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Levels of education for Texas residents, ages 25-34

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Texas 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	29.3%	919,165	3,132,829	261,048	448,275	755,458	748,883	178,065	561,262	179,838
Collin	57.6%	50,609	87,914	2,594	4,246	10,808	19,657	6,032	34,190	10,387
King	50.0%	23	46	1	0	11	11	4	16	3
Brazos	49.8%	10,673	21,443	1,131	2,180	3,457	4,002	1,215	6,065	3,393
Roberts	49.2%	32	65	0	2	7	24	4	25	3
Travis	47.3%	76,139	160,939	11,304	13,599	24,670	35,227	7,797	48,656	19,686
Denton	47.2%	36,806	77,976	2,777	4,841	12,851	20,701	5,208	25,436	6,162
Williamson	43.0%	18,008	41,927	1,228	2,756	8,298	11,637	2,940	12,236	2,832
Fort Bend	41.1%	18,656	45,377	2,594	5,074	9,018	10,035	3,009	12,015	3,632
Jeff Davis	39.9%	83	208	13	32	57	23	3	69	11
Oldham	38.3%	82	214	8	8	46	70	20	53	9
Rockwall	37.3%	1,986	5,330	252	600	1,165	1,327	283	1,362	341
Randall	36.9%	4,948	13,420	116	811	3,135	4,410	1,079	3,166	703
Erath	34.2%	1,432	4,193	267	545	904	1,045	199	965	268
Comal	34.0%	3,004	8,826	385	870	2,645	1,922	504	1,990	510
Brewster	33.9%	331	977	61	82	219	284	58	204	69
Borden	33.3%	15	45	2	0	15	13	4	11	0
Armstrong	33.2%	70	211	2	20	68	51	25	36	9
Hays	33.0%	4,174	12,640	649	1,055	2,931	3,831	689	2,823	662
Lubbock	32.6%	10,906	33,432	816	4,000	8,163	9,547	2,025	6,791	2,090
Tarrant	32.1%	75,357	234,791	17,813	28,741	52,227	60,653	14,191	48,101	13,065
Wheeler	31.6%	144	455	27	70	99	115	48	94	2
Galveston	31.6%	10,283	32,573	1,587	3,965	7,934	8,804	2,402	5,821	2,060
Dallas	31.0%	122,806	396,450	49,453	61,501	81,403	81,287	19,167	75,548	28,091
Blanco	30.9%	282	912	74	99	254	203	71	191	20
Delta	30.8%	185	601	14	55	200	147	58	114	13
Harris	30.5%	172,908	566,963	64,455	89,724	118,797	121,079	28,155	106,260	38,493
Shackelford	30.3%	92	304	5	27	93	87	10	61	21
Franklin	29.7%	287	967	48	160	275	197	95	177	15
Kendall	29.6%	704	2,377	166	290	512	705	106	457	141
Brazoria	28.8%	9,972	34,585	2,169	4,850	8,791	8,803	2,678	5,551	1,743
Tom Green	28.8%	3,700	12,853	549	1,598	3,738	3,268	922	2,368	410
Kleberg	28.7%	1,369	4,770	211	766	1,132	1,292	238	911	220
Wichita	28.7%	5,194	18,116	785	2,164	5,158	4,815	1,381	2,968	845
Sherman	28.6%	114	399	72	56	87	70	8	96	10
Bexar	28.5%	59,148	207,253	11,152	27,863	52,804	56,286	13,095	34,454	11,599
McLennan	28.5%	7,508	26,384	1,606	3,674	6,871	6,725	2,421	3,624	1,463
Sterling	28.1%	39	139	0	20	43	37	10	24	5
Smith	28.0%	6,205	22,131	1,460	2,864	5,289	6,313	1,827	3,594	784
Gillespie	27.7%	490	1,771	156	222	543	360	99	299	92
Briscoe	27.6%	42	152	7	26	48	29	10	27	5
Bandera	27.2%	424	1,558	32	121	500	481	146	227	51
Taylor	26.9%	4,423	16,413	504	1,695	4,570	5,221	1,086	2,538	799
