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Counties in Mississippi by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024

Lafayette County had the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over of 82 counties in 2024, at 22.7%. Tunica County had the lowest, at 2.5%. The median was 6.7% and the figure for Mississippi was 9.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest22.7Lafayette County
Lowest2.5Tunica County
Median6.782 counties
Mississippi9.9History

Map of counties, 2024

Adams County: 6.5 %Alcorn County: 6.4 %Amite County: 5.5 %Attala County: 7.3 %Benton County: 4.8 %Bolivar County: 12.5 %Calhoun County: 4.2 %Carroll County: 4.9 %Chickasaw County: 4.4 %Choctaw County: 7.6 %Claiborne County: 9.3 %Clarke County: 6.3 %Clay County: 6.8 %Coahoma County: 7.7 %Copiah County: 6 %Covington County: 5.7 %DeSoto County: 10.4 %Forrest County: 13.3 %Franklin County: 9.2 %George County: 4.9 %Greene County: 4.6 %Grenada County: 8.9 %Hancock County: 11.2 %Harrison County: 10.4 %Hinds County: 13.3 %Holmes County: 4.9 %Humphreys County: 10.5 %Issaquena County: 5.4 %Itawamba County: 6.5 %Jackson County: 9.5 %Jasper County: 3.4 %Jefferson County: 5.6 %Jefferson Davis County: 4.5 %Jones County: 8.1 %Kemper County: 8.1 %Lafayette County: 22.7 %Lamar County: 13 %Lauderdale County: 9 %Lawrence County: 3.9 %Leake County: 6.8 %Lee County: 10.7 %Leflore County: 9.7 %Lincoln County: 6.4 %Lowndes County: 9.5 %Madison County: 21 %Marion County: 6 %Marshall County: 5.5 %Monroe County: 4.9 %Montgomery County: 8.8 %Neshoba County: 9.3 %Newton County: 9.8 %Noxubee County: 4.9 %Oktibbeha County: 22.6 %Panola County: 7.2 %Pearl River County: 4.7 %Perry County: 5.3 %Pike County: 5.9 %Pontotoc County: 7.5 %Prentiss County: 9.5 %Quitman County: 4.7 %Rankin County: 12.2 %Scott County: 4.9 %Sharkey County: 5 %Simpson County: 6.4 %Smith County: 6.1 %Stone County: 6.4 %Sunflower County: 6.5 %Tallahatchie County: 4.4 %Tate County: 9.9 %Tippah County: 5.8 %Tishomingo County: 6.6 %Tunica County: 2.5 %Union County: 6.9 %Walthall County: 5.5 %Warren County: 12 %Washington County: 9.4 %Wayne County: 9 %Webster County: 8.7 %Wilkinson County: 3 %Winston County: 7.2 %Yalobusha County: 7.2 %Yazoo County: 4.5 %
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%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Lafayette County: 22.7 %Lafayette County22.7Oktibbeha County: 22.6 %Oktibbeha County22.6Madison County: 21 %Madison County21Hinds County: 13.3 %Hinds County13.3Forrest County: 13.3 %Forrest County13.3Lamar County: 13 %Lamar County13Bolivar County: 12.5 %Bolivar County12.5Rankin County: 12.2 %Rankin County12.2Warren County: 12 %Warren County12Hancock County: 11.2 %Hancock County11.2Lee County: 10.7 %Lee County10.7Humphreys County: 10.5 %Humphreys County10.5DeSoto County: 10.4 %DeSoto County10.4Harrison County: 10.4 %Harrison County10.4Tate County: 9.9 %Tate County9.9Newton County: 9.8 %Newton County9.8Leflore County: 9.7 %Leflore County9.7Lowndes County: 9.5 %Lowndes County9.5Prentiss County: 9.5 %Prentiss County9.5Jackson County: 9.5 %Jackson County9.5Washington County: 9.4 %Washington County9.4Neshoba County: 9.3 %Neshoba County9.3Claiborne County: 9.3 %Claiborne County9.3Franklin County: 9.2 %Franklin County9.2Lauderdale County: 9 %Lauderdale County9Wayne County: 9 %Wayne County9Grenada County: 8.9 %Grenada County8.9Montgomery County: 8.8 %Montgomery County8.8Webster County: 8.7 %Webster County8.7Kemper County: 8.1 %Kemper County8.1Jones County: 8.1 %Jones County8.1Coahoma County: 7.7 %Coahoma County7.7Choctaw County: 7.6 %Choctaw County7.6Pontotoc County: 7.5 %Pontotoc County7.5Attala County: 7.3 %Attala County7.3Winston County: 7.2 %Winston County7.2Panola County: 7.2 %Panola County7.2Yalobusha County: 7.2 %Yalobusha County7.2Union County: 6.9 %Union County6.9Clay County: 6.8 %Clay County6.8Lafayette County: 22.7 %Lafayette County22.7Oktibbeha County: 22.6 %Oktibbeha County22.6Madison County: 21 %Madison County21Hinds County: 13.3 %Hinds County13.3Forrest County: 13.3 %Forrest County13.3Lamar County: 13 %Lamar County13Bolivar County: 12.5 %Bolivar County12.5Rankin County: 12.2 %Rankin County12.2Warren County: 12 %Warren County12Hancock County: 11.2 %Hancock County11.2Lee County: 10.7 %Lee County10.7Humphreys County: 10.5 %Humphreys County10.5DeSoto County: 10.4 %DeSoto County10.4Harrison County: 10.4 %Harrison County10.4Tate County: 9.9 %Tate County9.9Newton County: 9.8 %Newton County9.8Leflore County: 9.7 %Leflore County9.7Lowndes County: 9.5 %Lowndes County9.5Prentiss County: 9.5 %Prentiss County9.5Jackson County: 9.5 %Jackson