Rank |
County |
Percentage with High School Diploma |
1 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
92.0%
|
2 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
91.8%
|
3 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
91.7%
|
4 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
90.1%
|
5 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
89.5%
|
6 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
89.2%
|
7 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
88.9%
|
8 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
88.6%
|
9 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
88.3%
|
10 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
88.3%
|
11 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
87.9%
|
12 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
87.5%
|
13 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
87.5%
|
14 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
87.3%
|
15 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
87.3%
|
16 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
87.2%
|
17 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
87.1%
|
18 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
87.0%
|
19 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
86.9%
|
20 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
86.9%
|
21 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
86.2%
|
22 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
86.2%
|
23 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
85.5%
|
24 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
85.3%
|
25 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
85.0%
|
26 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
85.0%
|
27 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
85.0%
|
28 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
84.4%
|
29 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
84.3%
|
30 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
84.1%
|
31 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
84.0%
|
32 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
84.0%
|
33 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
83.8%
|
34 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
83.5%
|
35 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
83.4%
|
36 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
82.4%
|
37 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
82.3%
|
38 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
82.1%
|
39 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
81.9%
|
40 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
81.7%
|
41 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
81.7%
|
42 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
81.7%
|
43 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
81.7%
|
44 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
81.5%
|
45 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
81.5%
|
46 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
81.4%
|
47 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
81.4%
|
48 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
81.4%
|
49 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
81.2%
|
50 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
81.1%
|
51 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
81.1%
|
52 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
80.7%
|
53 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
80.4%
|
54 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
80.3%
|
55 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
80.2%
|
56 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
80.1%
|
57 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
80.1%
|
58 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
80.0%
|
59 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
79.9%
|
60 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
79.7%
|
61 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
79.6%
|
62 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
79.5%
|
63 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
79.2%
|
64 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
79.1%
|
65 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
78.9%
|
66 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
78.9%
|
67 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
78.6%
|
68 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
78.6%
|
69 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
78.0%
|
70 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
78.0%
|
71 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
77.9%
|
72 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
77.7%
|
73 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
77.5%
|
74 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
77.3%
|
75 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
77.3%
|
76 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
77.1%
|
77 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
76.8%
|
78 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
76.8%
|
79 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
76.3%
|
80 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
75.9%
|
81 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
75.8%
|
82 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
75.8%
|
83 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
75.7%
|
84 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
75.7%
|
85 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
75.5%
|
86 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
75.2%
|
87 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
74.8%
|
88 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
74.4%
|
89 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
74.3%
|
90 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
74.3%
|
91 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
74.1%
|
92 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
73.6%
|
93 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
73.5%
|
94 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
73.3%
|
95 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
73.1%
|
96 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
72.0%
|
97 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
71.5%
|
98 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
71.4%
|
99 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
71.0%
|
100 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
69.3%
|