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Levels of education for Georgia residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for Georgia

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Georgia education attainment by county, ages 25-34

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County	Percent w/college degree	Number w/college degree	Total population (ages 25-34)	< 9th grade	9th-12th grade, no diploma	High school grad/GED	Some college, no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree
TOTAL	33.6%	432,814	1,289,695	57,116	157,640	349,003	293,122	76,078	267,228	89,508
Fulton	51.6%	77,755	150,817	5,381	14,496	25,855	27,330	7,480	50,877	19,398
Clarke	50.8%	8,427	16,573	601	1,448	2,797	3,300	737	5,117	2,573
Cobb	50.0%	54,723	109,450	3,821	7,481	18,881	24,544	6,550	36,802	11,371
Forsyth	47.8%	7,911	16,539	839	1,389	3,329	3,071	953	5,611	1,347
Fayette	47.0%	3,872	8,235	109	317	1,783	2,154	805	2,283	784
DeKalb	45.9%	59,782	130,386	7,124	10,926	23,417	29,137	8,495	35,988	15,299
Oconee	45.5%	1,465	3,220	70	271	794	620	175	907	383
Gwinnett	42.8%	44,528	104,094	5,115	9,673	19,781	24,997	7,324	29,046	8,158
Columbia	41.1%	4,523	11,010	149	762	2,808	2,768	1,168	2,454	901
Cherokee	39.2%	9,040	23,059	903	1,958	5,564	5,594	1,717	5,898	1,425
Harris	35.9%	1,077	2,996	50	334	815	720	243	530	304
Bulloch	35.9%	2,304	6,426	147	844	1,642	1,489	345	1,514	445
Chattahoochee	35.8%	1,255	3,502	15	209	805	1,218	263	838	154
Chatham	33.9%	11,141	32,903	829	3,405	8,306	9,222	1,984	7,330	1,827
Coweta	33.2%	4,792	14,435	388	1,570	4,427	3,258	946	3,049	797
Bibb	30.5%	6,381	20,922	299	2,638	6,137	5,467	1,089	3,972	1,320
Douglas	29.3%	4,179	14,265	325	1,720	4,541	3,500	824	2,641	714
Bryan	29.3%	932	3,183	44	385	1,093	729	272	555	105
Richmond	29.0%	8,452	29,181	537	3,419	8,093	8,680	2,041	4,794	1,617
Lowndes	28.8%	4,152	14,426	472	1,999	3,934	3,869	1,140	2,364	648
Rockdale	28.7%	2,563	8,916	530	1,044	2,370	2,409	479	1,718	366
Muscogee	28.7%	7,761	27,047	680	2,971	7,872	7,763	2,026	4,296	1,439
Henry	28.7%	5,455	19,028	325	1,939	6,026	5,283	1,456	3,146	853
Houston	27.6%	4,272	15,485	275	1,618	4,433	4,887	1,240	2,186	846
Lee	26.3%	959	3,650	84	632	1,143	832	264	520	175
Glynn	26.3%	2,094	7,977	156	1,091	2,663	1,973	498	1,248	348
Thomas	25.2%	1,355	5,378	160	760	1,808	1,295	359	726	270
Effingham	24.9%	1,280	5,145	86	702	1,958	1,119	297	778	205
Early	24.7%	363	1,472	48	174	583	304	128	133	102
Dawson	24.3%	570	2,347	23	258	898	598	169	255	146
Oglethorpe	24.2%	377	1,560	23	336	574	250	122	206	49
Troup	24.2%	1,871	7,743	189	1,118	2,905	1,660	343	1,184	344
Paulding	23.7%	3,840	16,230	231	1,637	6,137	4,385	722	2,531	587
White	23.5%	589	2,508	100	312	999	508	120	349	120
Catoosa	23.3%	1,816	7,797	180	997	2,660	2,144	508	1,063	245
Clayton	23.2%	10,077	43,413	2,357	5,517	13,211	12,251	2,677	6,055	1,345
Bleckley	23.2%	326	1,406	46	239	520	275	112	161	53
Pike	23.1%	427	1,852	71	290	776	288	93	264	70
Tift	22.7%	1,173	5,177	364	984	1,692	964	345	530	298
Sumter	22.6%	1,039	4,594	177	916	1,553	909	209	599	231
