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Most graduate degrees, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2023 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Lafayette County, MSMS59,59722.5%+49%

02Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89622.0%+31%

03Madison County, MSMS116,29820.8%+73%

04Hinds County, MSMS211,88813.0%+29%

05Lamar County, MSMS67,40311.9%+29%

06Forrest County, MSMS79,03411.8%+38%

07Claiborne County, MSMS8,05811.8%+42%

08Wayne County, MSMS19,80711.4%+293%

09Bolivar County, MSMS28,26211.0%+60%

10Rankin County, MSMS162,18110.8%+45%

11Lee County, MSMS83,73110.8%+83%

12Hancock County, MSMS46,87310.3%+60%

13Jefferson County, MSMS6,82510.1%+132%

14Montgomery County, MSMS9,3549.5%+161%

15Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.3%+191%

16Lowndes County, MSMS57,3469.2%+49%

17Harrison County, MSMS217,1369.1%+39%

18Choctaw County, MSMS8,0488.7%+123%

19DeSoto County, MSMS197,9188.6%+112%

20Jones County, MSMS66,4968.3%+75%

21Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3178.3%+35%

22Jackson County, MSMS147,6668.1%+41%

23Washington County, MSMS40,4468.1%+52%

24Leflore County, MSMS25,6867.9%+45%

25Warren County, MSMS41,7597.9%−1%

26Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0967.8%+147%

27Tate County, MSMS28,7257.8%+115%

28Adams County, MSMS30,0617.6%+33%

29Grenada County, MSMS20,8687.5%+80%

30Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9417.3%+96%

31Clay County, MSMS18,2387.1%+95%

32Smith County, MSMS13,9917.0%+133%

33Humphreys County, MSMS7,0016.9%+119%

34Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.8%+68%

35Itawamba County, MSMS24,1526.7%+129%

36Lincoln County, MSMS35,0126.7%+60%

37Pike County, MSMS38,7126.6%+41%

38Sunflower County, MSMS22,8936.5%+91%

39Coahoma County, MSMS19,8496.5%+33%

40Alcorn County, MSMS34,5696.4%+60%

41Webster County, MSMS10,1676.3%+57%

42Sharkey County, MSMS3,0976.2%+86%

43Leake County, MSMS21,6626.2%+65%

44Tunica County, MSMS8,8195.9%+139%

45Panola County, MSMS32,6915.9%+101%

46Monroe County, MSMS33,3185.8%+95%

47Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5825.8%+85%

48Prentiss County, MSMS25,2845.7%+34%

49Neshoba County, MSMS28,7325.6%+37%

50Benton County, MSMS7,5025.4%+217%

51Stone County, MSMS19,6545.4%+23%

52Winston County, MSMS17,4735.2%+18%

53Amite County, MSMS12,4875.1%+105%

54Calhoun County, MSMS12,6435.0%+77%

55Newton County, MSMS20,9604.9%−3%

56Marion County, MSMS24,0014.9%+23%

57Simpson County, MSMS25,4984.8%+47%

58Pearl River County, MSMS59,3634.7%−4%

59Covington County, MSMS17,8984.6%+4%

60Attala County, MSMS17,1004.6%+12%

61Kemper County, MSMS8,6004.5%+23%

62Union County, MSMS28,4594.5%−2%

63Tippah County, MSMS21,3894.5%+57%

64Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3754.4%+50%

65George County, MSMS26,3314.4%+21%

66Scott County, MSMS28,0734.4%+50%

67Marshall County, MSMS34,6544.3%+74%

68Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6394.3%+12%

69Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8774.2%−1%

70Clarke County, MSMS15,1024.2%+29%

71Copiah County, MSMS27,4974.2%+24%

72Jasper County, MSMS15,7854.1%+55%

73Quitman County, MSMS5,3644.0%+38%

74Perry County, MSMS11,5773.8%+49%

75Yazoo County, MSMS22,9473.7%+3%

76Holmes County, MSMS15,4653.5%−17%

77Carroll County, MSMS9,2263.5%−7%

78Greene County, MSMS13,7073.3%+23%

79Franklin County, MSMS7,4913.2%−8%

80Noxubee County, MSMS9,7983.2%−1%

81Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7302.7%+4%

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,2632.5%+33%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES