Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of White Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 4, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the US White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 35.53%. Among all US counties, Arlington County, VA had the highest percentage of its White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (83.59%), followed by Falls Church city, VA (83.30%), and New York County, NY (79.57%).

The chart below shows the top 10 US counties, and the table below shows the top 500 US counties.

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Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Arlington County, VA
Falls Church city, VA
New York County, NY
Alexandria city, VA
San Francisco County, CA
Fulton County, GA
Fairfax County, VA
Montgomery County, MD
Los Alamos County, NM
DeKalb County, GA
Ranking of US Counties By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Arlington County, VA 83.59
2 Falls Church city, VA 83.30
3 New York County, NY 79.57
4 Alexandria city, VA 77.42
5 San Francisco County, CA 75.44
6 Fulton County, GA 71.95
7 Fairfax County, VA 69.76
8 Montgomery County, MD 69.47
9 Los Alamos County, NM 68.82
10 DeKalb County, GA 68.57
11 Charlottesville city, VA 68.06
12 Richmond city, VA 68.03
13 Orange County, NC 65.75
14 Fairfax city, VA 65.53
15 Orleans Parish, LA 65.29
16 Howard County, MD 65.28
17 Marin County, CA 65.10
18 Boulder County, CO 64.60
19 Loudoun County, VA 64.20
20 Pitkin County, CO 62.53
21 Teton County, WY 62.47
22 Suffolk County, MA 61.81
23 Williamson County, TN 61.71
24 Albemarle County, VA 61.69
25 Madison County, MS 61.51
26 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 61.41
27 Durham County, NC 61.04
28 Denver County, CO 60.68
29 Williamsburg city, VA 60.58
30 Wake County, NC 60.48
31 San Miguel County, CO 60.47
32 Hamilton County, IN 60.21
33 Douglas County, CO 59.95
34 Lexington city, VA 59.94
35 Baltimore city, MD 59.68
36 Gunnison County, CO 59.05
37 Washtenaw County, MI 58.93
38 Westchester County, NY 58.67
39 Broomfield County, CO 58.65
40 Middlesex County, MA 58.64
41 Clarke County, GA 58.59
42 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 58.52
43 Dillingham Census Area, AK 58.09
44 Oktibbeha County, MS 58.07
45 Travis County, TX 57.57
46 Hennepin County, MN 57.47
47 Charleston County, SC 57.37
48 Mecklenburg County, NC 57.36
49 Nantucket County, MA 57.29
50 Johnson County, KS 57.25
51 Summit County, UT 57.23
52 San Mateo County, CA 57.21
53 Kalawao County, HI 57.14
54 Norfolk County, MA 57.12
55 Nome Census Area, AK 57.08
56 King County, WA 56.65
57 Albany County, WY 56.01
58 Johnson County, IA 55.95
59 Fairfield County, CT 55.92
60 Chester County, PA 55.86
61 Mineral County, CO 55.75
62 Clear Creek County, CO 55.73
63 Alameda County, CA 55.71
64 Morris County, NJ 55.35
65 Delaware County, OH 55.31
66 Summit County, CO 55.14
67 Kings County, NY 55.09
68 Santa Clara County, CA 54.88
69 Somerset County, NJ 54.72
70 Eagle County, CO 54.67
71 James City County, VA 54.58
72 Chittenden County, VT 54.56
73 Hunterdon County, NJ 54.28
74 Dane County, WI 54.20
75 Tompkins County, NY 54.16
