Counties in Georgia by share of adults with a bachelor's degree, 2024
Fulton County had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 159 counties in 2024, at 58.5%. Johnson County had the lowest, at 8.4%. The median was 18.8% and the figure for Georgia was 35%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 (%) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton County | 58.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 2 | Forsyth County | 57.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 3 | Oconee County | 55.9 | +1 pts |
| 4 | Cobb County | 50.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 5 | Fayette County | 49.9 | +1.8 pts |
| 6 | DeKalb County | 47.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 7 | Clarke County | 47.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 8 | Cherokee County | 41.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 9 | Gwinnett County | 39 | +0.3 pts |
| 10 | Columbia County | 38.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 11 | Harris County | 38 | +3.3 pts |
| 12 | Greene County | 37.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 13 | Chatham County | 37.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 14 | Dawson County | 36.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 15 | Coweta County | 36.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 16 | Bryan County | 36.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 17 | Lee County | 34.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 18 | Bulloch County | 32.5 | +1.7 pts |
| 18 | Houston County | 32.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 20 | Glynn County | 32.4 | +2 pts |
| 21 | Rockdale County | 32.4 | +3.3 pts |
| 22 | Lumpkin County | 31.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 23 | Rabun County | 31.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 24 | Putnam County | 31.1 | +2.8 pts |
| 25 | Towns County | 31 | -1.8 pts |
| 26 | Douglas County | 30.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 27 | Muscogee County | 30.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 28 | Morgan County | 29.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 29 | Chattahoochee County | 29.6 | +2 pts |
| 30 | Henry County | 29.5 | +1.4 pts |
| 30 | Paulding County | 29.5 | +2.1 pts |
| 32 | Lowndes County | 27.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 33 | Jackson County | 27.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 34 | Hall County | 27.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 35 | Effingham County | 27.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 36 | Monroe County | 27 | -1.7 pts |
| 37 | Union County | 26.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 38 | Pickens County | 26.7 | +1.8 pts |
| 39 | Bibb County | 26.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 40 | Floyd County | 25.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 41 | Oglethorpe County | 25.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 42 | Newton County | 25 | +1.4 pts |
| 43 | Gilmer County | 24.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 44 | Habersham County | 24.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 45 | Camden County | 24.6 | +2.1 pts |
| 45 | Richmond County | 24.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 47 | Walton County | 24.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 48 | Baldwin County | 24.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 49 | Bartow County | 24.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 50 | Catoosa County | 24.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 51 | Fannin County | 24.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 52 | White County | 24 | -0.3 pts |
| 53 | Carroll County | 23.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 54 | Troup County | 23.8 | +1.3 pts |
| 55 | Clay County | 23.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 56 | Peach County | 22.8 | -1.6 pts |
| 57 | Dougherty County | 22.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 58 | Thomas County | 22.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 59 | Clayton County | 22.5 | +1.2 pts |
| 60 | Schley County | 22.2 | +3.2 pts |
| 61 | Pike County | 21.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 62 | Sumter County | 21.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 63 | Miller County | 21.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 64 | Walker County | 21.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 65 | Barrow County | 21.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 66 | Madison County | 21.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 67 | Tift County | 21 | +0.8 pts |
| 68 | Hart County | 20.8 | +2.7 pts |
| 69 | Liberty County | 20.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 70 | Whitfield County | 20.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 71 | Pierce County | 20.2 | +2 pts |
| 72 | McIntosh County | 20 | +1.4 pts |
| 73 | Montgomery County | 19.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 74 | Jones County | 19.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 75 | Bleckley County | 19.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 76 | Jasper County | 19.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 77 | Lanier County | 19.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 78 | Lamar County | 19.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 79 | Laurens County | 19.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 80 | Gordon County | 18.8 | +1.2 pts |
