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

All 82 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/mississippi-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/bachelors-degree-or-higher/mississippi-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Madison County | 49.6 |
| 2 | Oktibbeha County | 47 |
| 3 | Lafayette County | 46.5 |
| 4 | Lamar County | 34.5 |
| 5 | Rankin County | 33.5 |
| 6 | Hinds County | 31.2 |
| 7 | Forrest County | 30.6 |
| 8 | DeSoto County | 29 |
| 9 | Warren County | 28.8 |
| 10 | Lee County | 28.6 |
| 11 | Lowndes County | 28.1 |
| 12 | Bolivar County | 28 |
| 13 | Harrison County | 27.5 |
| 14 | Hancock County | 26.8 |
| 15 | Jackson County | 26.7 |
| 16 | Tate County | 23.6 |
| 17 | Lauderdale County | 23.6 |
| 18 | Washington County | 22.4 |
| 19 | Grenada County | 21.8 |
| 20 | Leflore County | 21.2 |
| 21 | Carroll County | 21.2 |
| 22 | Webster County | 20.9 |
| 23 | Jones County | 20.7 |
| 24 | Adams County | 20.6 |
| 25 | Choctaw County | 20.1 |
| 26 | Attala County | 19.8 |
| 27 | Prentiss County | 19.7 |
| 28 | Winston County | 19.7 |
| 29 | Copiah County | 19.7 |
| 30 | Humphreys County | 19.6 |
| 31 | Coahoma County | 19.5 |
| 32 | Montgomery County | 19.4 |
| 33 | Newton County | 19.3 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 19.3 |
| 35 | Union County | 19.1 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 19 |
| 37 | Kemper County | 18.6 |
| 38 | Alcorn County | 18.6 |
| 39 | Pontotoc County | 18.5 |
| 40 | Claiborne County | 18.1 |
| 41 | Tippah County | 17.9 |
| 42 | Tishomingo County | 17.8 |
| 43 | Neshoba County | 17.7 |
| 44 | Panola County | 17.7 |
| 45 | Clarke County | 17.5 |
| 46 | George County | 17.5 |
| 47 | Covington County | 17.4 |
| 48 | Clay County | 17.3 |
| 49 | Stone County | 17.2 |
| 50 | Quitman County | 17.1 |
| 51 | Pearl River County | 17 |
| 52 | Simpson County | 16.7 |
| 53 | Monroe County | 16.4 |
| 54 | Sharkey County | 16.1 |
| 55 | Itawamba County | 16 |
| 55 | Sunflower County | 16 |
| 57 | Wayne County | 16 |
| 58 | Leake County | 15.7 |
| 59 | Smith County | 15.6 |
| 60 | Yalobusha County | 15.6 |
| 61 | Pike County | 15.3 |
| 62 | Yazoo County | 15.3 |
| 63 | Marshall County | 14.6 |
| 64 | Holmes County | 14 |
| 65 | Marion County | 13.7 |
| 66 | Tunica County | 13.7 |
| 67 | Scott County | 13.5 |
| 68 | Jefferson County | 13.5 |
| 69 | Lawrence County | 13.2 |
| 70 | Perry County | 12.9 |
| 70 | Walthall County | 12.9 |
| 72 | Benton County | 12.8 |
| 73 | Jefferson Davis County | 12.7 |
| 74 | Jasper County | 12.2 |
| 75 | Calhoun County | 12.1 |
| 76 | Chickasaw County | 12 |
| 77 | Tallahatchie County | 11.7 |
| 78 | Amite County | 11.2 |
| 79 | Noxubee County | 10.6 |
| 80 | Greene County | 10.5 |
| 81 | Wilkinson County | 8.8 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 8.6 |