Montgomery	26.9%	10,454	38,852	2,702	5,190	10,841	9,665	2,117	6,534	1,803
Mason	26.9%	82	305	4	46	126	47	26	51	5
Bell	26.7%	10,729	40,236	940	2,957	11,638	13,972	3,364	5,925	1,440
Glasscock	26.5%	44	166	21	26	39	36	13	22	9
Gregg	26.4%	3,701	14,007	863	2,281	3,622	3,540	1,056	2,245	400
Guadalupe	26.2%	2,826	10,799	376	1,445	3,462	2,690	710	1,666	450
Donley	26.0%	82	315	0	53	85	95	35	47	0
Midland	25.2%	3,480	13,819	810	2,135	3,485	3,909	1,065	1,914	501
Grayson	25.2%	3,344	13,290	645	1,637	3,715	3,949	1,376	1,601	367
Hartley	25.1%	217	865	55	106	248	239	55	157	5
Irion	25.0%	43	172	5	24	55	45	9	30	4
Nacogdoches	24.8%	1,770	7,125	720	990	1,780	1,865	314	1,111	345
Austin	24.8%	636	2,563	261	317	789	560	194	375	67
Nueces	24.7%	9,935	40,176	1,663	5,551	11,033	11,994	2,855	5,491	1,589
Robertson	24.5%	405	1,651	97	252	578	319	130	193	82
Eastland	24.5%	405	1,655	121	219	564	346	146	176	83
Fisher	24.4%	91	373	26	22	149	85	25	54	12
Hemphill	24.4%	79	324	19	43	97	86	18	53	8
Victoria	24.3%	2,595	10,677	590	1,383	3,236	2,873	869	1,408	318
Schleicher	24.2%	69	285	20	50	86	60	8	44	17
Llano	24.1%	282	1,169	45	171	419	252	70	158	54
Collingsworth	23.8%	75	315	32	57	59	92	18	55	2
Washington	23.7%	712	3,002	243	435	919	693	219	453	40
Lamar	23.7%	1,407	5,935	232	704	2,026	1,566	426	827	154
Wharton	23.7%	1,083	4,570	366	720	1,304	1,097	404	592	87
Hall	23.6%	98	415	61	114	99	43	31	59	8
Coke	23.3%	68	292	28	16	113	67	18	39	11
Wilson	23.3%	908	3,902	151	521	1,380	942	286	553	69
Hansford	23.2%	145	625	136	98	123	123	25	120	0
Fayette	23.1%	419	1,812	152	234	655	352	106	274	39
Kenedy	23.1%	15	65	0	17	18	15	1	2	12
Carson	23.1%	146	633	13	60	201	213	53	85	8
Bosque	22.9%	371	1,619	108	229	525	386	117	214	40
Haskell	22.8%	111	486	14	77	167	117	16	71	24
Motley	22.8%	21	92	2	10	28	31	7	14	0
Yoakum	22.8%	160	702	144	128	126	144	45	71	44
Val Verde	22.4%	1,461	6,511	819	1,252	1,766	1,213	211	978	272
Archer	22.4%	198	884	23	87	266	310	34	144	20
Panola	22.4%	502	2,243	82	394	659	606	210	254	38
Hockley	22.3%	571	2,565	212	392	769	621	269	198	104
Cottle	22.2%	30	135	14	20	48	23	7	18	5
Jefferson	22.1%	7,409	33,477	1,586	4,979	10,772	8,731	2,098	4,393	918
Harrison	22.0%	1,513	6,887	349	748	2,406	1,871	539	794	180
El Paso	21.7%	21,230	97,644	7,967	14,787	24,608	29,052	5,922	11,938	3,370
Montague	21.7%	437	2,012	153	243	732	447	124	279	34
Lee	21.7%	394	1,816	163	170	717	372	154	211	29
Cooke	21.6%	914	4,236	304	648	1,310	1,060	372	372	170
Bastrop	21.4%	1,700	7,944	774	1,062	2,591	1,817	461	1,003	236
Goliad	21.3%	139	653	39	95	178	202	83	46	10
Webb	21.2%	6,469	30,491	4,123	6,732	6,717	6,450	2,247	3,019	1,203
Culberson	21.1%	80	379	25	106	120	48	11	49	20
