.4 pts

141Chattooga County, GAGA25,3003.7%+0.7 pts

142Marion County, GAGA7,6763.6%−1.0 pts

143Brantley County, GAGA18,9363.5%+0.6 pts

144Warren County, GAGA5,2693.5%+1.1 pts

145Calhoun County, GAGA5,4133.4%−3.2 pts

146Randolph County, GAGA6,1563.4%−1.1 pts

147Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.4%−0.3 pts

148Butts County, GAGA27,2183.3%+0.0 pts

149Murray County, GAGA41,6073.2%+0.9 pts

150Candler County, GAGA11,2753.1%−0.1 pts

151Telfair County, GAGA11,1953.1%+0.2 pts

152Johnson County, GAGA9,3102.9%−0.1 pts

153Hancock County, GAGA8,6822.5%−1.1 pts

154Echols County, GAGA3,6852.2%+0.4 pts

155Jefferson County, GAGA15,0112.2%−0.7 pts

156Jenkins County, GAGA8,8431.8%−2.4 pts

157Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6621.7%−2.2 pts

158Glascock County, GAGA3,1411.3%−1.5 pts

159Wheeler County, GAGA7,5700.4%−2.3 pts

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