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Most graduate degrees, US counties · 1990

US counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (1990 ACS).

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501Eagle County, COCO54,2916.3%
502Johnson County, ININ174,2626.2%
503Bibb County, GAGA157,5566.2%
504Smith County, TXTX252,5496.2%
505Kennebec County, MEME129,0676.2%
506Clay County, MNMN67,7346.2%
507Lancaster County, VAVA10,9956.2%
508Milwaukee County, WIWI924,2166.2%
509Otero County, NMNM70,3686.2%
510Jefferson County, WAWA33,9706.2%
511Scott County, KYKY62,2626.2%
512Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3876.2%
513King George County, VAVA29,6466.2%
514Yates County, NYNY24,5476.2%
515Steuben County, NYNY91,8556.2%
516Orange County, FLFL1,528,0026.2%
517Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,9996.2%
518Brown County, ININ15,7776.2%
519Hunt County, TXTX123,3366.2%
520Ottawa County, MIMI308,4596.2%
521Caddo Parish, LALA224,2266.2%
522Rockbridge County, VAVA22,6636.2%
523Eaton County, MIMI109,5816.1%
524Belknap County, NHNH65,1476.1%
525Muscogee County, GAGA202,1716.1%
526Sagadahoc County, MEME37,9796.1%
527Cochise County, AZAZ126,3326.1%
528Nemaha County, NENE7,1026.1%
529Calvert County, MDMD94,4846.1%
530Rutherford County, TNTN386,3526.1%
531Dougherty County, GAGA82,6166.1%
532Indiana County, PAPA82,8786.1%
533Clay County, MOMO265,0326.1%
534Yankton County, SDSD23,6356.1%
535Murray County, OKOK13,8056.1%
536Northampton County, PAPA324,4116.1%
537Jefferson County, WVWV63,1026.1%
538Walworth County, WIWI106,1276.1%
539Dare County, NCNC38,2456.1%
540Stevens County, MNMN9,7476.1%
541Walla Walla County, WAWA62,3616.1%
542Yavapai County, AZAZ252,5526.1%
543Sublette County, WYWY8,9296.1%
544Carson City, NVNV58,5716.1%
545Saline County, KSKS53,3776.0%
546Kanawha County, WVWV172,3816.0%
547Franklin, VAVA8,4786.0%
548Knox County, MEME41,1176.0%
549Portage County, WIWI71,9436.0%
550Pinellas County, FLFL948,5636.0%
551Lucas County, OHOH423,3476.0%
552Craighead County, ARAR116,9576.0%
553Kent County, MDMD19,5656.0%
554Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3986.0%
555Atchison County, KSKS16,1726.0%
556Sutton County, TXTX3,2036.0%
557Dorchester County, SCSC178,3976.0%
558Lane County, KSKS1,5086.0%
559Kitsap County, WAWA283,3746.0%
560Butte County, CACA209,2116.0%
561Moore County, NCNC110,6196.0%
562Passaic County, NJNJ531,6246.0%
563Indian River County, FLFL172,7995.9%
564Jackson County, OROR221,7955.9%
565Howard County, MOMO10,1805.9%
566Escambia County, FLFL333,8345.9%
567Clay County, FLFL239,5935.9%
568Humboldt County, CACA131,6475.9%
569Rice County, KSKS9,2665.9%
570Kosciusko County, ININ80,8925.9%
571Mendocino County, CACA88,1225.9%
572Warren County, OHOH257,1815.9%
573New Hanover County, NCNC245,9595.9%
574Hinsdale County, COCO7535.9%
575Hamilton County, TNTN390,8335.9%
576Harding County, NMNM6175.9%
577Will County, ILIL712,2535.9%
578Transylvania County, NCNC34,2115.9%
579Storey County, NVNV4,2605.9%
580Brown County, SDSD37,5615.9%
581Natrona County, WYWY80,5265.9%
582Ford County, KSKS33,9935.9%
583Gregg County, TXTX126,0955.9%
584Baldwin County, ALAL267,7615.9%
585Monroe County, PAPA167,1795.9%
586Comanche County, OKOK122,1585.9%
587Tift County, GAGA42,2545.9%
588Warrick County, ININ66,8035.9%
589Nueces County, TXTX352,9925.8%
590Emporia, VAVA5,4475.8%
591Bayfield County, WIWI16,7875.8%
592Marion County, OROR355,7775.8%
593Allegany County, MDMD66,8485.8%
594Rockdale County, GAGA98,4165.8%
595Schuyler County, NYNY16,9245.8%
596Harrison County, MSMS217,1365.8%
597Montgomery County, ININ38,9545.8%