Jack	21.1%	242	1,147	31	165	434	275	77	154	11
Wilbarger	21.1%	362	1,719	114	266	600	377	82	216	64
Ellis	21.0%	3,035	14,421	1,188	2,087	4,139	3,972	665	2,038	332
Kent	20.8%	11	53	0	2	19	21	3	6	2
Mills	20.6%	91	442	39	33	198	81	12	61	18
Hood	20.6%	867	4,215	171	587	1,367	1,223	155	561	151
Lavaca	20.5%	384	1,871	66	194	791	436	143	185	56
Hamilton	20.3%	167	821	78	123	314	139	32	114	21
Bowie	20.2%	2,454	12,155	309	2,297	3,933	3,162	748	1,367	339
Swisher	20.1%	218	1,084	149	176	327	214	70	138	10
Jackson	20.0%	320	1,602	115	240	577	350	112	163	45
Young	19.9%	350	1,763	150	294	563	406	93	212	45
Hunt	19.8%	1,882	9,498	378	1,449	3,281	2,508	427	1,163	292
McCulloch	19.8%	175	885	36	220	273	181	42	118	15
Kerr	19.7%	773	3,914	325	607	1,436	773	198	429	146
McMullen	19.7%	15	76	0	13	32	16	4	7	4
Castro	19.7%	194	983	104	194	328	163	39	138	17
Lynn	19.6%	140	713	81	106	206	180	23	97	20
Nolan	19.6%	362	1,844	84	347	696	355	130	197	35
Edwards	19.6%	36	184	18	15	89	26	8	23	5
Parker	19.5%	2,069	10,614	428	1,752	3,540	2,825	585	1,143	341
Hill	19.3%	705	3,647	283	578	1,232	849	273	348	84
Comanche	19.3%	284	1,470	181	255	421	329	88	186	10
Camp	19.3%	227	1,175	223	115	347	263	62	165	0
Calhoun	19.3%	481	2,490	154	460	783	612	158	248	75
Colorado	19.3%	374	1,939	184	280	724	377	137	178	59
Lampasas	19.2%	390	2,027	59	208	734	636	127	207	56
Waller	19.2%	765	3,980	407	757	1,261	790	196	494	75
Rusk	19.1%	1,097	5,731	388	888	1,936	1,422	425	483	189
Throckmorton	19.1%	30	157	19	16	49	43	7	23	0
Wood	19.0%	668	3,512	265	433	1,295	851	213	331	124
Angelina	19.0%	2,070	10,893	882	1,829	3,143	2,969	593	1,135	342
Terrell	18.9%	18	95	4	13	34	26	6	9	3
Hopkins	18.9%	774	4,094	331	529	1,479	981	204	481	89
Chambers	18.9%	619	3,282	183	499	963	1,018	204	347	68
Callahan	18.8%	241	1,280	34	189	456	360	78	123	40
Kinney	18.8%	64	340	55	63	94	64	17	38	9
Upshur	18.7%	741	3,971	112	462	1,458	1,198	282	405	54
Hutchinson	18.6%	474	2,542	173	395	822	678	186	230	58
Stephens	18.4%	218	1,182	124	235	404	201	86	78	54
Gray	18.4%	493	2,680	203	520	882	582	162	243	88
Somervell	18.4%	143	778	42	96	296	201	45	73	25
Lipscomb	18.3%	55	300	47	47	78	73	9	32	14
Wise	18.1%	1,129	6,249	356	1,041	2,149	1,574	362	618	149
DeWitt	18.0%	402	2,231	127	421	876	405	130	260	12
Refugio	17.9%	149	831	58	146	266	212	54	69	26
Cass	17.8%	571	3,209	88	485	1,353	712	168	365	38
San Patricio	17.8%	1,532	8,610	247	1,540	2,854	2,437	438	898	196
Dallam	17.8%	154	867	95	191	262	165	51	92	11
Brown	17.7%	730	4,129	178	620	1,704	897	212	432	86
Burnet	17.7%	638	3,611	274	618	1,285	796	131	449	58
Cameron	17.6%	8,125	46,044	6,537	9,601	10,949	10,832	2,600	4,209	1,316
Dimmit	17.5%	227	1,300	58	238	494	283	82	139	6
Caldwell	17.3%	773	4,460	205	817	1,712	953	175	503	95