76 St. Louis city, MO 53.87
77 Bethel Census Area, AK 53.64
78 Benton County, OR 52.91
79 San Juan County, WA 52.88
80 Gallatin County, MT 52.79
81 Cobb County, GA 52.77
82 Douglas County, KS 52.75
83 Leon County, FL 52.30
84 Routt County, CO 52.22
85 Newport County, RI 52.21
86 Oglala Lakota County, SD 51.99
87 Goochland County, VA 51.70
88 Montgomery County, PA 51.69
89 Oconee County, GA 51.62
90 Kendall County, TX 51.56
91 Forsyth County, GA 51.47
92 Richland County, SC 51.30
93 Gilpin County, CO 51.22
94 St. Louis County, MO 51.21
94 Davidson County, TN 51.21
95 Lafayette County, MS 51.17
96 Henrico County, VA 51.15
97 Fredericksburg city, VA 51.11
98 DuPage County, IL 51.00
99 Nassau County, NY 50.86
100 Essex County, NJ 50.79
101 Collin County, TX 50.76
102 Ozaukee County, WI 50.74
103 Multnomah County, OR 50.60
104 Ramsey County, MN 50.52
105 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA 50.50
106 Dallas County, IA 50.46
107 Cumberland County, ME 50.39
108 Hinsdale County, CO 50.37
109 Monmouth County, NJ 50.34
110 York County, VA 50.27
111 Teton County, ID 50.24
111 Carver County, MN 50.24
112 Dukes County, MA 50.19
113 Lake County, IL 50.06
113 Boone County, MO 50.06
114 Larimer County, CO 50.05
115 Hampshire County, MA 50.02
116 Honolulu County, HI 50.00
117 Bergen County, NJ 49.78
118 Chatham County, NC 49.73
119 Fayette County, KY 49.67
120 Boone County, IN 49.65
121 Coconino County, AZ 49.64
122 Arapahoe County, CO 49.45
123 Bristol County, RI 49.35
124 Riley County, KS 49.30
125 Jefferson County, CO 49.26
126 Leelanau County, MI 49.25
127 Story County, IA 49.21
128 Cook County, IL 49.09
129 Oakland County, MI 49.05
130 La Plata County, CO 48.93
131 Beaufort County, SC 48.59
132 Alachua County, FL 48.56
133 Contra Costa County, CA 48.55
134 Fort Bend County, TX 48.40
135 Santa Cruz County, CA 48.26
136 Olmsted County, MN 47.86
137 Juneau City and Borough, AK 47.81
138 Shelby County, TN 47.77
139 Madison County, AL 47.59
140 Washington County, MN 47.55
141 Lynchburg city, VA 47.42
142 Denton County, TX 47.33
143 Hudson County, NJ 47.20
144 Mercer County, NJ 47.18
145 Hinds County, MS 47.02
146 Union County, NJ 46.62
147 Barnstable County, MA 46.51
148 Washington County, RI 46.49
149 Franklin County, OH 46.46
150 Shelby County, AL 46.42
151 Philadelphia County, PA 46.39
152 St. Johns County, FL 46.31
153 Ouray County, CO 46.26
154 Monroe County, IN 46.23
155 Platte County, MO 46.22
156 Albany County, NY 46.21
157 Prince George's County, MD 46.17
158 Waukesha County, WI 46.14
159 Alpine County, CA 46.12
160 Fayette County, GA 46.09
161 Santa Fe County, NM 46.02
162 Blaine County, ID 45.97
163 Brewster County, TX 45.96
164 New Hanover County, NC 45.87
165 Monongalia County, WV 45.77
166 Hamilton County, OH 45.60
167 Montgomery County, AL 45.56
168 Oldham County, KY 45.45
169 Chatham County, GA 45.43
170 Prince William County, VA 45.40
171 McLean County, IL 45.39
172 Watauga County, NC 45.32
173 Cook County, MN 45.28
174 Whitman County, WA 45.26
175 Essex County, MA 45.15
176 Washington County, OR 45.06
177 Clay County, SD 45.01
178 Champaign County, IL 45.00
179 Allegheny County, PA 44.91
