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

All 102 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/illinois-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/illinois-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | DuPage County | 51.8 |
| 2 | Lake County | 47.7 |
| 3 | McLean County | 47.2 |
| 4 | Champaign County | 46.2 |
| 5 | Cook County | 42.7 |
| 6 | Monroe County | 38.7 |
| 7 | Kane County | 38.1 |
| 8 | Will County | 37.5 |
| 9 | Kendall County | 36.9 |
| 10 | Sangamon County | 36.6 |
| 11 | Jackson County | 36.3 |
| 12 | Woodford County | 35.9 |
| 13 | McHenry County | 35.2 |
| 14 | Peoria County | 34.9 |
| 15 | DeKalb County | 33 |
| 16 | Piatt County | 32.9 |
| 17 | St. Clair County | 31.8 |
| 18 | McDonough County | 31.4 |
| 19 | Madison County | 31 |
| 20 | Jo Daviess County | 28.9 |
| 21 | Tazewell County | 28.4 |
| 22 | Menard County | 28.3 |
| 23 | Adams County | 27.5 |
| 24 | Coles County | 26.9 |
| 25 | Effingham County | 26.9 |
| 26 | Williamson County | 26.3 |
| 27 | Clinton County | 25.9 |
| 28 | Winnebago County | 25.2 |
| 29 | Hancock County | 25.1 |
| 30 | Clark County | 24.9 |
| 31 | Henry County | 24.7 |
| 32 | Rock Island County | 24.7 |
| 33 | Macon County | 24.4 |
| 34 | Ogle County | 24.3 |
| 35 | Boone County | 23.6 |
| 36 | Grundy County | 23.6 |
| 37 | Washington County | 23.5 |
| 38 | De Witt County | 23.2 |
| 39 | Putnam County | 22.9 |
| 40 | Jersey County | 22.6 |
| 41 | Morgan County | 22.6 |
| 42 | Warren County | 22 |
| 43 | Bureau County | 21.7 |
| 44 | Bond County | 21.6 |
| 45 | Scott County | 21.5 |
| 46 | Stark County | 21.4 |
| 47 | Kankakee County | 21.2 |
| 48 | Hamilton County | 21 |
| 49 | Knox County | 21 |
| 50 | Union County | 20.9 |
| 51 | Jasper County | 20.9 |
| 52 | Logan County | 20.9 |
| 53 | Mercer County | 20.9 |
| 54 | Douglas County | 20.9 |
| 55 | Cass County | 20.8 |
| 56 | Stephenson County | 20.7 |
| 57 | Henderson County | 20.6 |
| 58 | Crawford County | 20.6 |
| 59 | LaSalle County | 20.5 |
| 60 | Whiteside County | 20.5 |
| 61 | Edgar County | 20.4 |
| 62 | Macoupin County | 20.3 |
| 63 | Calhoun County | 20.1 |
| 64 | Saline County | 19.6 |
| 65 | Cumberland County | 19.6 |
| 66 | Johnson County | 19.6 |
| 67 | Lee County | 19.4 |
| 68 | Vermilion County | 19.2 |
| 69 | Richland County | 19.1 |
| 70 | Schuyler County | 19.1 |
| 71 | Livingston County | 19 |
| 72 | Greene County | 19 |
| 73 | Moultrie County | 19 |
| 74 | Ford County | 18.9 |
| 75 | Wabash County | 18.6 |
| 76 | Pike County | 18.5 |
| 77 | Fulton County | 18.5 |
| 78 | Shelby County | 18.3 |
| 79 | Montgomery County | 18.3 |
| 80 | White County | 18.3 |
| 81 | Iroquois County | 18.2 |
| 82 | Jefferson County | 18.2 |
| 83 | Marshall County | 18 |
| 84 | Carroll County | 17.8 |
| 85 | Fayette County | 17.2 |
| 86 | Christian County | 17.1 |
| 87 | Mason County | 17.1 |
| 87 | Massac County | 17.1 |
| 89 | Marion County | 16.8 |
| 90 | Wayne County | 16.3 |
| 91 | Franklin County | 15.8 |
| 92 | Pope County | 15.7 |
| 93 | Randolph County | 15.3 |
| 94 | Lawrence County | 15 |
| 95 | Edwards County | 14 |
| 96 | Perry County | 13.7 |
| 97 | Gallatin County | 13.6 |
| 98 | Hardin County | 13.3 |
| 99 | Clay County | 13.1 |
| 100 | Pulaski County | 13 |
| 101 | Brown County | 12.6 |
| 102 | Alexander County | 12.6 |