598McLennan County, TXTX272,0205.8%
599St. Charles County, MOMO426,4995.8%
600Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3885.8%
601Madison County, TNTN100,7905.8%
602Coffee County, ALAL56,9535.8%
603Montrose County, COCO44,5915.8%
604Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7385.8%
605Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4655.8%
606Hanover County, VAVA116,4235.8%
607Newport News, VAVA183,2305.8%
608Mono County, CACA12,5055.8%
609Archuleta County, COCO14,3065.8%
610Norfolk, VAVA231,0135.8%
611St. Louis, MOMO278,1445.8%
612El Dorado County, CACA192,3235.8%
613Howard County, ININ83,9045.8%
614Yamhill County, OROR110,0245.8%
615Richmond County, GAGA206,5595.8%
616Boyle County, KYKY31,6325.8%
617Garfield County, COCO63,4745.8%
618Carroll County, KYKY11,1415.7%
619Winchester, VAVA28,2725.7%
620Lee County, FLFL875,6075.7%
621York County, MEME222,4345.7%
622Linn County, IAIA232,0285.7%
623Cloud County, KSKS8,8335.7%
624Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5325.7%
625Winnebago County, WIWI174,2185.7%
626Morgan County, ILIL32,5155.7%
627Bell County, TXTX402,2485.7%
628Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4155.7%
629Daviess County, KYKY104,8985.6%
630Cascade County, MTMT85,0295.6%
631Chautauqua County, NYNY124,1265.6%
632Island County, WAWA85,6575.6%
633Clatsop County, OROR40,9265.6%
634Hill County, MTMT16,1675.6%
635Warren County, NJNJ112,9535.6%
636Boone County, KYKY145,3165.6%
637Kent County, DEDE194,7865.6%
638Latimer County, OKOK9,6455.6%
639Hall County, GAGA226,5685.6%
640Yellowstone County, MTMT172,6925.6%
641Washington County, UTUT213,6705.6%
642McCracken County, KYKY67,5535.6%
643Mesa County, COCO162,8455.6%
644Bedford County, VAVA83,0595.6%
645Kenton County, KYKY175,7795.6%
646Park County, WYWY31,1715.6%
647Bradford County, PAPA59,6005.6%
648Wells County, ININ28,8835.6%
649Kay County, OKOK43,4905.6%
650Putnam County, ININ37,8765.6%
651Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,1155.6%
652Franklin County, MEME30,8245.6%
653Sullivan County, NHNH43,9615.6%
654Nelson County, VAVA14,9205.6%
655Lackawanna County, PAPA216,5025.6%
656Hancock County, OHOH75,0345.5%
657Jefferson County, FLFL16,0075.5%
658Fluvanna County, VAVA28,9755.5%
659Orange County, VAVA40,0835.5%
660Aiken County, SCSC181,5155.5%
661Clark County, KSKS1,9005.5%
662Mathews County, VAVA8,5295.5%
663Houston County, GAGA178,2145.5%
664Stearns County, MNMN164,1105.5%
665Kit Carson County, COCO7,0695.5%
666Northumberland County, VAVA12,5575.5%
667Carroll County, GAGA131,0365.5%
668Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1355.5%
669Park County, MTMT18,2145.5%
670Jefferson County, ININ33,2795.5%
671Bourbon County, KSKS14,3195.5%
672Valley County, IDID12,8315.5%
673Grant County, ININ66,5245.5%
674Erie County, PAPA265,8325.5%
675Brooke County, WVWV21,1425.5%
676Seneca County, NYNY32,8835.5%
677York County, SCSC306,8875.5%
678Greene County, NYNY47,2385.5%
679Whitley County, KYKY37,2975.5%
680Baldwin County, GAGA44,0295.5%
681Chaves County, NMNM63,3645.5%
682Mills County, TXTX4,5805.5%
683Roane County, TNTN57,3955.5%
684Thomas County, KSKS7,7255.5%
685Pierce County, WAWA946,2885.5%
686Mariposa County, CACA16,9185.4%
687Deschutes County, OROR213,0725.4%
688Leflore County, MSMS25,6865.4%
689Steuben County, ININ34,7995.4%
690Charles County, MDMD176,5935.4%
691Bolivar County, MSMS28,2625.4%
692Pierce County, WIWI43,5195.4%
693Pike County, ALAL33,6885.4%
694Hardin County, KYKY113,4825.4%
695Waldo County, MEME40,6935.4%
696Silver Bow County, MTMT36,1185.4%
697Garfield County, OKOK61,7795.4%
698Rankin County, MSMS162,1815.4%
