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Most Educated Counties in America

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
1 Grand Isle County, Vermont 100.0%
2 Franklin County, Kansas 100.0%
3 Morton County, Kansas 93.9%
4 Erath County, Texas 92.8%
5 Cimarron County, Oklahoma 90.8%
6 Crawford County, Kansas 89.8%
7 Harrison County, Iowa 89.1%
8 Barber County, Kansas 86.9%
9 St. Mary Parish, Louisiana 85.9%
10 Butler County, Kansas 85.7%
11 Juneau City and Borough, Alaska 85.5%
12 Bremer County, Iowa 85.2%
13 Sussex County, Delaware 84.3%
14 Magoffin County, Kentucky 84.2%
15 Barton County, Kansas 83.9%
16 Cherokee County, Iowa 83.8%
17 Caroline County, Maryland 82.5%
18 New Castle County, Delaware 82.2%
19 Greene County, Arkansas 82.1%
20 Bullitt County, Kentucky 81.8%
21 Crockett County, Texas 81.6%
22 Johnson County, Iowa 81.1%
23 Anderson County, Kansas 80.8%
24 Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 80.8%
25 Hot Spring County, Arkansas 80.5%
26 Atchison County, Kansas 80.4%
27 Castro County, Texas 79.9%
28 Falls Church city, Virginia 79.7%
29 Jackson County, Arkansas 79.7%
30 Shasta County, California 79.4%
31 Orange County, California 79.4%
32 Clay County, Iowa 78.7%
33 Henry County, Iowa 78.1%
34 Evangeline Parish, Louisiana 78.1%
35 Rock County, Wisconsin 78.0%
36 Allen County, Kansas 77.7%
37 Loving County, Texas 77.3%
38 Moca Municipio, Puerto Rico 77.2%
39 Arlington County, Virginia 77.1%
40 Archer County, Texas 76.9%
41 Marshall County, Iowa 76.5%
42 Tulare County, California 76.3%
43 Blaine County, Montana 76.2%
44 Bee County, Texas 75.5%
45 Juana Díaz Municipio, Puerto Rico 75.0%
46 Crane County, Texas 74.9%
47 Caldwell County, North Carolina 74.0%
48 Scott County, Kansas 73.8%
49 Dolores County, Colorado 73.2%
50 Kauai County, Hawaii 72.8%