# Counties in Alabama by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024

All 67 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `bachelors_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a bachelor's, master's, professional school or doctorate degree, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/alabama-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/alabama-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Shelby County | 46.8 |
| 2 | Madison County | 46.4 |
| 3 | Lee County | 42.4 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 36.2 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 34.5 |
| 6 | Baldwin County | 33.7 |
| 7 | Tuscaloosa County | 32.1 |
| 8 | Limestone County | 30.2 |
| 9 | Lauderdale County | 29.8 |
| 10 | Autauga County | 29.1 |
| 11 | Pike County | 28 |
| 12 | Mobile County | 26 |
| 13 | Elmore County | 25.4 |
| 14 | Morgan County | 23.3 |
| 15 | Houston County | 23.1 |
| 16 | Coffee County | 22.5 |
| 17 | Henry County | 21.8 |
| 18 | Colbert County | 21.7 |
| 19 | Marshall County | 21.5 |
| 20 | St. Clair County | 21.4 |
| 21 | Macon County | 21.1 |
| 22 | Calhoun County | 20.7 |
| 23 | Dale County | 20.4 |
| 24 | Tallapoosa County | 20.3 |
| 25 | Cullman County | 19.7 |
| 26 | Marengo County | 19.5 |
| 27 | Sumter County | 19 |
| 28 | Crenshaw County | 18.7 |
| 29 | Randolph County | 18.4 |
| 30 | Russell County | 18.2 |
| 31 | Etowah County | 18.1 |
| 32 | Hale County | 17.6 |
| 33 | Dallas County | 17.5 |
| 34 | Covington County | 17.2 |
| 35 | Cleburne County | 17 |
| 36 | Washington County | 17 |
| 37 | Walker County | 16.6 |
| 38 | Talladega County | 16.5 |
| 39 | Cherokee County | 16.5 |
| 40 | Chilton County | 16.5 |
| 41 | Jackson County | 15.9 |
| 42 | Franklin County | 15.8 |
| 43 | Blount County | 15.8 |
| 44 | Perry County | 15.8 |
| 45 | Choctaw County | 15.8 |
| 46 | Lawrence County | 15.2 |
| 47 | Greene County | 15.1 |
| 48 | Clarke County | 15 |
| 49 | Chambers County | 14.9 |
| 50 | Fayette County | 14.9 |
| 51 | Clay County | 14.7 |
| 52 | Lowndes County | 14.4 |
| 53 | Winston County | 14.3 |
| 54 | DeKalb County | 14.1 |
| 55 | Coosa County | 13.9 |
| 56 | Butler County | 13.5 |
| 57 | Escambia County | 13.5 |
| 58 | Conecuh County | 13.4 |
| 59 | Marion County | 13.3 |
| 60 | Geneva County | 13.2 |
| 61 | Pickens County | 13.1 |
| 62 | Wilcox County | 13 |
| 63 | Lamar County | 12.1 |
| 64 | Bibb County | 11.7 |
| 65 | Monroe County | 11.7 |
| 66 | Barbour County | 10.6 |
| 67 | Bullock County | 8.1 |