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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Alabama, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in Alabama, ranked. The highest is Shelby County at 46.8% and the lowest is Bullock County at 8.1%.

Alabama: 28.4% · United States: 35.7% · median county in Alabama: 17.2%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Shelby County46.8%
2Madison County46.4%
3Lee County42.4%
4Jefferson County36.2%
5Montgomery County34.5%
6Baldwin County33.7%
7Tuscaloosa County32.1%
8Limestone County30.2%
9Lauderdale County29.8%
10Autauga County29.1%
11Pike County28.0%
12Mobile County26.0%
13Elmore County25.4%
14Morgan County23.3%
15Houston County23.0%
16Coffee County22.5%
17Henry County21.8%
18Colbert County21.7%
19Marshall County21.5%
20St. Clair County21.4%
21Macon County21.1%
22Calhoun County20.6%
23Dale County20.4%
24Tallapoosa County20.3%
25Cullman County19.7%
26Marengo County19.5%
27Sumter County19.0%
28Crenshaw County18.7%
29Randolph County18.4%
30Russell County18.2%
31Etowah County18.1%
32Hale County17.6%
33Dallas County17.5%
34Covington County17.2%
35Cleburne County17.0%
36Washington County17.0%
37Walker County16.6%
38Cherokee County16.5%
39Chilton County16.5%
40Talladega County16.5%
41Jackson County15.9%
42Blount County15.8%
43Choctaw County15.8%
44Franklin County15.8%
45Perry County15.8%
46Lawrence County15.2%
47Greene County15.1%
48Clarke County15.0%
49Chambers County14.9%
50Fayette County14.9%
51Clay County14.7%
52Lowndes County14.4%
53Winston County14.3%
54DeKalb County14.1%
55Coosa County13.9%
56Butler County13.5%
57Escambia County13.5%
58Conecuh County13.4%
59Marion County13.3%
60Geneva County13.2%
61Pickens County13.1%
62Wilcox County12.9%
63Lamar County12.1%
64Bibb County11.7%
65Monroe County11.7%
66Barbour County10.6%
67Bullock County8.1%

Small populations produce wide margins: Bullock County is 8.1% with a margin of error of ±2.5%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of adults 25 and older whose highest completed level is bachelor's degree or higher.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Alabama ranks 45th of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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