| Rank |
County |
Percentage with College Degree |
| 1 |
Madison County, Mississippi
|
44.6%
|
| 2 |
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
|
41.7%
|
| 3 |
Lafayette County, Mississippi
|
39.7%
|
| 4 |
Lamar County, Mississippi
|
32.5%
|
| 5 |
Rankin County, Mississippi
|
28.1%
|
| 6 |
Hinds County, Mississippi
|
27.7%
|
| 7 |
Forrest County, Mississippi
|
26.2%
|
| 8 |
Warren County, Mississippi
|
23.8%
|
| 9 |
Hancock County, Mississippi
|
23.0%
|
| 10 |
DeSoto County, Mississippi
|
21.3%
|
| 11 |
Lee County, Mississippi
|
20.9%
|
| 12 |
Harrison County, Mississippi
|
20.5%
|
| 13 |
Lowndes County, Mississippi
|
19.8%
|
| 14 |
Jefferson County, Mississippi
|
19.5%
|
| 15 |
Bolivar County, Mississippi
|
19.5%
|
| 16 |
Sharkey County, Mississippi
|
19.2%
|
| 17 |
Washington County, Mississippi
|
18.8%
|
| 18 |
Jackson County, Mississippi
|
18.6%
|
| 19 |
Adams County, Mississippi
|
18.2%
|
| 20 |
Lauderdale County, Mississippi
|
17.9%
|
| 21 |
Lincoln County, Mississippi
|
17.5%
|
| 22 |
Claiborne County, Mississippi
|
17.5%
|
| 23 |
Grenada County, Mississippi
|
17.2%
|
| 24 |
Webster County, Mississippi
|
16.9%
|
| 25 |
Clay County, Mississippi
|
16.5%
|
| 26 |
Coahoma County, Mississippi
|
16.5%
|
| 27 |
Pike County, Mississippi
|
16.2%
|
| 28 |
Attala County, Mississippi
|
16.2%
|
| 29 |
Leflore County, Mississippi
|
16.1%
|
| 30 |
Jones County, Mississippi
|
16.1%
|
| 31 |
Covington County, Mississippi
|
15.6%
|
| 32 |
Montgomery County, Mississippi
|
15.6%
|
| 33 |
Winston County, Mississippi
|
15.3%
|
| 34 |
Alcorn County, Mississippi
|
15.3%
|
| 35 |
Pearl River County, Mississippi
|
14.8%
|
| 36 |
Tate County, Mississippi
|
14.7%
|
| 37 |
Copiah County, Mississippi
|
14.4%
|
| 38 |
Panola County, Mississippi
|
14.0%
|
| 39 |
Carroll County, Mississippi
|
14.0%
|
| 40 |
Sunflower County, