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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 (2020 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%+7.4 pts

02Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,89622.0%+5.2 pts

03Madison County, MSMS116,29820.8%+8.8 pts

04Hinds County, MSMS211,88813.0%+2.9 pts

05Lamar County, MSMS67,40311.9%+2.7 pts

06Forrest County, MSMS79,03411.8%+3.2 pts

07Claiborne County, MSMS8,05811.8%+3.5 pts

08Wayne County, MSMS19,80711.4%+8.5 pts

09Bolivar County, MSMS28,26211.0%+4.1 pts

10Rankin County, MSMS162,18110.8%+3.4 pts

11Lee County, MSMS83,73110.8%+4.9 pts

12Hancock County, MSMS46,87310.3%+3.9 pts

13Jefferson County, MSMS6,82510.1%+5.8 pts

14Montgomery County, MSMS9,3549.5%+5.8 pts

15Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.3%+6.1 pts

16Lowndes County, MSMS57,3469.2%+3.0 pts

17Harrison County, MSMS217,1369.1%+2.6 pts

18Choctaw County, MSMS8,0488.7%+4.8 pts

19DeSoto County, MSMS197,9188.6%+4.6 pts

20Jones County, MSMS66,4968.3%+3.6 pts

21Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3178.3%+2.2 pts

22Jackson County, MSMS147,6668.1%+2.4 pts

23Washington County, MSMS40,4468.1%+2.8 pts

24Leflore County, MSMS25,6867.9%+2.5 pts

25Warren County, MSMS41,7597.9%−0.0 pts

26Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0967.8%+4.7 pts

27Tate County, MSMS28,7257.8%+4.2 pts

28Adams County, MSMS30,0617.6%+1.9 pts

29Grenada County, MSMS20,8687.5%+3.3 pts

30Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9417.3%+3.6 pts

31Clay County, MSMS18,2387.1%+3.4 pts

32Smith County, MSMS13,9917.0%+4.0 pts

33Humphreys County, MSMS7,0016.9%+3.8 pts

34Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.8%+2.8 pts

35Itawamba County, MSMS24,1526.7%+3.8 pts

36Lincoln County, MSMS35,0126.7%+2.5 pts

37Pike County, MSMS38,7126.6%+1.9 pts

38Sunflower County, MSMS22,8936.5%+3.1 pts

39Coahoma County, MSMS19,8496.5%+1.6 pts

40Alcorn County, MSMS34,5696.4%+2.4 pts

41Webster County, MSMS10,1676.3%+2.3 pts

42Sharkey County, MSMS3,0976.2%+2.9 pts

43Leake County, MSMS21,6626.2%+2.5 pts

44Tunica County, MSMS8,8195.9%+3.4 pts

45Panola County, MSMS32,6915.9%+3.0 pts

46Monroe County, MSMS33,3185.8%+2.8 pts

47Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5825.8%+2.6 pts

48Prentiss County, MSMS25,2845.7%+1.4 pts

49Neshoba County, MSMS28,7325.6%+1.5 pts

50Benton County, MSMS7,5025.4%+3.7 pts

51Stone County, MSMS19,6545.4%+1.0 pts

52Winston County, MSMS17,4735.2%+0.8 pts

53Amite County, MSMS12,4875.1%+2.6 pts

54Calhoun County, MSMS12,6435.0%+2.2 pts

55Newton County, MSMS20,9604.9%−0.1 pts

56Marion County, MSMS24,0014.9%+0.9 pts

57Simpson County, MSMS25,4984.8%+1.6 pts

58Pearl River County, MSMS59,3634.7%−0.2 pts

59Covington County, MSMS17,8984.6%+0.2 pts

60Attala County, MSMS17,1004.6%+0.5 pts

61Kemper County, MSMS8,6004.5%+0.8 pts

62Union County, MSMS28,4594.5%−0.1 pts

63Tippah County, MSMS21,3894.5%+1.6 pts

64Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3754.4%+1.5 pts

65George County, MSMS26,3314.4%+0.8 pts

66Scott County, MSMS28,0734.4%+1.5 pts

67Marshall County, MSMS34,6544.3%+1.8 pts

68Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6394.3%+0.5 pts

69Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,8774.2%−0.0 pts

70Clarke County, MSMS15,1024.2%+0.9 pts

71Copiah County, MSMS27,4974.2%+0.8 pts

72Jasper County, MSMS15,7854.1%+1.4 pts

73Quitman County, MSMS5,3644.0%+1.1 pts

74Perry County, MSMS11,5773.8%+1.2 pts

75Yazoo County, MSMS22,9473.7%+0.1 pts

76Holmes County, MSMS15,4653.5%−0.7 pts

77Carroll County, MSMS9,2263.5%−0.3 pts

78Greene County, MSMS13,7073.3%+0.6 pts

79Franklin County, MSMS7,4913.2%−0.3 pts

80Noxubee County, MSMS9,7983.2%−0.0 pts

81Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7302.7%+0.1 pts

82Issaquena County, MSMS1,2632.5%+0.6 pts

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