Morgan	22.6%	428	1,898	29	291	840	310	57	286	85
Newton	22.4%	2,175	9,721	155	1,477	3,468	2,446	565	1,236	374
Bartow	22.2%	2,715	12,205	370	2,106	4,059	2,955	595	1,717	403
Irwin	22.2%	284	1,277	72	210	529	182	122	129	33
Pulaski	22.2%	330	1,485	41	249	504	361	71	201	58
Lumpkin	22.2%	639	2,881	207	413	1,055	567	122	375	142
Laurens	22.1%	1,293	5,861	216	896	2,274	1,182	237	725	331
Liberty	22.0%	2,573	11,682	78	652	4,275	4,104	967	1,325	281
Dougherty	22.0%	2,888	13,119	386	2,322	3,739	3,784	673	1,821	394
Floyd	21.9%	2,719	12,403	897	2,086	4,310	2,391	641	1,560	518
Camden	21.9%	1,625	7,416	48	632	2,574	2,537	555	713	357
Barrow	21.9%	1,817	8,297	263	1,207	2,962	2,048	649	909	259
Lamar	21.7%	452	2,087	116	290	741	488	197	173	82
Hall	21.6%	5,043	23,346	4,027	3,981	6,200	4,095	1,185	2,848	1,010
Putnam	21.5%	482	2,240	98	347	814	499	159	247	76
Taliaferro	21.5%	57	265	24	63	100	21	39	7	11
Madison	21.3%	771	3,615	120	617	1,377	730	237	413	121
Carroll	21.1%	2,720	12,912	597	2,445	4,638	2,512	497	1,624	599
Monroe	20.9%	562	2,689	32	338	1,121	636	218	253	91
Stephens	20.7%	662	3,203	107	488	1,279	667	159	399	104
Miller	20.5%	157	764	21	136	277	173	39	57	61
Montgomery	20.5%	247	1,202	30	229	549	147	64	139	44
Habersham	20.5%	979	4,780	459	694	1,686	962	225	567	187
Hart	20.5%	578	2,825	92	411	1,116	628	196	261	121
Calhoun	20.4%	197	965	25	96	387	260	52	37	108
Baldwin	20.1%	1,321	6,572	184	1,339	2,531	1,197	389	778	154
Johnson	19.7%	183	928	27	172	414	132	58	81	44
Crisp	19.1%	521	2,725	86	634	1,105	379	95	298	128
Jones	19.0%	585	3,074	28	462	1,333	666	140	345	100
Franklin	19.0%	488	2,569	92	546	1,015	428	173	224	91
Walton	18.9%	1,752	9,294	277	1,479	3,521	2,265	473	973	306
Jenkins	18.8%	181	964	46	169	371	197	41	116	24
Decatur	18.7%	686	3,661	189	751	1,212	823	212	361	113
Jackson	18.6%	1,190	6,388	338	1,133	2,454	1,273	311	659	220
Jeff Davis	18.5%	309	1,670	121	331	579	330	146	154	9
Baker	18.3%	92	504	43	70	192	107	33	45	14
Cook	18.0%	379	2,110	172	342	827	390	169	185	25
Haralson	18.0%	634	3,532	144	740	1,367	647	174	366	94
Pierce	17.9%	365	2,041	147	235	795	499	117	186	62
Warren	17.7%	109	615	12	137	233	124	37	59	13
Peach	17.7%	552	3,116	245	494	1,079	746	130	346	76
Dade	17.7%	340	1,925	92	337	727	429	204	128	8
Dooly	17.6%	264	1,503	78	235	620	306	104	105	55
Wilkinson	17.3%	220	1,273	25	140	606	282	71	103	46
Schley	17.3%	89	515	2	88	246	90	23	38	28
Union	17.2%	313	1,815	75	352	621	454	113	141	59
Washington	17.2%	468	2,715	83	425	1,261	478	129	265	74
McDuffie	17.2%	456	2,657	88	613	987	513	92	252	112
Worth	17.2%	463	2,699	84	458	1,018	676	188	210	65
Elbert	17.0%	454	2,670	90	529	1,137	460	99	265	90
Ware	17.0%	786	4,635	157	1,004	1,954	734	226	390	170
Randolph	16.7%	134	802	22	85	385	176	81	43	10
Spalding	16.7%	1,350	8,088	294	1,757	3,066	1,621	386	781	183
Gordon	16.6%	1,149	6,902	601	1,506	2,147	1,499	293	676	180
Upson	16.6%	562	3,394	63	594	1,475	700	215	286	61
Meriwether	16.6%	454	2,742	95	469	1,182	542	128	246	80
Gilmer	16.5%	509	3,078	314	597	1,129	529	129	282	98
Brooks	16.5%	308	1,871	61	329	833	340	74	181	53