699St. Clair County, ILIL250,7085.4%
700Clallam County, WAWA78,2025.4%
701St. Croix County, WIWI98,2765.4%
702Delaware County, NYNY44,3055.4%
703Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6915.4%
704Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,3905.4%
705Elkhart County, ININ208,7745.4%
706Blaine County, OKOK8,5155.4%
707Marshall County, ININ46,5995.4%
708Mitchell County, KSKS5,5905.3%
709Campbell County, KYKY95,4415.3%
710Lancaster County, PAPA563,1595.3%
711Labette County, KSKS19,6855.3%
712Duval County, FLFL1,062,9635.3%
713Hamilton County, NYNY5,0065.3%
714Manatee County, FLFL468,2005.3%
715Monroe County, GAGA32,0235.3%
716St. Mary's County, MDMD116,6925.3%
717Carbon County, MTMT11,4665.3%
718Floyd County, GAGA101,3785.3%
719Montgomery County, TXTX781,1945.3%
720Clark County, WAWA532,1195.3%
721Bay County, FLFL204,4795.3%
722Pike County, PAPA62,8085.3%
723Rockingham County, VAVA89,3165.3%
724Coffee County, TNTN62,4195.3%
725Muskogee County, OKOK66,7085.3%
726Knox County, ININ35,6525.3%
727Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1775.3%
728Sanpete County, UTUT31,4535.3%
729Rapides Parish, LALA125,8775.3%
730Greenwood County, SCSC70,3795.3%
731Middlesex County, VAVA10,8415.3%
732Ravalli County, MTMT48,5825.3%
733Pulaski County, GAGA10,1725.3%
734Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6735.3%
735Butler County, KSKS69,4845.3%
736Roanoke, VAVA99,1115.3%
737Solano County, CACA455,3765.3%
738Kendall County, ILIL145,4705.3%
739White County, GAGA29,8025.2%
740Morgan County, UTUT13,3835.2%
741Grant County, WIWI52,4465.2%
742Jasper County, ININ33,8945.2%
743Rio Blanco County, COCO6,6835.2%
744Upshur County, WVWV23,7585.2%
745Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5785.2%
746Pawnee County, KSKS5,9915.2%
747Genesee County, NYNY58,4165.2%
748Bandera County, TXTX22,8765.2%
749Charlotte County, FLFL217,2125.2%
750Maui County, HIHI160,5925.2%
751Russell County, KSKS6,5815.2%
752Lake County, OHOH232,2175.2%
753Montgomery County, TNTN249,9355.2%
754Union County, OROR25,9005.2%
755Piatt County, ILIL16,7915.2%
756Fremont County, WYWY39,4645.2%
757Grayson County, TXTX153,6135.2%
758Winnebago County, ILIL283,6745.2%
759Georgetown County, SCSC65,9125.2%
760White County, ININ25,1645.2%
761Marion County, KSKS11,6345.2%
762Luna County, NMNM25,4075.2%
763Mason County, TXTX3,9905.2%
764Jefferson County, MTMT13,3295.2%
765St. Louis County, MNMN200,5185.2%
766San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0915.2%
767Beckham County, OKOK22,1595.1%
768Lawrence County, SDSD29,4595.1%
770Powell County, MTMT7,1575.1%
771Johnson County, WYWY8,9085.1%
772Berks County, PAPA440,0725.1%
773Wayne County, ININ66,1695.1%
774Franklin County, TNTN45,5795.1%
775Lincoln County, NMNM19,8445.1%
776Geary County, KSKS36,3385.1%
777Putnam County, WVWV56,8855.1%
778Daggett County, UTUT9345.1%
779Carteret County, NCNC70,4695.1%
780Sherman County, OROR2,0515.1%
781Clarion County, PAPA36,6805.1%
782Sumter County, SCSC105,0675.1%
783Canadian County, OKOK187,1895.1%
784Dubuque County, IAIA99,3815.1%
785Cook County, MNMN5,5225.1%
786Comanche County, KSKS1,6735.1%
787Chesapeake, VAVA255,3325.1%
788Lake County, SDSD10,9935.1%
789Cape May County, NJNJ93,3905.1%
790Navarro County, TXTX57,1815.1%
791Adams County, MSMS30,0615.1%
792Snohomish County, WAWA870,6565.1%
793Owsley County, KYKY3,9325.1%
794Calhoun County, ALAL115,8345.1%
795Mobile County, ALAL411,6585.1%
796Cumberland County, NCNC338,4735.1%
797Chenango County, NYNY45,7155.1%
798Perry County, ALAL7,4255.1%
799Hawaii County, HIHI210,0435.1%
800Culpeper County, VAVA57,6665.1%