180 Jefferson County, WA 44.90
181 Chesterfield County, VA 44.88
182 Missoula County, MT 44.80
183 Dakota County, MN 44.79
184 Rockwall County, TX 44.76
185 Wasatch County, UT 44.71
186 Delaware County, PA 44.70
187 Jefferson County, AL 44.69
188 Centre County, PA 44.68
189 Rockland County, NY 44.65
190 Latah County, ID 44.61
191 Buncombe County, NC 44.60
192 Anne Arundel County, MD 44.51
193 Brazos County, TX 44.47
194 Douglas County, NE 44.46
194 Monroe County, NY 44.46
195 Yolo County, CA 44.43
196 Middlesex County, CT 44.38
197 Williamson County, TX 44.30
198 Montgomery County, VA 44.26
199 Orange County, CA 44.11
200 Archuleta County, CO 44.06
201 Anchorage Municipality, AK 44.03
202 Guilford County, NC 43.96
203 Scott County, MN 43.95
204 Talbot County, MD 43.90
205 Stafford County, VA 43.85
206 Lee County, AL 43.83
207 Washington County, VT 43.81
208 Greene County, GA 43.80
209 Seminole County, FL 43.76
210 Moore County, NC 43.35
211 San Diego County, CA 43.22
212 Palm Beach County, FL 43.16
213 Pulaski County, AR 43.12
214 Grand Isle County, VT 43.11
215 Utah County, UT 43.04
216 Frederick County, MD 43.00
217 Cass County, ND 42.99
218 Greenville County, SC 42.95
219 Baltimore County, MD 42.94
220 Jones County, SD 42.88
221 Hartford County, CT 42.80
222 Lewis and Clark County, MT 42.79
223 Bucks County, PA 42.77
224 Pitt County, NC 42.63
225 Rockingham County, NH 42.46
226 Lamoille County, VT 42.44
227 Addison County, VT 42.42
228 Norfolk city, VA 42.40
229 Aleutians East Borough, AK 42.37
230 Dare County, NC 42.33
231 Hood River County, OR 42.27
232 Tolland County, CT 42.21
233 El Paso County, CO 42.20
234 Plymouth County, MA 42.18
234 Putnam County, NY 42.18
235 Denali Borough, AK 42.16
236 Bolivar County, MS 42.15
237 Sarpy County, NE 42.04
238 Grafton County, NH 42.00
238 Saratoga County, NY 42.00
239 Kalamazoo County, MI 41.86
240 Gwinnett County, GA 41.83
241 Lancaster County, VA 41.82
242 Warren County, OH 41.79
243 Virginia Beach city, VA 41.69
244 San Juan County, CO 41.60
245 Lancaster County, NE 41.49
246 Sonoma County, CA 41.45
247 Brookings County, SD 41.44
248 Collier County, FL 41.41
249 Chaffee County, CO 41.39
250 Poquoson city, VA 41.32
251 Radford city, VA 41.30
252 Lake County, CO 41.29
253 Comal County, TX 41.26
254 St. Charles County, MO 41.19
255 Hanover County, VA 41.17
256 Ingham County, MI 41.13
256 Burlington County, NJ 41.13
257 Windham County, VT 41.12
258 Hays County, TX 41.09
258 Cache County, UT 41.09
259 Kent County, MI 41.02
260 Cuyahoga County, OH 40.98
261 Ada County, ID 40.96
262 Kane County, IL 40.94
263 Kent County, MD 40.90
264 Greene County, OH 40.89
265 Queens County, NY 40.83
265 Lincoln County, SD 40.83
266 Orange County, FL 40.82
267 Hawaii County, HI 40.79
268 Placer County, CA 40.67
269 Milwaukee County, WI 40.66
270 Mason County, TX 40.50
271 Maui County, HI 40.46
272 Santa Barbara County, CA 40.45
273 Bernalillo County, NM 40.41
274 Suffolk County, NY 40.36
275 Napa County, CA 40.31
276 Fluvanna County, VA 40.27
277 Kauai County, HI 40.26
278 Polk County, IA 40.19
279 Woodford County, KY 40.15
280 Hendricks County, IN 40.13
281 Harrisonburg city, VA 40.06
