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    US Counties by Bachelor's Degree Attainment— Page 81

    US counties ranked by the percentage of adults who hold a bachelor's degree or higher, from the Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates.

    3,221 counties rankedSource: US Census Bureau ACS 2023Highest firstShowing #20012025
    #CountyStateBachelor's Degree+
    2001Norton CountyKansas19.4%
    2002Wapello CountyIowa19.4%
    2003Shelby CountyIndiana19.4%
    2004Jackson CountyWest Virginia19.4%
    2005Humphreys CountyMississippi19.4%
    2006Richland CountyMontana19.4%
    2007Lewis CountyNew York19.4%
    2008Surry CountyNorth Carolina19.4%
    2009Tama CountyIowa19.4%
    2010Butte CountySouth Dakota19.4%
    2011Boyd CountyKentucky19.4%
    2012Chariton CountyMissouri19.4%
    2013Van Buren CountyIowa19.4%
    2014Orangeburg CountySouth Carolina19.4%
    2015Ripley CountyIndiana19.4%
    2016Lee CountyIllinois19.4%
    2017Dillingham Census AreaAlaska19.4%
    2018Whitfield CountyGeorgia19.3%
    2019Salinas MunicipioPuerto Rico19.3%
    2020Appanoose CountyIowa19.3%
    2021Pennington CountyMinnesota19.3%
    2022Dale CountyAlabama19.3%
    2023Abbeville CountySouth Carolina19.3%
    2024Luce CountyMichigan19.3%
    2025Montgomery CountyNorth Carolina19.3%

    Data from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, 2019–2023. Rankings include all counties, county equivalents, and independent cities in the United States. Click any county to see its full profile.