Pickens	16.3%	527	3,233	217	657	1,150	682	143	313	71
Rabun	16.3%	279	1,716	115	233	717	372	89	150	40
Towns	16.1%	141	877	64	135	344	193	64	50	27
Stewart	16.1%	97	604	11	103	298	95	18	56	23
Walker	15.8%	1,288	8,133	339	1,695	3,052	1,759	367	722	199
Clay	15.7%	44	281	5	47	143	42	21	7	16
Seminole	15.6%	173	1,107	89	198	420	227	107	39	27
Dodge	15.6%	407	2,615	96	567	1,058	487	120	206	81
Toombs	15.5%	514	3,309	245	739	1,196	615	124	317	73
Lincoln	15.3%	156	1,017	32	139	443	247	47	73	36
Terrell	15.2%	180	1,183	36	228	457	282	87	64	29
Berrien	15.0%	339	2,256	100	435	804	578	149	137	53
Ben Hill	14.9%	332	2,231	262	433	793	411	100	166	66
Marion	14.8%	129	870	57	198	297	189	72	35	22
Taylor	14.6%	161	1,101	51	213	502	174	38	98	25
Candler	14.6%	184	1,260	258	271	366	181	37	140	7
Grady	14.5%	444	3,053	191	542	1,290	586	116	247	81
Hancock	14.4%	205	1,424	46	247	594	332	46	110	49
Glascock	14.4%	45	313	5	41	145	77	18	22	5
Fannin	14.4%	316	2,198	92	388	1,025	377	112	141	63
Coffee	14.2%	792	5,560	427	1,180	2,037	1,124	290	372	130
Clinch	14.2%	135	950	55	173	430	157	31	87	17
Whitfield	14.2%	1,886	13,289	2,298	3,043	3,721	2,341	464	1,006	416
Wilkes	14.1%	167	1,181	18	287	448	261	51	93	23
Lanier	13.7%	142	1,037	35	179	417	264	56	58	28
Jasper	13.4%	209	1,558	23	352	663	311	30	146	33
Murray	13.2%	793	5,993	474	1,309	2,375	1,042	327	368	98
Colquitt	13.2%	759	5,757	915	1,169	2,027	887	209	432	118
Wayne	13.1%	510	3,891	276	622	1,601	882	139	269	102
Webster	13.1%	39	298	23	56	104	76	10	27	2
Twiggs	12.8%	166	1,292	44	220	579	283	68	93	5
Appling	12.6%	279	2,206	125	362	1,005	435	141	91	47
Emanuel	12.6%	326	2,579	168	623	995	467	76	170	80
Quitman	12.4%	28	225	17	46	94	40	6	7	15
Butts	12.4%	361	2,911	89	492	1,328	641	144	162	55
Greene	12.2%	196	1,606	96	365	713	236	48	119	29
Mitchell	12.2%	397	3,262	203	704	1,235	723	102	189	106
Bacon	11.9%	170	1,434	68	305	655	236	90	60	20
Crawford	11.8%	197	1,670	39	373	698	363	79	92	26
Telfair	11.8%	194	1,645	88	303	855	205	52	105	37
Macon	11.7%	221	1,892	149	278	849	395	68	115	38
Brantley	11.7%	241	2,065	91	376	947	410	133	81	27
Evans	11.6%	150	1,293	132	215	541	255	30	82	38
Polk	11.5%	640	5,571	622	1,168	1,882	1,259	213	282	145
Screven	11.2%	183	1,633	80	202	781	387	23	110	50
McIntosh	11.0%	140	1,276	75	240	574	247	45	70	25
Chattooga	10.9%	408	3,759	380	798	1,396	777	135	182	91
Turner	10.8%	125	1,155	39	194	571	226	14	68	43
Heard	10.7%	174	1,632	78	355	712	313	44	110	20
Atkinson	10.5%	123	1,175	230	200	474	148	39	66	18
Long	10.1%	175	1,727	93	201	816	442	85	60	30
Talbot	10.1%	72	713	18	145	315	163	33	33	6
Banks	10.0%	211	2,102	125	505	915	346	77	115	19
Jefferson	10.0%	216	2,152	152	563	951	270	81	116	19
Tattnall	10.0%	407	4,085	368	1,094	1,794	422	72	256	79
Treutlen	9.8%	94	957	55	241	409	158	18	71	5
Burke	9.7%	255	2,624	72	546	1,135	616	62	141	52
Echols	8.2%	51	624	157	171	137	108	14	28	9
Wheeler	7.6%	69	904	96	95	413	231	30	22	17
Charlton	7.3%	108	1,484	41	257	758	320	37	44	27
Wilcox	7.2%	87	1,215	63	117	680	268	45	29	13

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