282 Knox County, TN 39.93
282 Glasscock County, TX 39.93
283 Morgan County, UT 39.89
284 Salt Lake County, UT 39.86
285 New Haven County, CT 39.83
286 Hillsborough County, NH 39.79
286 Dutchess County, NY 39.79
287 New Castle County, DE 39.77
288 Windsor County, VT 39.74
289 Fauquier County, VA 39.71
289 Petersburg city, VA 39.71
290 Copper River Census Area, AK 39.69
291 Grand County, CO 39.68
291 Lincoln Parish, LA 39.68
292 Northumberland County, VA 39.58
293 Los Angeles County, CA 39.45
294 Davis County, UT 39.17
295 Onondaga County, NY 39.13
296 Sitka City and Borough, AK 39.10
297 Lafayette Parish, LA 39.07
298 Deschutes County, OR 39.06
299 Cherokee County, GA 38.98
299 St. Tammany Parish, LA 38.98
300 Tippecanoe County, IN 38.96
301 Sagadahoc County, ME 38.93
302 Forsyth County, NC 38.92
303 Grand Traverse County, MI 38.86
304 Nevada County, CA 38.78
305 Geauga County, OH 38.76
306 San Luis Obispo County, CA 38.72
306 Campbell County, KY 38.72
307 Borden County, TX 38.66
308 Jefferson County, KY 38.64
309 Burleigh County, ND 38.50
310 Franklin County, MA 38.48
310 Clackamas County, OR 38.48
311 Georgetown County, SC 38.46
312 Custer County, CO 38.45
312 Union County, NC 38.45
313 Broward County, FL 38.31
313 Erie County, NY 38.31
314 Monterey County, CA 38.27
315 Harford County, MD 38.10
316 Pima County, AZ 38.09
316 Worcester County, MA 38.09
317 Hamilton County, TN 38.08
318 Queen Anne's County, MD 38.06
319 Carroll County, MD 38.02
319 Whatcom County, WA 38.02
320 Marion County, IN 38.01
321 Sarasota County, FL 38.00
322 Butler County, PA 37.99
323 Cumberland County, PA 37.95
324 Ontario County, NY 37.94
325 Hillsborough County, FL 37.87
325 Middlesex County, NJ 37.87
326 Dawes County, NE 37.82
327 Monroe County, FL 37.79
327 Carroll County, NH 37.79
328 Washington County, AR 37.75
329 Emmet County, MI 37.73
330 Bennington County, VT 37.70
331 Jackson County, MO 37.65
331 Sussex County, NJ 37.65
332 Johnson County, WY 37.61
333 Livingston County, MI 37.60
334 Gillespie County, TX 37.58
335 Camden County, NJ 37.57
336 York County, SC 37.52
337 Tarrant County, TX 37.37
338 Oklahoma County, OK 37.36
339 Dallas County, TX 37.35
340 Clay County, MN 37.31
341 Roanoke County, VA 37.27
342 Thurston County, WA 37.26
343 Madison County, ID 37.22
343 Ottawa County, MI 37.22
344 Bibb County, GA 37.17
345 Columbia County, GA 37.14
345 Cole County, MO 37.14
346 Kendall County, IL 37.13
347 Keweenaw County, MI 37.09
348 Lincoln County, ME 37.03
349 Passaic County, NJ 37.02
350 Monroe County, IL 36.94
351 St. Croix County, WI 36.93
352 Transylvania County, NC 36.91
352 King George County, VA 36.91
353 Harris County, TX 36.86
354 Elbert County, CO 36.83
354 Pottawatomie County, KS 36.83
355 Payne County, OK 36.82
356 Chesapeake city, VA 36.81
357 Winchester city, VA 36.78
358 Knox County, ME 36.76
359 Ulster County, NY 36.75
360 Ellis County, KS 36.74
361 Summit County, OH 36.73
362 Strafford County, NH 36.60
363 Kenton County, KY 36.54
364 Grand Forks County, ND 36.53
365 Calvert County, MD 36.52
366 Jefferson County, MT 36.50
366 Richmond County, NY 36.50
367 Maricopa County, AZ 36.47
368 Tuscaloosa County, AL 36.44
