Most Educated Counties in America

Name: Most Educated Counties in America
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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US counties ranked by the share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. Highly educated counties tend to cluster around major universities and knowledge-economy hubs. Data from US Census Bureau ACS 2023.

Ranked by Bachelor's Degree or Higher. Click any location to see its full Census data profile. All figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023, so they are directly comparable across locations.

#	Location	Bachelor's Degree or Higher
251	Boone County, Kentucky	52.2%
252	Fairfield County, South Carolina	52.1%
253	Presidio County, Texas	52.0%
254	Douglas County, Kansas	52.0%
255	Lafayette County, Arkansas	51.9%
256	Oldham County, Texas	51.8%
257	Green Lake County, Wisconsin	51.6%
258	Dallas County, Iowa	51.6%
259	Jessamine County, Kentucky	51.4%
260	Boone County, Missouri	51.0%
261	Nevada County, California	51.0%
262	Gaines County, Texas	50.8%
263	Gulf County, Florida	50.8%
264	Allen Parish, Louisiana	50.6%
265	Monmouth County, New Jersey	50.6%
266	Washington County, Rhode Island	50.5%
267	Tuscarawas County, Ohio	50.5%
268	Chippewa County, Minnesota	50.4%
269	Cobb County, Georgia	50.4%
270	Jefferson County, Arkansas	50.4%
271	Decatur County, Indiana	50.3%
272	James City County, Virginia	50.2%
273	Lamar County, Alabama	50.2%
274	Oakland County, Michigan	50.2%
275	Daggett County, Utah	50.1%
276	Choctaw County, Oklahoma	50.1%
277	York County, Virginia	50.0%
278	Delaware County, Indiana	50.0%
279	Drew County, Arkansas	49.9%
280	Leelanau County, Michigan	49.9%
281	Marquette County, Wisconsin	49.8%
282	Rutland County, Vermont	49.5%
283	Warren County, Georgia	49.4%
284	Island County, Washington	49.4%
285	Muscogee County, Georgia	49.2%
286	Baldwin County, Alabama	49.1%
287	Sacramento County, California	49.1%
288	Monroe County, Indiana	49.1%
289	Kendall County, Texas	49.1%
290	Charleston County, South Carolina	49.0%
291	Jefferson County, Indiana	48.9%
292	Juneau County, Wisconsin	48.9%
293	Washington County, Minnesota	48.9%
294	Pend Oreille County, Washington	48.8%
295	Boone County, Illinois	48.8%
296	Kern County, California	48.8%
297	Nassau County, New York	48.7%
298	Marion County, Kentucky	48.7%
299	Pike County, Pennsylvania	48.7%
300	Clarke County, Georgia	48.7%