801Madison County, ININ135,0885.1%
802Mineral County, COCO9105.1%
803Bowie County, TXTX92,6965.1%
804Charlevoix County, MIMI26,0365.1%
805Curry County, NMNM46,6555.0%
806Stillwater County, MTMT9,4455.0%
807Gloucester County, NJNJ312,6385.0%
808Cowley County, KSKS34,3825.0%
809Franklin County, PAPA160,6525.0%
810Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7335.0%
811Callaway County, MOMO45,7655.0%
812Wichita County, TXTX129,5555.0%
813Grant County, KSKS7,0285.0%
814Panola County, TXTX23,0185.0%
815Franklin County, FLFL13,0295.0%
816Fresno County, CACA1,035,4565.0%
817Todd County, SDSD8,8635.0%
818Franklin County, NYNY46,5005.0%
819Antrim County, MIMI24,6985.0%
820Pueblo County, COCO169,2775.0%
821Bristol County, MAMA593,6405.0%
822Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3915.0%
823Tioga County, PAPA40,5025.0%
824Butler County, PAPA200,1695.0%
825Westmoreland County, PAPA349,3245.0%
826Decatur County, IAIA7,6555.0%
827Crawford County, MIMI13,7225.0%
828Washington County, MSMS40,4465.0%
829Wayne County, MIMI1,769,0385.0%
830Wabash County, ININ30,7135.0%
831Macon County, ILIL99,3005.0%
832Clarke County, VAVA15,6095.0%
833Clay County, MSMS18,2385.0%
834Williamson County, ILIL67,2255.0%
835Sioux County, IAIA36,7745.0%
836Douglas County, WIWI43,9905.0%
837Jefferson County, TNTN60,0245.0%
838Oneida County, WIWI38,1315.0%
839Woodford County, ILIL38,1115.0%
840Niagara County, NYNY208,9125.0%
841Sheridan County, WYWY33,2415.0%
842Shelby County, KYKY51,2435.0%
843Houston County, MNMN18,4005.0%
844Yuma County, AZAZ224,4495.0%
845Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,3465.0%
846Hancock County, MSMS46,8735.0%
847Randolph County, WVWV26,8825.0%
848Morris County, KSKS5,3485.0%
849Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9515.0%
850Madison County, ILIL263,1104.9%
851Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6194.9%
852Lee County, MSMS83,7314.9%
853Harris County, GAGA37,2804.9%
854Taney County, MOMO57,0014.9%
855Dickinson County, IAIA18,0774.9%
856Clinton County, MIMI80,4324.9%
857Lake County, ININ504,6124.9%
858Cayuga County, NYNY74,3654.9%
859Racine County, WIWI198,9194.9%
860Wheeler County, OROR1,4724.9%
861Jackson County, MSMS147,6664.9%
862Wood County, WVWV82,3854.9%
863Riverside County, CACA2,544,9164.9%
864Washakie County, WYWY7,5974.9%
865Tom Green County, TXTX120,6024.9%
866Bronx County, NYNY1,406,3324.9%
867Elmore County, ALAL91,5774.9%
868Delta County, COCO32,1784.9%
869Jefferson County, MSMS6,8254.9%
870Adams County, PAPA107,5944.9%
871Vernon County, MOMO19,9464.9%
872Mercer County, PAPA107,8604.9%
873Colfax County, NMNM12,1844.9%
874Medina County, OHOH185,0254.9%
875Weber County, UTUT278,1744.9%
876Finney County, KSKS37,5054.9%
877Wayne County, NYNY91,2504.9%
878Clark County, NVNV2,407,2264.9%
879LaPorte County, ININ111,2944.9%
880Lamar County, TXTX51,5034.9%
881Cimarron County, OKOK2,0594.9%
882Houston County, ALAL110,3184.9%
883Red Willow County, NENE10,3074.9%
884Pope County, ARAR64,9764.9%
885Tipton County, ININ15,3194.9%
886Valencia County, NMNM82,0134.9%
887Drew County, ARAR17,0544.9%
888Adams County, ININ36,6504.9%
889Morgan County, ALAL126,4834.9%
890Henderson County, KYKY44,2554.9%
891Lafayette County, MOMO33,5314.9%
892Volusia County, FLFL606,5734.9%
893Huntington County, ININ37,2244.8%
894Fairfield County, OHOH169,7524.8%
895Thomas County, GAGA46,3684.8%
896Woodbury County, IAIA106,6494.8%
897Hot Springs County, WYWY4,6004.8%
898Wayne County, PAPA51,7034.8%
899Aransas County, TXTX26,1464.8%
900Sherman County, NENE2,9244.8%
901Adams County, NENE31,0714.8%
902Luzerne County, PAPA332,1264.8%
903Bamberg County, SCSC12,7964.8%
904Chelan County, WAWA81,9414.8%
905Bath County, VAVA4,0764.8%
906Sheridan County, NENE4,8094.8%
907Grady County, OKOK59,1284.8%
908Garland County, ARAR99,6954.8%
909Union County, SDSD17,4024.8%
910Washington County, NYNY59,3534.8%
911Meade County, SDSD30,7114.8%
912Horry County, SCSC427,5514.8%
913North Slope, AKAK10,5824.8%
914Genesee County, MIMI401,0934.8%
915Sherburne County, MNMN104,1944.8%
916Wayne County, OHOH116,7584.8%
917Skagit County, WAWA132,9754.8%
918Columbia County, PAPA66,1934.8%
919Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4664.8%
920Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634.8%
921Stutsman County, NDND21,4144.8%
922Blount County, TNTN143,8204.8%
923Washington County, MDMD157,7314.8%
924Sutter County, CACA98,7874.8%
925Carver County, MNMN114,3794.8%
926Calhoun County, MIMI133,4084.8%
927Jefferson County, TXTX254,3214.8%
928Ocean County, NJNJ673,7464.8%
929Kearney County, NENE6,7904.8%
930Laurens County, GAGA51,0414.8%
931Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.8%
932Wyoming County, PAPA25,7904.7%
933Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0184.7%
934Sullivan County, TNTN163,7594.7%
935New Kent County, VAVA28,0224.7%
936Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8304.7%
937Jefferson County, WIWI86,5054.7%
938Washington County, PAPA210,8024.7%
939Harrison County, WVWV64,2214.7%
940Atchison County, MOMO5,1754.7%
941Lowndes County, MSMS57,3464.7%
942McKinley County, NMNM68,1194.7%
943Cooper County, MOMO17,1364.7%
944Spartanburg County, SCSC380,8574.7%
945Waynesboro, VAVA23,9514.7%
946Hidalgo County, NMNM3,9294.7%
947Gillespie County, TXTX28,5274.7%
948Avery County, NCNC18,1104.7%
949San Juan County, NMNM120,3404.7%
950Greenlee County, AZAZ9,3124.7%
951Stafford County, KSKS4,0054.7%
952Bossier Parish, LALA131,8674.7%
953Uvalde County, TXTX24,9634.7%
954Jefferson County, NYNY111,5404.7%
955Ellis County, OKOK3,6134.7%
956Greenup County, KYKY35,2134.7%
957Buchanan County, MOMO83,5404.7%
958Benzie County, MIMI18,5684.7%
959Cherokee County, GAGA299,2734.7%
960El Paso County, TXTX877,8584.7%
961Prince George County, VAVA43,9364.7%
962Herkimer County, NYNY59,2194.7%
963Coweta County, GAGA160,2404.7%
964Boyd County, KYKY47,7514.7%
965Chaffee County, COCO20,8314.7%
966Titus County, TXTX31,5634.7%
967Cooke County, TXTX44,4614.6%
968Jefferson County, KSKS18,2964.6%
969Erie County, OHOH73,2964.6%
970Miami County, KSKS36,2404.6%
971Sebastian County, ARAR130,6414.6%
972McKean County, PAPA38,9844.6%
973McPherson County, KSKS30,0644.6%
974Brown County, WIWI275,8034.6%
975Carson County, TXTX5,8054.6%
976Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3724.6%
977Stark County, OHOH373,7714.6%
978Oswego County, NYNY118,5694.6%
979Alfalfa County, OKOK5,6494.6%
980Howard County, TXTX30,5044.6%
981Autauga County, ALAL61,9204.6%
982Clark County, OHOH135,3404.6%
983Prowers County, COCO11,8844.6%
984Lewis County, NYNY26,4794.6%
985Marshall County, IAIA39,8904.6%
986Traill County, NDND7,9204.6%
987Angelina County, TXTX88,1544.6%
988Flathead County, MTMT115,4294.6%
989Elmore County, IDID29,4654.6%
990Presidio County, TXTX5,4334.6%
991Tillamook County, OROR27,3844.6%
992Posey County, ININ24,9884.6%
993Box Elder County, UTUT65,3204.6%
994Lenawee County, MIMI97,7794.6%
995Wood County, WIWI74,0604.6%
996Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5544.6%
997Columbia County, FLFL74,0944.6%
998Warren County, ILIL16,2224.6%
999Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3174.6%
1000Madison County, MTMT10,0264.6%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS