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Levels of education for Iowa residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for Iowa

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Iowa education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: Iowa PDF

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	39.0%	140,734	361,262	8,765	23,473	98,202	90,088	40,479	81,170	19,085
Johnson	64.4%	11,749	18,252	258	441	2,276	3,528	1,486	6,658	3,605
Story	63.8%	6,892	10,802	53	272	1,093	2,492	892	3,873	2,127
Bremer	51.6%	1,145	2,219	12	73	466	523	461	601	83
Dallas	49.8%	2,950	5,921	240	331	1,248	1,152	520	2,061	369
Grundy	47.9%	579	1,208	6	37	261	325	224	315	40
Pocahontas	46.3%	313	676	9	36	167	151	132	157	24
Polk	46.0%	27,422	59,658	1,533	4,191	13,134	13,378	5,220	18,497	3,705
Linn	45.9%	12,423	27,056	220	1,040	5,808	7,565	3,378	7,715	1,330
Sioux	44.1%	1,338	3,034	58	161	709	768	390	757	191
Humboldt	43.9%	408	930	19	35	236	232	145	237	26
Marion	41.7%	1,558	3,738	59	223	1,145	753	490	894	174
Cedar	41.2%	833	2,022	14	87	577	511	326	457	50
Lyon	40.3%	494	1,225	7	81	355	288	217	249	28
Franklin	40.2%	443	1,101	60	116	304	178	213	181	49
Carroll	40.0%	889	2,224	24	88	628	595	350	434	105
Hardin	39.8%	713	1,792	17	96	461	505	366	300	47
Plymouth	39.6%	1,054	2,662	21	101	825	661	357	615	82
Scott	39.5%	8,594	21,747	347	1,653	5,713	5,440	2,393	4,904	1,297
Winneshiek	39.5%	784	1,987	10	52	619	522	313	397	74
Cerro Gordo	39.2%	1,923	4,907	46	280	1,298	1,360	810	935	178
Dickinson	39.1%	635	1,623	0	73	435	480	225	378	32
Mitchell	38.3%	373	974	37	49	288	227	150	193	30
Hamilton	38.2%	695	1,819	36	112	571	405	264	368	63
Palo Alto	38.0%	337	888	30	76	211	234	189	122	26
Benton	37.9%	1,109	2,923	15	91	803	905	488	501	120
Black Hawk	37.3%	5,680	15,214	399	957	4,243	3,935	1,695	3,244	741
Dubuque	37.0%	3,913	10,581	186	436	3,348	2,698	1,120	2,394	399
Warren	37.0%	1,769	4,785	63	285	1,508	1,160	633	978	158
Kossuth	37.0%	564	1,526	35	65	368	494	228	286	50
Hancock	36.8%	451	1,226	33	56	322	364	170	235	46
Butler	36.1%	575	1,592	0	88	425	504	256	283	36
Boone	35.6%	1,073	3,016	27	170	804	942	336	674	63
Keokuk	34.9%	404	1,159	5	69	402	279	208	178	18
Shelby	34.8%	422	1,213	3	33	421	334	140	236	46
Webster	34.6%	1,544	4,467	91	444	1,449	939	632	690	222
Winnebago	34.1%	380	1,115	25	56	316	338	170	182	28
Iowa	33.4%	584	1,750	4	68	587	507	249	295	40
O'Brien	33.2%	478	1,441	55	136	479	293	200	256	22
Adair	33.1%	250	756	0	29	274	203	149	92	9
Monona	32.8%	301	918	8	52	324	233	95	176	30
Ida	32.7%	241	736	9	31	216	239	120	116	5
Jones	32.5%	828	2,546	37	146	896	639	291	443	94
Cherokee	32.4%	364	1,124	1	103	311	345	149	180	35
Delaware	32.1%	654	2,035	20	101	806	454	273	336	45
Davis	32.0%	291	908	130	28	227	232	142	130	19
