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Most graduate degrees, Kansas counties · 2000

Kansas counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2000 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 1990

01Riley County, KSKS72,59818.9%+23%

02Douglas County, KSKS120,92018.3%+9%

03Johnson County, KSKS636,90616.0%+29%

04Ellis County, KSKS29,07510.6%+61%

05Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5909.9%−9%

06Crawford County, KSKS39,0089.3%+24%

07Lyon County, KSKS32,2668.8%+8%

08Shawnee County, KSKS178,6078.8%+18%

09Thomas County, KSKS7,7258.8%+61%

10Scott County, KSKS4,8158.4%+85%

11Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4338.0%+18%

12Harvey County, KSKS33,5807.8%+17%

13Bourbon County, KSKS14,3197.6%+39%

14Cloud County, KSKS8,8337.5%+31%

15Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1867.3%+65%

16Atchison County, KSKS16,1727.3%+21%

17Pawnee County, KSKS5,9916.4%+23%

18Morris County, KSKS5,3486.3%+28%

19Pratt County, KSKS9,1176.2%−5%

20Meade County, KSKS3,8526.2%+44%

21Allen County, KSKS12,3026.2%+45%

22Marion County, KSKS11,6346.2%+19%

23Saline County, KSKS53,3776.1%+1%

24Russell County, KSKS6,5816.1%+17%

25Geary County, KSKS36,3386.1%+19%

26Butler County, KSKS69,4846.1%+16%

27Coffey County, KSKS8,4676.1%+93%

28Miami County, KSKS36,2406.0%+30%

29Jefferson County, KSKS18,2966.0%+30%

30Reno County, KSKS61,5395.9%+31%

31Brown County, KSKS9,1045.8%+62%

32McPherson County, KSKS30,0645.8%+25%

33Barton County, KSKS24,7905.7%+49%

34Clay County, KSKS7,9905.7%+38%

35Kearny County, KSKS3,8885.7%+32%

36Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.6%+11%

37Ford County, KSKS33,9935.6%−4%

38Clark County, KSKS1,9005.5%+0%

39Barber County, KSKS4,0835.5%+89%

40Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0185.3%+13%

41Labette County, KSKS19,6855.3%−0%

42Rice County, KSKS9,2665.3%−11%

43Montgomery County, KSKS30,1775.2%+18%

44Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2575.2%+29%

45Harper County, KSKS5,3705.2%+75%

46Neosho County, KSKS15,6375.1%+40%

47Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325.1%+22%

48Chase County, KSKS2,5725.0%+16%

49Hamilton County, KSKS2,5005.0%+150%

50Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615.0%+34%

51Comanche County, KSKS1,6735.0%−2%

52Kingman County, KSKS7,0295.0%+69%

53Morton County, KSKS2,4704.9%+11%

54Ness County, KSKS2,6174.9%+63%

55Sheridan County, KSKS2,4274.9%+32%

56Mitchell County, KSKS5,5904.8%−10%

57Franklin County, KSKS26,2994.8%+14%

58Stanton County, KSKS1,9864.8%+22%

59Gove County, KSKS2,6314.8%+47%

60Sumner County, KSKS22,3124.7%+30%

61Trego County, KSKS2,7404.7%+13%

62Finney County, KSKS37,5054.7%−3%

63Logan County, KSKS2,6614.7%+31%

64Decatur County, KSKS2,7164.6%+25%

65Linn County, KSKS9,9504.6%+57%

66Greeley County, KSKS1,1824.6%−28%

67Marshall County, KSKS9,8524.6%+58%

68Rush County, KSKS2,8454.6%+18%

69Smith County, KSKS3,5664.6%+102%

70Osage County, KSKS15,6934.5%+72%

71Haskell County, KSKS3,5994.4%+33%

72Jackson County, KSKS13,4384.4%+40%

73Stevens County, KSKS4,9844.4%+29%

74Washington County, KSKS5,5334.4%+40%

75Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.4%−6%

76Dickinson County, KSKS18,6374.4%−4%

77Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5974.4%+19%

78Greenwood County, KSKS5,8264.4%+32%

79Lane County, KSKS1,5084.3%−28%

80Graham County, KSKS2,3714.2%+41%

81Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6194.2%−15%

82Seward County, KSKS21,0734.2%+11%

83Republic County, KSKS4,6404.2%+52%

84Gray County, KSKS5,6524.1%+70%

85Nemaha County, KSKS10,0544.1%−7%

86Doniphan County, KSKS7,5944.0%+25%

87Ottawa County, KSKS5,7444.0%+19%

88Sherman County, KSKS5,7634.0%+8%

89Osborne County, KSKS3,2854.0%+100%

90Wallace County, KSKS1,4413.9%+102%

91Wichita County, KSKS2,0313.8%−11%

92Norton County, KSKS5,2883.8%−8%

93Elk County, KSKS2,4583.8%+17%

94Anderson County, KSKS8,0183.7%+20%

95Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3213.7%+44%

96Rooks County, KSKS4,6463.7%+31%

97Jewell County, KSKS2,8303.6%+16%

98Cherokee County, KSKS19,1053.6%−9%

99Wilson County, KSKS8,2993.4%−7%

100Edwards County, KSKS2,6403.4%+9%

101Grant County, KSKS7,0283.3%−34%

102Phillips County, KSKS4,7283.3%+28%

103Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043.1%+19%

104Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313.1%−9%

105Woodson County, KSKS3,1182.8%+63%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS