Ranking of Texas Counties By Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on September 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the population of Texas (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma was 2,826,181. Among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma (545,847), followed by Dallas County (323,421), and Bexar County (187,071).
The chart below shows the top 10 Texas counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
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Related Topics: Texas ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Ranking of Texas Counties By Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021
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| Rank | County | Number of People |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris County | 545847 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 323421 |
| 3 | Bexar County | 187071 |
| 4 | Tarrant County | 179770 |
| 5 | Hidalgo County | 159988 |
| 6 | El Paso County | 107438 |
| 7 | Travis County | 82571 |
| 8 | Cameron County | 75925 |
| 9 | Fort Bend County | 46630 |
| 10 | Webb County | 46603 |
| 11 | Collin County | 41845 |
| 12 | Montgomery County | 41383 |
| 13 | Denton County | 39578 |
| 14 | Nueces County | 36787 |
| 15 | Brazoria County | 26922 |
| 16 | Jefferson County | 25802 |
| 17 | Williamson County | 23697 |
| 18 | Galveston County | 23682 |
| 19 | Ector County | 22737 |
| 20 | Lubbock County | 22192 |
| 21 | McLennan County | 21411 |
| 22 | Bell County | 19774 |
| 23 | Smith County | 18792 |
| 24 | Potter County | 17769 |
| 25 | Midland County | 16086 |
| 26 | Johnson County | 15790 |
| 27 | Ellis County | 15256 |
| 28 | Starr County | 15041 |
| 29 | Brazos County | 14098 |
| 30 | Hays County | 13589 |
| 31 | Liberty County | 12602 |
| 32 | Kaufman County | 12144 |
| 33 | Maverick County | 12023 |
| 34 | Guadalupe County | 12020 |
| 35 | Gregg County | 11316 |
| 36 | Parker County | 10106 |
| 37 | Wichita County | 9873 |
| 38 | Victoria County | 9766 |
| 39 | Bastrop County | 9731 |
| 40 | Tom Green County | 9600 |
| 41 | Taylor County | 9231 |
| 42 | Angelina County | 9177 |
| 43 | Henderson County | 8749 |
| 44 | Grayson County | 8735 |
| 45 | Val Verde County | 8387 |
| 46 | Hunt County | 8310 |
| 47 | San Patricio County | 8078 |
| 48 | Anderson County | 7632 |
| 49 | Walker County | 7039 |
| 50 | Polk County | 6999 |
| 51 | Comal County | 6759 |
| 52 | Navarro County | 6667 |
| 53 | Wise County | 6455 |
| 54 | Bowie County | 6453 |
| 55 | Cherokee County | 6438 |
| 56 | Orange County | 6289 |
| 57 | Atascosa County | 5997 |
| 58 | Caldwell County | 5883 |
| 59 | Randall County | 5772 |
| 60 | Van Zandt County | 5674 |
| 61 | Coryell County | 5622 |
| 62 | Rusk County | 5570 |
| 63 | Nacogdoches County | 5521 |
| 64 | Harrison County | 5449 |
| 65 | Jim Wells County | 5266 |
| 66 | Wharton County | 5219 |
| 67 | Hale County | 5010 |
| 68 | Medina County | 4830 |
| 69 | Howard County | 4606 |
| 70 | Wood County | 4475 |
| 71 | Bee County | 4470 |
| 72 | Matagorda County | 4434 |
| 73 | Rockwall County | 4418 |
| 74 | Hardin County | 4385 |
| 75 | Gaines County | 4378 |
| 76 | Lamar County | 4292 |
| 77 | Moore County | 4126 |
| 78 | Frio County | 4109 |
| 79 | Willacy County | 4085 |
| 80 | Upshur County | 4030 |
| 81 | Titus County | 3987 |
| 82 | Burnet County | 3966 |
| 83 | Waller County | 3895 |
| 84 | Uvalde County | 3876 |
| 85 | Kerr County | 3745 |
| 86 | Grimes County | 3677 |
| 87 | Wilson County | 3579 |
| 88 | Jasper County | 3578 |
| 89 | Hill County | 3551 |
| 90 | Hood County | 3543 |
| 91 | Fannin County | 3522 |
| 92 | Brown County | 3460 |
| 93 | Hopkins County | 3402 |
| 94 | Kleberg County | 3393 |
| 95 | Cooke County | 3391 |
| 96 | Houston County | 3337 |
| 97 | Hockley County | 3179 |
| 98 | Erath County | 3082 |
| 99 | Shelby County | 3054 |
| 100 | Chambers County | 3019 |
| 101 | Gonzales County | 3011 |
| 102 | San Jacinto County | 2990 |
| 103 | Reeves County | 2867 |
| 104 | Deaf Smith County | 2820 |
| 105 | Jones County | 2815 |
| 106 | Gray County | 2678 |
| 107 | Tyler County | 2663 |
| 108 | Panola County | 2657 |
| 109 | Austin County | 2634 |
| 110 | Andrews County | 2631 |
| 111 | Cass County | 2619 |
| 112 | Washington County | 2587 |
| 113 | Palo Pinto County | 2543 |
| 114 | Pecos County | 2538 |