County9.5Washington County: 9.4 %Washington County9.4Neshoba County: 9.3 %Neshoba County9.3Claiborne County: 9.3 %Claiborne County9.3Franklin County: 9.2 %Franklin County9.2Lauderdale County: 9 %Lauderdale County9Wayne County: 9 %Wayne County9Grenada County: 8.9 %Grenada County8.9Montgomery County: 8.8 %Montgomery County8.8Webster County: 8.7 %Webster County8.7Kemper County: 8.1 %Kemper County8.1Jones County: 8.1 %Jones County8.1Coahoma County: 7.7 %Coahoma County7.7Choctaw County: 7.6 %Choctaw County7.6Pontotoc County: 7.5 %Pontotoc County7.5Attala County: 7.3 %Attala County7.3Winston County: 7.2 %Winston County7.2Panola County: 7.2 %Panola County7.2Yalobusha County: 7.2 %Yalobusha County7.2Union County: 6.9 %Union County6.9Clay County: 6.8 %Clay County6.8
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Lafayette County22.7+1.6 pts
2Oktibbeha County22.60 pts
3Madison County21+0.5 pts
4Hinds County13.3-0.1 pts
5Forrest County13.3+0.3 pts
6Lamar County13-0.1 pts
7Bolivar County12.5+1.6 pts
8Rankin County12.2+0.4 pts
9Warren County12+1.8 pts
10Hancock County11.2+0.3 pts
11Lee County10.7+0.1 pts
12Humphreys County10.5+1.1 pts
13DeSoto County10.4+0.4 pts
14Harrison County10.4+1 pts
15Tate County9.90 pts
16Newton County9.8+1.1 pts
17Leflore County9.7-0.7 pts
18Lowndes County9.5+0.2 pts
19Prentiss County9.5+2.4 pts
20Jackson County9.5+1.1 pts
21Washington County9.4+1.8 pts
22Neshoba County9.3+1 pts
23Claiborne County9.3-4.1 pts
24Franklin County9.2+2.1 pts
25Lauderdale County9+0.8 pts
26Wayne County9+0.7 pts
27Grenada County8.9-0.7 pts
28Montgomery County8.8-1.1 pts
29Webster County8.7+0.4 pts
30Kemper County8.1+0.5 pts
31Jones County8.1+0.4 pts
32Coahoma County7.7-0 pts
33Choctaw County7.6-0.6 pts
34Pontotoc County7.5+0.3 pts
35Attala County7.3+1.2 pts
36Winston County7.2+1.2 pts
37Panola County7.2+1.8 pts
38Yalobusha County7.2+1.2 pts
39Union County6.9+1.3 pts
40Clay County6.8-0.4 pts
40Leake County6.8-0.1 pts
42Tishomingo County6.6-0.4 pts
43Adams County6.5-1 pts
44Itawamba County6.5+0.4 pts
45Sunflower County6.5-0.6 pts
46Stone County6.4+0.8 pts
47Simpson County6.4+1.3 pts
48Alcorn County6.4-0.3 pts
48Lincoln County6.4+0.1 pts
50Clarke County6.3+1.7 pts
51Smith County6.1+0.7 pts
52Copiah County6-0.6 pts
53Marion County6+1.2 pts
54Pike County5.9-0.5 pts
55Tippah County5.8-0.9 pts
56Covington County5.7+0.2 pts
57Jefferson County5.6-2 pts
58Walthall County5.50 pts
59Amite County5.5+1.4 pts
60Marshall County5.50 pts
61Issaquena County5.4+4.4 pts
62Perry County5.3+0.3 pts
63Sharkey County5-1.6 pts
64Carroll County4.9+0.9 pts
64Noxubee County4.9-0.5 pts
66George County4.90 pts
67Scott County4.9+0.7 pts
68Holmes County4.9+0.8 pts
69Monroe County4.9-0.7 pts
70Benton County4.8-0.3 pts
71Quitman County4.7+0.6 pts
72Pearl River County4.7+0.5 pts
73Greene County4.6-0.2 pts
74Yazoo County4.5+0.2 pts
75Jefferson Davis County4.5-1.2 pts
76Tallahatchie County4.4-0.4 pts
77Chickasaw County4.4-0.2 pts
78Calhoun County4.2-0.7 pts
79Lawrence County3.9-0.8 pts
80Jasper County3.4-1 pts
81Wilkinson County3-1.1 pts
82Tunica County2.5-0.5 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 25 and over whose highest degree is a 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.

A subset of bachelors_degree_share, which also counts people whose highest degree is a bachelor's.

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 master's, professional school or doctorate degree 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 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a master's, professional school or doctorate degree as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in Mississippi by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a master's, professional school or doctorate degree as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Mississippi by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/mississippi-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a master's, professional school or doctorate degree as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in Mississippi by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/mississippi-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a master's, professional school or doctorate degree as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in Mississippi by graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/mississippi-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over?

Lafayette County, with 22.7% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Tunica County, with 2.5% in 2024.

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