Burleson	17.3%	324	1,872	97	361	742	348	60	240	24
Palo Pinto	17.3%	499	2,890	293	609	886	603	102	304	93
Orange	17.2%	1,791	10,413	318	1,239	4,085	2,980	716	906	169
Henderson	17.2%	1,364	7,937	513	1,371	2,650	2,039	551	711	102
Leon	17.1%	250	1,461	87	187	579	358	68	146	36
Deaf Smith	17.1%	377	2,204	290	530	584	423	93	216	68
Cochran	17.1%	65	381	73	45	125	73	23	26	16
Hale	17.0%	809	4,748	438	955	1,507	1,039	240	448	121
Ochiltree	17.0%	185	1,086	200	229	290	182	65	105	15
Scurry	17.0%	354	2,080	135	340	830	421	146	117	91
Kaufman	17.0%	1,547	9,095	603	1,504	3,204	2,237	586	780	181
Coryell	17.0%	2,537	14,952	603	2,036	4,808	4,968	1,078	1,278	181
Fannin	16.9%	697	4,115	318	624	1,571	905	220	408	69
Johnson	16.9%	2,887	17,055	950	2,949	5,744	4,525	928	1,657	302
Hardin	16.8%	1,000	5,938	155	635	2,572	1,576	333	596	71
Jim Hogg	16.7%	109	651	32	132	217	161	41	61	7
Aransas	16.7%	352	2,111	127	441	739	452	152	170	30
Knox	16.7%	63	378	45	67	110	93	12	42	9
San Saba	16.4%	98	597	61	73	234	131	13	63	22
Martin	16.4%	95	579	73	87	213	111	16	71	8
Lamb	16.4%	255	1,555	149	267	472	412	93	138	24
Live Oak	16.3%	245	1,499	85	417	367	385	107	111	27
Hidalgo	16.3%	13,669	83,667	13,860	18,851	20,673	16,614	2,991	8,122	2,556
Shelby	16.3%	492	3,018	305	484	1,056	681	141	310	41
Potter	16.2%	2,737	16,909	1,155	3,591	5,121	4,305	838	1,335	564
Van Zandt	16.1%	833	5,163	346	948	1,759	1,277	285	436	112
Walker	16.0%	1,526	9,518	529	1,925	3,397	2,141	301	981	244
Cherokee	16.0%	933	5,843	698	1,089	1,784	1,339	372	449	112
Hudspeth	15.9%	72	452	102	106	97	75	17	50	5
Clay	15.8%	178	1,130	16	103	513	320	40	130	8
Bee	15.7%	991	6,318	342	620	3,314	1,051	251	288	452
Matagorda	15.7%	711	4,538	580	830	1,387	1,030	304	324	83
Foard	15.7%	26	166	9	23	60	48	2	20	4
Presidio	15.6%	139	892	203	172	265	113	34	77	28
Concho	15.5%	132	850	108	291	258	61	22	106	4
Ector	15.5%	2,332	15,022	1,312	3,075	4,033	4,270	830	1,208	294
Medina	15.5%	821	5,305	291	896	2,079	1,218	249	481	91
Crane	15.4%	69	447	51	86	146	95	13	46	10
Morris	15.3%	196	1,277	39	145	478	419	81	85	30
Tyler	15.3%	419	2,735	107	478	1,251	480	87	233	99
Upton	15.3%	45	295	23	45	127	55	11	32	2
Atascosa	15.3%	698	4,576	251	912	1,733	982	199	396	103
Uvalde	15.2%	470	3,089	345	632	886	756	144	253	73
Rains	15.2%	146	962	73	176	360	207	31	99	16
Moore	15.1%	434	2,876	542	682	667	551	124	246	64
Milam	15.0%	389	2,596	147	352	1,189	519	104	248	37
Gaines	14.9%	248	1,667	327	302	455	335	75	148	25
Reagan	14.8%	59	398	44	75	115	105	20	39	0
Baylor	14.7%	50	339	4	76	103	106	22	19	9
Ward	14.7%	173	1,177	56	192	461	295	42	102	29
Maverick	14.7%	929	6,324	770	1,703	1,829	1,093	322	509	98
Andrews	14.6%	214	1,468	183	283	535	253	47	133	34
Real	14.4%	37	257	11	31	96	82	9	26	2
