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Most graduate degrees, Kansas counties · 1990

Kansas counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (1990 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 4.2%.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS –

01Douglas County, KSKS120,92016.7%–

02Riley County, KSKS72,59815.3%–

03Johnson County, KSKS636,90612.4%–

04Leavenworth County, KSKS84,59011.0%–

05Lyon County, KSKS32,2668.1%–

06Crawford County, KSKS39,0087.5%–

07Shawnee County, KSKS178,6077.4%–

08Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4336.8%–

09Harvey County, KSKS33,5806.7%–

10Ellis County, KSKS29,0756.6%–

11Pratt County, KSKS9,1176.5%–

12Greeley County, KSKS1,1826.4%–

13Saline County, KSKS53,3776.0%–

14Atchison County, KSKS16,1726.0%–

15Lane County, KSKS1,5086.0%–

16Rice County, KSKS9,2665.9%–

17Ford County, KSKS33,9935.9%–

18Cloud County, KSKS8,8335.7%–

19Clark County, KSKS1,9005.5%–

20Bourbon County, KSKS14,3195.5%–

21Thomas County, KSKS7,7255.5%–

22Mitchell County, KSKS5,5905.3%–

23Labette County, KSKS19,6855.3%–

24Butler County, KSKS69,4845.3%–

25Pawnee County, KSKS5,9915.2%–

26Russell County, KSKS6,5815.2%–

27Marion County, KSKS11,6345.2%–

28Geary County, KSKS36,3385.1%–

29Comanche County, KSKS1,6735.1%–

30Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.0%–

31Grant County, KSKS7,0285.0%–

32Morris County, KSKS5,3485.0%–

33Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6194.9%–

34Finney County, KSKS37,5054.9%–

35Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0184.7%–

36Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.7%–

37Jefferson County, KSKS18,2964.6%–

38Miami County, KSKS36,2404.6%–

39McPherson County, KSKS30,0644.6%–

40Dickinson County, KSKS18,6374.6%–

41Scott County, KSKS4,8154.5%–

42Reno County, KSKS61,5394.5%–

43Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1864.4%–

44Montgomery County, KSKS30,1774.4%–

45Morton County, KSKS2,4704.4%–

46Nemaha County, KSKS10,0544.4%–

47Chase County, KSKS2,5724.4%–

48Kearny County, KSKS3,8884.3%–

49Meade County, KSKS3,8524.3%–

50Wichita County, KSKS2,0314.3%–

51Allen County, KSKS12,3024.3%–

52Franklin County, KSKS26,2994.2%–

53Trego County, KSKS2,7404.2%–

54Clay County, KSKS7,9904.2%–

55Kiowa County, KSKS2,4324.2%–

56Norton County, KSKS5,2884.2%–

57Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2574.0%–

58Cherokee County, KSKS19,1054.0%–

59Stanton County, KSKS1,9863.9%–

60Rush County, KSKS2,8453.9%–

61Barton County, KSKS24,7903.9%–

62Seward County, KSKS21,0733.8%–

63Lincoln County, KSKS2,8613.8%–

64Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273.7%–

65Sherman County, KSKS5,7633.7%–

66Decatur County, KSKS2,7163.7%–

67Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5973.7%–

68Sumner County, KSKS22,3123.7%–

69Neosho County, KSKS15,6373.6%–

70Wilson County, KSKS8,2993.6%–

71Brown County, KSKS9,1043.6%–

72Logan County, KSKS2,6613.6%–

73Stevens County, KSKS4,9843.4%–

74Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313.4%–

75Ottawa County, KSKS5,7443.4%–

76Haskell County, KSKS3,5993.3%–

77Greenwood County, KSKS5,8263.3%–

78Gove County, KSKS2,6313.3%–

79Elk County, KSKS2,4583.2%–

80Doniphan County, KSKS7,5943.2%–

81Jackson County, KSKS13,4383.2%–

82Coffey County, KSKS8,4673.1%–

83Jewell County, KSKS2,8303.1%–

84Washington County, KSKS5,5333.1%–

85Anderson County, KSKS8,0183.1%–

86Edwards County, KSKS2,6403.1%–

87Graham County, KSKS2,3713.0%–

88Ness County, KSKS2,6173.0%–

89Harper County, KSKS5,3703.0%–

90Kingman County, KSKS7,0293.0%–

91Linn County, KSKS9,9502.9%–

92Barber County, KSKS4,0832.9%–

93Marshall County, KSKS9,8522.9%–

94Rooks County, KSKS4,6462.8%–

95Republic County, KSKS4,6402.7%–

96Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6042.6%–

97Osage County, KSKS15,6932.6%–

98Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3212.6%–

99Phillips County, KSKS4,7282.6%–

100Gray County, KSKS5,6522.4%–

101Smith County, KSKS3,5662.3%–

102Hamilton County, KSKS2,5002.0%–

103Osborne County, KSKS3,2852.0%–

104Wallace County, KSKS1,4411.9%–

105Woodson County, KSKS3,1181.8%–

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