| 115 | Karnes County | 2523 |
| 116 | Zapata County | 2502 |
| 117 | Falls County | 2461 |
| 118 | Freestone County | 2400 |
| 119 | Limestone County | 2394 |
| 120 | DeWitt County | 2351 |
| 121 | Milam County | 2349 |
| 122 | Calhoun County | 2317 |
| 123 | Dawson County | 2272 |
| 124 | Colorado County | 2179 |
| 125 | Burleson County | 2138 |
| 126 | Scurry County | 2087 |
| 127 | Aransas County | 2070 |
| 128 | Fayette County | 2063 |
| 129 | Kendall County | 2038 |
| 130 | Gillespie County | 2033 |
| 131 | Madison County | 2032 |
| 132 | Terry County | 1993 |
| 133 | Lamb County | 1968 |
| 134 | Presidio County | 1938 |
| 135 | Jackson County | 1933 |
| 136 | Lavaca County | 1911 |
| 137 | Montague County | 1889 |
| 138 | Live Oak County | 1886 |
| 139 | Hutchinson County | 1875 |
| 140 | Wilbarger County | 1871 |
| 141 | Leon County | 1857 |
| 142 | Llano County | 1822 |
| 143 | Eastland County | 1817 |
| 144 | Duval County | 1766 |
| 145 | Dimmit County | 1734 |
| 146 | Robertson County | 1726 |
| 147 | Nolan County | 1677 |
| 148 | Parmer County | 1662 |
| 149 | Young County | 1646 |
| 150 | Trinity County | 1603 |
| 151 | Lee County | 1587 |
| 152 | Newton County | 1578 |
| 153 | Ward County | 1516 |
| 154 | Brooks County | 1491 |
| 155 | Bandera County | 1478 |
| 156 | Garza County | 1445 |
| 157 | Zavala County | 1437 |
| 158 | La Salle County | 1435 |
| 159 | Ochiltree County | 1407 |
| 160 | Bosque County | 1373 |
| 161 | Comanche County | 1364 |
| 162 | Lampasas County | 1312 |
| 163 | Winkler County | 1309 |
| 164 | Dallam County | 1292 |
| 165 | Yoakum County | 1271 |
| 166 | Swisher County | 1258 |
| 167 | Rains County | 1218 |
| 168 | Bailey County | 1217 |
| 169 | Hudspeth County | 1156 |
| 170 | Runnels County | 1147 |
| 171 | San Augustine County | 1098 |
| 172 | Castro County | 1078 |
| 173 | Jack County | 1063 |
| 174 | McCulloch County | 1061 |
| 175 | Red River County | 1052 |
| 176 | Camp County | 1033 |
| 176 | Sabine County | 1033 |
| 177 | Callahan County | 1019 |
| 178 | Mitchell County | 946 |
| 178 | Stephens County | 946 |
| 179 | Floyd County | 936 |
| 180 | Marion County | 923 |
| 181 | Refugio County | 887 |
| 182 | Hansford County | 883 |
| 183 | Brewster County | 860 |
| 184 | Childress County | 856 |
| 185 | Blanco County | 855 |
| 186 | Morris County | 827 |
| 187 | Goliad County | 826 |
| 188 | Coleman County | 825 |
| 189 | Haskell County | 805 |
| 190 | Crosby County | 788 |
| 191 | Lynn County | 760 |
| 192 | Hamilton County | 743 |
| 193 | San Saba County | 726 |
| 194 | Crane County | 706 |
| 195 | Franklin County | 694 |
| 196 | Jim Hogg County | 693 |
| 197 | Somervell County | 689 |
| 198 | Wheeler County | 635 |
| 199 | Concho County | 618 |
| 200 | Clay County | 596 |
| 201 | Martin County | 593 |
| 202 | Hartley County | 568 |
| 203 | Archer County | 563 |
| 204 | Culberson County | 554 |
| 205 | Cochran County | 551 |
| 206 | Upton County | 533 |
| 207 | Mills County | 497 |
| 208 | Sutton County | 495 |
| 209 | Mason County | 480 |
| 210 | Collingsworth County | 478 |
| 211 | Kimble County | 460 |
| 212 | Crockett County | 453 |
| 213 | Delta County | 451 |
| 214 | Sherman County | 449 |
| 215 | Knox County | 436 |
| 216 | Baylor County | 398 |
| 217 | Coke County | 373 |
| 218 | Kinney County | 367 |
| 219 | Hardeman County | 359 |
| 220 | Fisher County | 357 |
| 221 | Hall County | 347 |
| 222 | Hemphill County | 331 |
| 223 | Carson County | 302 |
| 224 | Donley County | 296 |
| 225 | Reagan County | 286 |
| 226 | Menard County | 271 |
| 227 | Lipscomb County | 268 |
| 228 | Schleicher County | 259 |
| 229 | Real County | 213 |
| 230 | Jeff Davis County | 205 |
| 231 | Glasscock County | 204 |
| 232 | Shackelford County | 203 |
| 233 | Foard County | 200 |
| 234 | Edwards County | 198 |
| 235 | Dickens County | 190 |
| 236 | Oldham County | 165 |
| 237 | Cottle County | 148 |
| 238 | Briscoe County | 143 |
| 239 | Stonewall County | 124 |
| 240 | Motley County | 123 |
| 241 | Irion County | 121 |
| 242 | Terrell County | 110 |
| 243 | Armstrong County | 103 |
| 244 | Throckmorton County | 90 |
| 245 | Kenedy County | 84 |
| 246 | Sterling County | 61 |
| 247 | McMullen County | 49 |
| 248 | Kent County | 48 |
| 249 | King County | 39 |
| 250 | Roberts County | 36 |
| 251 | Borden County | 28 |
| 252 | Loving County | 3 |