369 El Dorado County, CA 36.41
370 Montgomery County, TX 36.30
371 Berkshire County, MA 36.28
371 Tulsa County, OK 36.28
372 Wood County, OH 36.19
372 Island County, WA 36.19
373 Will County, IL 36.18
374 New London County, CT 36.16
375 Cape May County, NJ 36.13
376 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK 36.09
377 Columbia County, NY 36.08
378 Buffalo County, NE 36.04
379 Greeley County, KS 35.98
380 Leavenworth County, KS 35.93
381 Lyman County, SD 35.90
381 Kitsap County, WA 35.90
382 Merrimack County, NH 35.89
383 Litchfield County, CT 35.87
384 Nicollet County, MN 35.83
384 Schenectady County, NY 35.83
385 Teller County, CO 35.78
386 La Crosse County, WI 35.72
387 Taos County, NM 35.71
388 Glynn County, GA 35.69
389 Menominee County, WI 35.68
390 Martin County, FL 35.66
391 Spotsylvania County, VA 35.65
392 Clarke County, VA 35.63
393 Blue Earth County, MN 35.57
394 Sangamon County, IL 35.55
394 St. Mary's County, MD 35.55
395 McKinley County, NM 35.51
395 Bayfield County, WI 35.51
396 Kittitas County, WA 35.50
397 Pinellas County, FL 35.49
398 Lubbock County, TX 35.46
399 New Kent County, VA 35.39
400 Sandoval County, NM 35.38
401 Minnehaha County, SD 35.35
402 Miami-Dade County, FL 35.34
403 Union County, OH 35.32
404 Cleveland County, OK 35.29
405 Hughes County, SD 35.24
406 Okaloosa County, FL 35.23
407 Jefferson County, IA 35.22
408 Hancock County, ME 35.19
409 Garfield County, CO 35.18
410 Dauphin County, PA 35.16
411 Polk County, NC 35.14
412 Muscogee County, GA 35.11
413 Beltrami County, MN 35.09
414 Door County, WI 35.07
415 Pennington County, SD 35.06
416 Warren County, KY 35.05
417 McHenry County, IL 35.02
418 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 35.01
419 Linn County, IA 35.00
420 Ventura County, CA 34.97
421 Washoe County, NV 34.96
422 Kent County, TX 34.94
423 Marquette County, MI 34.91
424 Duval County, FL 34.87
424 Sumter County, FL 34.87
424 Medina County, OH 34.87
425 Wilson County, TN 34.86
426 Pike County, AL 34.79
426 Peoria County, IL 34.79
427 Gloucester County, NJ 34.77
428 Midland County, MI 34.75
429 Clay County, MO 34.72
430 Shawnee County, KS 34.68
430 Lake County, MT 34.68
431 Scott County, IA 34.67
432 Bryan County, GA 34.66
433 Galveston County, TX 34.65
434 Yellowstone County, MT 34.62
435 Rensselaer County, NY 34.60
436 Cabarrus County, NC 34.58
437 Blaine County, MT 34.57
438 Forrest County, MS 34.55
439 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 34.53
440 Tunica County, MS 34.51
441 Coweta County, GA 34.50
441 Park County, MT 34.50
441 Warren County, NJ 34.50
442 Petersburg Borough, AK 34.47
443 Woodford County, IL 34.44
444 Benton County, AR 34.41
445 Baldwin County, AL 34.37
446 Walton County, FL 34.32
447 Harris County, GA 34.31
448 Orange County, VT 34.30
449 Sacramento County, CA 34.25
450 Henderson County, NC 34.24
451 Washington County, NE 34.22
452 Lawrence County, SD 34.20
453 Shackelford County, TX 34.15
453 Suffolk city, VA 34.15
454 Northampton County, VA 34.14
455 Flathead County, MT 34.06
456 Lehigh County, PA 34.04
457 Park County, CO 34.01
458 Beaverhead County, MT 33.95
459 Boone County, KY 33.92