| 81 | Banks County | 18.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 82 | Spalding County | 18.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 83 | Dade County | 18.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 84 | Toombs County | 18.4 | -1 pts |
| 85 | Cook County | 17.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 86 | McDuffie County | 17.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 87 | Franklin County | 17.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 88 | Marion County | 17.7 | +4 pts |
| 89 | Taylor County | 17.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 90 | Dodge County | 17.2 | +2 pts |
| 91 | Glascock County | 17 | +2.2 pts |
| 92 | Haralson County | 17 | -0.5 pts |
| 93 | Washington County | 16.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 93 | Wilkes County | 16.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 95 | Baker County | 16.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 96 | Grady County | 16.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 97 | Randolph County | 16.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 98 | Elbert County | 16.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 99 | Wayne County | 16.2 | +2.2 pts |
| 100 | Candler County | 16 | +2.4 pts |
| 101 | Brooks County | 15.8 | +2.2 pts |
| 102 | Berrien County | 15.8 | +2.9 pts |
| 103 | Echols County | 15.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 104 | Colquitt County | 15.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 105 | Lincoln County | 15.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 105 | Upson County | 15.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 107 | Burke County | 15.5 | +1.2 pts |
| 108 | Polk County | 15.4 | +1 pts |
| 109 | Tattnall County | 15.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 110 | Wilcox County | 15.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 111 | Crisp County | 15.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 112 | Irwin County | 15.2 | -1.4 pts |
| 113 | Decatur County | 15.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 114 | Stephens County | 15.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 115 | Murray County | 15 | +1.4 pts |
| 116 | Dooly County | 14.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 117 | Early County | 14.8 | -1.4 pts |
| 118 | Screven County | 14.7 | -0 pts |
| 119 | Brantley County | 14.5 | +3.6 pts |
| 119 | Crawford County | 14.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 121 | Meriwether County | 14.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 122 | Pulaski County | 14.5 | +2.5 pts |
| 123 | Evans County | 14.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 124 | Ware County | 14.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 125 | Butts County | 14.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 126 | Mitchell County | 14.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 127 | Coffee County | 13.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 128 | Jefferson County | 13.5 | +2.3 pts |
| 129 | Emanuel County | 13.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 130 | Seminole County | 13.4 | -2.4 pts |
| 131 | Long County | 13.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 132 | Jeff Davis County | 13.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 133 | Terrell County | 13.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 134 | Calhoun County | 13 | +0.9 pts |
| 135 | Ben Hill County | 13 | +0.9 pts |
| 136 | Heard County | 12.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 137 | Stewart County | 12.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 138 | Quitman County | 12.4 | +3.4 pts |
| 139 | Charlton County | 12.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 139 | Warren County | 12.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 141 | Wilkinson County | 12.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 142 | Talbot County | 12.1 | -3 pts |
| 143 | Taliaferro County | 12 | +2.1 pts |
| 144 | Chattooga County | 12 | +1.2 pts |
| 145 | Treutlen County | 11.9 | -1 pts |
| 146 | Worth County | 11.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 147 | Appling County | 11.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 148 | Macon County | 11 | -0 pts |
| 149 | Twiggs County | 10.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 150 | Bacon County | 10.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 151 | Jenkins County | 10.3 | +2.5 pts |
| 152 | Hancock County | 10.3 | +1.9 pts |
| 153 | Telfair County | 10.1 | 0 pts |
| 154 | Wheeler County | 10 | -2.2 pts |
| 155 | Turner County | 9.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 156 | Clinch County | 9.1 | -4 pts |
| 157 | Atkinson County | 9 | -0.9 pts |
| 158 | Webster County | 8.9 | -2.5 pts |
| 159 | Johnson County | 8.4 | -0.7 pts |
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About this ranking
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.
Excludes associate degrees and college without a degree. Not comparable with EU tertiary attainment, which includes short-cycle tertiary education and usually covers ages 25 to 64. Calculated from counts in ACS table B15003, which are stored as inputs.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.
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Questions
Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?
Fulton County, with 58.5% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?
Johnson County, with 8.4% in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
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