Jasper	14.4%	624	4,341	175	592	1,945	1,005	252	288	84
Navarro	14.3%	824	5,743	550	1,068	2,007	1,294	359	358	107
Stonewall	14.3%	22	154	7	6	74	45	9	9	4
Jim Wells	14.2%	697	4,903	191	1,033	1,677	1,305	273	300	124
Coleman	14.2%	107	756	19	141	329	160	13	75	19
Floyd	14.1%	130	924	73	155	404	162	44	69	17
Jones	13.9%	395	2,848	77	929	1,080	367	228	127	40
Kimble	13.8%	60	436	18	65	188	105	18	31	11
Freestone	13.7%	314	2,292	73	350	958	597	204	81	29
Titus	13.7%	544	3,977	811	931	833	858	150	299	95
Runnels	13.6%	179	1,316	94	265	529	249	41	113	25
Grimes	13.4%	412	3,078	266	438	1,283	679	114	250	48
Pecos	13.2%	299	2,273	106	482	898	488	80	142	77
Houston	13.1%	346	2,635	181	328	1,144	636	108	202	36
Sutton	12.8%	65	509	57	130	194	63	17	43	5
Limestone	12.7%	333	2,623	318	533	798	641	145	148	40
Crosby	12.7%	105	829	65	214	255	190	36	60	9
Howard	12.6%	619	4,919	560	709	1,716	1,315	281	300	38
Parmer	12.5%	148	1,183	255	194	294	292	25	114	9
Polk	12.4%	640	5,153	177	934	2,294	1,108	169	363	108
Karnes	12.1%	343	2,835	290	854	955	393	103	174	66
Menard	11.8%	23	195	14	22	88	48	0	20	3
Red River	11.6%	182	1,573	125	322	641	303	66	103	13
Duval	11.5%	182	1,585	72	339	548	444	58	104	20
Gonzales	11.3%	240	2,120	338	508	764	270	52	169	19
Terry	11.3%	191	1,692	139	307	703	352	52	115	24
Anderson	11.1%	1,109	10,015	635	3,606	2,496	2,169	211	534	364
Garza	11.0%	77	698	22	107	330	162	21	42	14
Sabine	11.0%	102	925	12	173	379	259	21	81	0
Hardeman	10.9%	47	431	21	58	166	139	7	32	8
Zavala	10.9%	156	1,436	221	401	349	309	60	74	22
Starr	10.7%	825	7,696	1,807	2,092	1,796	1,176	172	454	199
Dawson	10.6%	264	2,488	249	504	974	497	71	160	33
Brooks	10.6%	77	728	77	167	227	180	23	37	17
Falls	10.5%	243	2,305	232	569	803	458	96	137	10
La Salle	10.3%	87	841	139	221	227	167	28	53	6
Trinity	10.0%	137	1,373	41	140	632	423	24	95	18
Liberty	9.8%	995	10,186	995	2,185	3,534	2,477	308	605	82
Childress	9.2%	106	1,158	83	361	305	303	61	45	0
Frio	9.1%	246	2,717	131	628	1,007	705	128	88	30
San Jacinto	9.0%	209	2,323	121	483	1,095	415	51	126	32
Reeves	9.0%	139	1,548	168	482	604	155	35	59	45
Marion	8.7%	96	1,099	57	225	440	281	33	53	10
Dickens	8.7%	36	416	50	83	184	63	7	27	2
Winkler	8.5%	67	789	119	188	246	169	11	50	6
Madison	8.1%	190	2,354	129	525	1,276	234	30	129	31
Mitchell	7.8%	108	1,377	20	341	677	231	40	68	0
Zapata	7.8%	111	1,429	258	324	435	301	7	100	4
Willacy	7.3%	182	2,500	385	487	843	603	79	82	21
San Augustine	7.2%	64	885	51	126	434	210	16	41	7
Newton	7.1%	129	1,822	52	373	948	320	71	58	0
Bailey	4.8%	31	651	110	134	238	138	6	14	11
Crockett	4.2%	21	500	55	114	235	75	0	21	0
Loving	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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