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

Madison County had the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree of 82 counties in 2021, at 50.2%. Issaquena County had the lowest, at 4.5%. The median was 16.2% and the figure for Mississippi was 23.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest50.2Madison County
Lowest4.5Issaquena County
Median16.282 counties
Mississippi23.3History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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Madison CountyMadison County: 50.2 %50.2Lafayette CountyLafayette County: 45 %45Oktibbeha CountyOktibbeha County: 44.1 %44.1Lamar CountyLamar County: 32.8 %32.8Rankin CountyRankin County: 31.5 %31.5Hinds CountyHinds County: 30.9 %30.9Forrest CountyForrest County: 28.9 %28.9Lee CountyLee County: 28.3 %28.3DeSoto CountyDeSoto County: 26.1 %26.1Bolivar CountyBolivar County: 25.5 %25.5Lowndes CountyLowndes County: 25.1 %25.1Harrison CountyHarrison County: 24.5 %24.5Warren CountyWarren County: 24.2 %24.2Hancock CountyHancock County: 24.1 %24.1Jackson CountyJackson County: 23 %23Claiborne CountyClaiborne County: 21.3 %21.3Wayne CountyWayne County: 21 %21Lauderdale CountyLauderdale County: 20.7 %20.7Washington CountyWashington County: 20.6 %20.6Jones CountyJones County: 20.5 %20.5Grenada CountyGrenada County: 20.4 %20.4Alcorn CountyAlcorn County: 19.8 %19.8Clay CountyClay County: 19.7 %19.7Tate CountyTate County: 18.9 %18.9Leflore CountyLeflore County: 18.8 %18.8Choctaw CountyChoctaw County: 18.6 %18.6Coahoma CountyCoahoma County: 18.4 %18.4Copiah CountyCopiah County: 18.2 %18.2Montgomery CountyMontgomery County: 18.2 %18.2Humphreys CountyHumphreys County: 18.1 %18.1Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 18.1 %18.1Walthall CountyWalthall County: 18 %18Adams CountyAdams County: 17.9 %17.9Webster CountyWebster County: 17.7 %17.7Pontotoc CountyPontotoc County: 17.2 %17.2Sharkey CountySharkey County: 17 %17Prentiss CountyPrentiss County: 16.8 %16.8Monroe CountyMonroe County: 16.7 %16.7Union CountyUnion County: 16.4 %16.4Leake CountyLeake County: 16.4 %16.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Madison County50.2
2Lafayette County45
3Oktibbeha County44.1
4Lamar County32.8
5Rankin County31.5
6Hinds County30.9
7Forrest County28.9
8Lee County28.3
9DeSoto County26.1
10Bolivar County25.5
11Lowndes County25.1
12Harrison County24.5
13Warren County24.2
14Hancock County24.1
15Jackson County23
16Claiborne County21.3
17Wayne County21
18Lauderdale County20.7
19Washington County20.6
20Jones County20.5
21Grenada County20.4
22Alcorn County19.8
23Clay County19.7
24Tate County18.9
25Leflore County18.8
26Choctaw County18.6
27Coahoma County18.4
28Copiah County18.2
29Montgomery County18.2
30Humphreys County18.1
31Jefferson County18.1
32Walthall County18
33Adams County17.9
34Webster County17.7
35Pontotoc County17.2
36Sharkey County17
37Prentiss County16.8
38Monroe County16.7
39Union County16.4
40Leake County16.4
41Pike County16.3
42Lincoln County16.2
43Sunflower County16.1
44Simpson County16
45Panola County15.9
46Franklin County15.9
47Winston County15.9
48Covington County15.8
48Tunica County15.8
50Lawrence County15
51Jasper County14.9
52Stone County14.8
53Smith County14.8
54Tippah County14.8
55Itawamba County14.7
56Carroll County14.7
57Newton County14.7
58Pearl River County14.5
59Kemper County14
60Jefferson Davis County13.9
61George County13.7
62Wilkinson County13.5
63Attala County13.1
64Neshoba County13
65Marshall County12.9
66Tishomingo County12.8
67Holmes County12.7
68Chickasaw County12.5
69Calhoun County12.4
70Clarke County12.4
71Tallahatchie County12.3
72Scott County12.2
73Noxubee County12.2
74Yazoo County11.8
75Yalobusha County11.4
76Marion County11.3
77Quitman County11.2
78Greene County10.8
79Amite County10.6
80Perry County9.7
81Benton County9.3
82Issaquena County4.5

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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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Questions

Which county has the highest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Madison County, with 50.2% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest share of adults with a bachelor's degree?

Issaquena County, with 4.5% in 2021.

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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