Hoosiers by the Numbers

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Educational Attainment by County

Percent of Adults Age 25 and Older

  High School Graduate or Higher Bachelor's Degree or Higher
2010 Rank 2000 Rank 2010 Rank 2000 Rank
Indiana 86.2 NA 82.1 NA 22.4 NA 19.4 NA
Adams 82.8 70 80.0 57 12.2 71 10.7 64
Allen 88.5 18 85.7 12 26.1 9 22.7 9
Bartholomew 89.2 14 83.8 20 26.7 7 22.0 12
Benton 89.7 11 86.3 9 13.7 60 13.0 43
Blackford 84.7 53 81.3 39 12.2 71 10.3 69
Boone 92.8 3 88.3 4 38.0 3 27.6 4
Brown 87.5 25 83.6 22 21.2 18 18.5 18
Carroll 88.6 16 83.2 24 14.9 43 12.9 46
Cass 82.0 74 81.8 33 14.1 52 12.0 54
Clark 85.4 41 79.9 58 17.8 27 14.3 32
Clay 87.9 22 82.3 29 13.8 57 12.8 47
Clinton 81.4 77 80.1 55 13.1 64 10.1 75
Crawford 82.3 73 70.6 91 11.5 75 8.4 87
Daviess 74.5 90 71.8 88 12.2 71 9.7 79
Dearborn 88.5 18 82.0 31 16.9 31 15.4 24
Decatur 84.6 56 79.1 69 14.8 45 11.5 58
DeKalb 88.2 21 84.7 17 15.7 39 12.4 51
Delaware 84.5 58 81.6 36 22.4 14 20.4 15
Dubois 84.6 56 80.2 53 20.2 19 14.5 29
Elkhart 80.0 84 75.7 79 18.1 26 15.5 22
Fayette 76.9 89 73.7 86 8.8 87 7.8 91
Floyd 87.3 27 82.4 26 22.1 15 20.4 15
Fountain 83.2 67 80.7 47 10.8 79 10.1 75
Franklin 85.4 41 76.1 78 16.5 35 12.5 50
Fulton 85.7 39 80.2 53 14.0 54 10.3 69
Gibson 88.6 16 80.9 45 14.3 50 12.4 51
Grant 83.3 65 79.2 67 15.4 40 14.1 35
Greene 83.2 67 79.2 67 11.1 78 10.5 66
Hamilton 96.1 1 94.2 1 53.8 1 48.9 1
Hancock 90.7 7 87.8 6 24.2 13 22.2 11
Harrison 88.4 20 80.3 52 14.4 49 13.1 41
Hendricks 93.4 2 88.5 2 31.2 5 23.1 7
Henry 83.5 64 79.6 64 13.8 57 11.7 55
Howard 86.3 33 83.3 23 19.7 21 18.1 19
Huntington 87.8 23 85.0 15 14.8 45 14.2 34
Jackson 84.2 60 79.8 60 13.8 57 11.5 58
Jasper 87.6 24 82.4 26 14.2 51 13.0 43
Jay 84.3 59 78.5 72 10.7 80 9.9 77
Jefferson 83.8 63 81.0 43 18.2 25 16.4 20
Jennings 81.3 78 76.2 77 7.5 92 8.4 87
Johnson 90.3 9 85.7 12 26.2 8 23.1 7
Knox 85.3 46 81.7 34 14.9 43 14.4 30
Kosciusko 84.7 53 81.6 36 20.2 19 14.9 25
LaGrange 59.7 92 60.2 92 10.4 82 8.9 84
Lake 86.1 34 80.7 47 18.9 22 16.2 21
LaPorte 85.4 41 80.6 50 16.7 32 14.0 36
Lawrence 81.0 82 77.4 75 12.5 68 10.7 64
Madison 86.4 31 80.1 55 16.6 33 14.4 30
Marion 84.0 61 81.6 36 27.3 6 25.4 5
Marshall 83.3 65 79.8 60 17.1 30 14.9 25
Martin 81.2 79 74.2 84 8.5 88 8.8 85
Miami 81.9 75 81.9 32 10.2 84 10.4 68
Monroe 91.1 6 88.5 2 42.7 2 39.6 2
Montgomery 86.8 29 85.7 12 17.5 29 14.7 28
Morgan 85.0 48 80.7 47 13.9 56 12.6 49
Newton 85.8 38 78.7 71 9.5 86 9.6 80
Noble 81.2 79 77.3 76 13.0 66 11.1 62
Ohio 81.2 79 78.4 73 12.1 74 11.6 56
Orange 78.7 87 73.8 85 12.5 68 10.2 73
Owen 81.9 75 74.9 82 8.3 89 9.2 83
Parke 80.9 83 80.5 51 12.7 67 11.6 56
Perry 82.5 72 74.8 83 8.3 89 9.6 80
Pike 83.9 62 75.6 80 8.3 89 8.4 87
Porter 91.3 4 88.3 4 25.2 12 22.6 10
Posey 89.0 15 84.4 18 18.5 24 14.8 27
Pulaski 85.9 36 79.8 60 13.6 61 10.3 69
Putnam 85.1 47 81.2 40 17.6 28 13.1 41
Randolph 84.7 53 79.6 64 10.4 82 9.9 77
Ripley 84.8 49 78.9 70 14.8 45 11.5 58
Rush 84.8 49 79.6 64 13.2 63 10.3 69
St. Joseph 86.4 31 82.4 26 25.6 10 23.6 6
Scott 74.3 91 71.4 89 9.9 85 8.8 85
Shelby 85.9 36 79.8 60 15.2 41 12.7 48
Spencer 85.7 39 81.2 40 15.9 37 13.0 43
Starke 79.1 86 72.0 87 11.2 77 8.4 87
Steuben 89.4 12 84.3 19 18.9 22 15.5 22
Sullivan 86.1 34 80.8 46 14.1 52 9.4 82
Switzerland 78.1 88 71.4 89 11.4 76 7.6 92
Tippecanoe 90.5 8 87.8 6 35.7 4 33.2 3
Tipton 87.5 25 83.7 21 13.5 62 12.4 51
Union 84.8 49 79.9 58 15.2 41 11.1 62
Vanderburgh 87.1 28 83.1 25 21.8 16 19.3 17
Vermillion 85.4 41 81.2 40 12.3 70 11.2 61
Vigo 84.8 49 81.0 43 21.3 17 21.4 14
Wabash 85.4 41 81.7 34 16.3 36 13.7 38
Warren 83.2 67 85.0 15 13.1 64 14.0 36
Warrick 91.3 4 86.3 9 25.6 10 21.8 13
Washington 79.6 85 75.2 81 10.5 81 10.2 73
Wayne 82.6 71 78.1 74 15.8 38 13.7 38
Wells 89.4 12 87.3 8 14.0 54 14.3 32
White 86.8 29 82.1 30 14.5 48 10.5 66
Whitley 90.2 10 86.2 11 16.6 33 13.3 40

Source: STATS Indiana, using decennial census (2000) and American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.