Washington	31.8%	749	2,358	120	95	833	561	302	391	56
Madison	31.7%	521	1,642	12	84	597	428	222	258	41
Appanoose	31.7%	462	1,458	37	111	520	328	202	235	25
Poweshiek	31.6%	617	1,950	7	113	760	453	172	298	147
Mahaska	31.6%	854	2,701	54	189	964	640	231	537	86
Audubon	31.5%	188	596	1	31	211	165	86	102	0
Clinton	31.5%	1,795	5,700	43	375	1,945	1,542	695	962	138
Harrison	30.8%	528	1,715	1	115	601	470	220	254	54
Clay	30.6%	583	1,908	19	76	543	687	256	276	51
Des Moines	30.4%	1,432	4,716	77	349	1,528	1,330	598	708	126
Chickasaw	30.3%	405	1,337	25	62	529	316	173	221	11
Sac	30.1%	311	1,034	22	42	360	299	143	144	24
Allamakee	29.9%	469	1,568	114	130	494	361	186	234	49
Mills	29.9%	507	1,697	21	153	548	468	214	249	44
Buena Vista	29.7%	614	2,066	230	343	504	375	174	387	53
Floyd	29.6%	527	1,781	58	82	631	483	295	202	30
Clarke	29.6%	309	1,045	55	59	373	249	139	148	22
Worth	29.5%	243	825	3	63	258	258	130	100	13
Calhoun	29.4%	332	1,128	28	94	334	340	132	173	27
Marshall	29.1%	1,367	4,697	417	501	1,376	1,036	476	751	140
Adams	29.1%	125	430	4	35	127	139	52	68	5
Jasper	29.1%	1,336	4,597	40	242	1,746	1,233	440	770	126
Howard	29.0%	302	1,041	9	77	392	261	157	134	11
Union	28.8%	366	1,272	17	107	456	326	118	231	17
Monroe	28.8%	254	883	29	46	365	189	82	136	36
Cass	28.4%	421	1,482	18	70	528	445	143	200	78
Pottawattamie	28.4%	3,152	11,104	333	1,176	3,554	2,889	1,126	1,706	320
Henry	28.3%	749	2,646	34	206	953	704	235	434	80
Tama	28.3%	553	1,957	43	132	585	644	235	284	34
Fayette	28.3%	642	2,272	33	123	785	689	309	260	73
Jefferson	28.2%	438	1,553	33	98	522	462	119	275	44
Wayne	28.2%	172	611	13	27	239	160	64	82	26
Muscatine	28.1%	1,493	5,321	316	569	1,656	1,287	556	810	127
Woodbury	28.0%	3,841	13,727	1,241	1,455	3,861	3,329	1,098	2,253	490
Buchanan	27.9%	673	2,411	93	107	808	730	302	331	40
Osceola	27.6%	187	678	16	45	198	232	85	93	9
Guthrie	26.8%	296	1,105	37	74	412	286	145	137	14
Clayton	26.4%	516	1,956	61	103	734	542	222	257	37
Emmet	26.4%	291	1,104	39	148	265	361	130	119	42
Jackson	26.0%	558	2,145	62	210	807	508	293	221	44
Fremont	25.7%	209	812	22	61	291	229	90	100	19
Wright	25.6%	366	1,431	61	82	489	433	165	176	25
Greene	25.3%	245	967	6	119	320	277	122	106	17
Wapello	25.3%	998	3,940	105	403	1,521	913	518	382	98
Decatur	25.3%	214	845	2	67	351	211	74	138	2
Crawford	25.0%	447	1,787	192	228	553	367	179	255	13
Page	24.8%	470	1,892	41	187	706	488	153	299	18
Ringgold	24.8%	111	448	33	19	171	114	37	59	15
Montgomery	23.4%	306	1,307	41	131	470	359	153	137	16
Lee	22.4%	925	4,125	10	440	1,563	1,187	386	486	53
Van Buren	22.1%	179	809	38	62	308	222	92	68	19
Taylor	21.6%	145	671	12	65	291	158	69	70	6
Louisa	21.0%	323	1,540	95	183	567	372	142	152	29
Lucas	20.4%	199	975	30	161	342	243	87	108	4

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