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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Mississippi, by County

Bachelor's Degree or Higher for every county in Mississippi, ranked. The highest is Madison County at 49.6% and the lowest is Issaquena County at 8.6%.

Mississippi: 25.1% · United States: 35.7% · median county in Mississippi: 17.8%

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#County Bachelor's Degree or Higher
1Madison County49.6%
2Oktibbeha County47.0%
3Lafayette County46.5%
4Lamar County34.5%
5Rankin County33.5%
6Hinds County31.2%
7Forrest County30.6%
8DeSoto County29.0%
9Warren County28.8%
10Lee County28.6%
11Lowndes County28.1%
12Bolivar County28.0%
13Harrison County27.5%
14Hancock County26.8%
15Jackson County26.7%
16Lauderdale County23.6%
17Tate County23.6%
18Washington County22.4%
19Grenada County21.8%
20Carroll County21.2%
21Leflore County21.2%
22Webster County20.9%
23Jones County20.7%
24Adams County20.6%
25Choctaw County20.1%
26Attala County19.8%
27Copiah County19.7%
28Prentiss County19.7%
29Winston County19.7%
30Humphreys County19.6%
31Coahoma County19.5%
32Montgomery County19.4%
33Lincoln County19.3%
34Newton County19.3%
35Union County19.1%
36Franklin County19.0%
37Alcorn County18.6%
38Kemper County18.6%
39Pontotoc County18.5%
40Claiborne County18.1%
41Tippah County17.9%
42Tishomingo County17.8%
43Neshoba County17.7%
44Panola County17.7%
45Clarke County17.5%
46George County17.5%
47Covington County17.4%
48Clay County17.3%
49Stone County17.2%
50Quitman County17.1%
51Pearl River County17.0%
52Simpson County16.7%
53Monroe County16.4%
54Sharkey County16.1%
55Itawamba County16.0%
56Sunflower County16.0%
57Wayne County16.0%
58Leake County15.7%
59Smith County15.6%
60Yalobusha County15.6%
61Pike County15.3%
62Yazoo County15.3%
63Marshall County14.6%
64Holmes County13.9%
65Marion County13.7%
66Tunica County13.7%
67Scott County13.5%
68Jefferson County13.4%
69Lawrence County13.2%
70Perry County12.9%
71Walthall County12.9%
72Benton County12.8%
73Jefferson Davis County12.7%
74Jasper County12.2%
75Calhoun County12.1%
76Chickasaw County12.0%
77Tallahatchie County11.7%
78Amite County11.2%
79Noxubee County10.6%
80Greene County10.5%
81Wilkinson County8.8%
82Issaquena County8.6%

Small populations produce wide margins: Issaquena County is 8.6% with a margin of error of ±4.2%. 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.

Mississippi ranks 51st of 52 states for bachelor's degree or higher.

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