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

All 82 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `graduate_degree_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/graduate-or-professional-degree/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Lafayette County | 22.7 |
| 2 | Oktibbeha County | 22.6 |
| 3 | Madison County | 21 |
| 4 | Hinds County | 13.3 |
| 5 | Forrest County | 13.3 |
| 6 | Lamar County | 13 |
| 7 | Bolivar County | 12.5 |
| 8 | Rankin County | 12.2 |
| 9 | Warren County | 12 |
| 10 | Hancock County | 11.2 |
| 11 | Lee County | 10.7 |
| 12 | Humphreys County | 10.5 |
| 13 | DeSoto County | 10.4 |
| 14 | Harrison County | 10.4 |
| 15 | Tate County | 9.9 |
| 16 | Newton County | 9.8 |
| 17 | Leflore County | 9.7 |
| 18 | Lowndes County | 9.5 |
| 19 | Prentiss County | 9.5 |
| 20 | Jackson County | 9.5 |
| 21 | Washington County | 9.4 |
| 22 | Neshoba County | 9.3 |
| 23 | Claiborne County | 9.3 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 9.2 |
| 25 | Lauderdale County | 9 |
| 26 | Wayne County | 9 |
| 27 | Grenada County | 8.9 |
| 28 | Montgomery County | 8.8 |
| 29 | Webster County | 8.7 |
| 30 | Kemper County | 8.1 |
| 31 | Jones County | 8.1 |
| 32 | Coahoma County | 7.7 |
| 33 | Choctaw County | 7.6 |
| 34 | Pontotoc County | 7.5 |
| 35 | Attala County | 7.3 |
| 36 | Winston County | 7.2 |
| 37 | Panola County | 7.2 |
| 38 | Yalobusha County | 7.2 |
| 39 | Union County | 6.9 |
| 40 | Clay County | 6.8 |
| 40 | Leake County | 6.8 |
| 42 | Tishomingo County | 6.6 |
| 43 | Adams County | 6.5 |
| 44 | Itawamba County | 6.5 |
| 45 | Sunflower County | 6.5 |
| 46 | Stone County | 6.4 |
| 47 | Simpson County | 6.4 |
| 48 | Alcorn County | 6.4 |
| 48 | Lincoln County | 6.4 |
| 50 | Clarke County | 6.3 |
| 51 | Smith County | 6.1 |
| 52 | Copiah County | 6 |
| 53 | Marion County | 6 |
| 54 | Pike County | 5.9 |
| 55 | Tippah County | 5.8 |
| 56 | Covington County | 5.7 |
| 57 | Jefferson County | 5.6 |
| 58 | Walthall County | 5.5 |
| 59 | Amite County | 5.5 |
| 60 | Marshall County | 5.5 |
| 61 | Issaquena County | 5.4 |
| 62 | Perry County | 5.3 |
| 63 | Sharkey County | 5 |
| 64 | Carroll County | 4.9 |
| 64 | Noxubee County | 4.9 |
| 66 | George County | 4.9 |
| 67 | Scott County | 4.9 |
| 68 | Holmes County | 4.9 |
| 69 | Monroe County | 4.9 |
| 70 | Benton County | 4.8 |
| 71 | Quitman County | 4.7 |
| 72 | Pearl River County | 4.7 |
| 73 | Greene County | 4.6 |
| 74 | Yazoo County | 4.5 |
| 75 | Jefferson Davis County | 4.5 |
| 76 | Tallahatchie County | 4.4 |
| 77 | Chickasaw County | 4.4 |
| 78 | Calhoun County | 4.2 |
| 79 | Lawrence County | 3.9 |
| 80 | Jasper County | 3.4 |
| 81 | Wilkinson County | 3 |
| 82 | Tunica County | 2.5 |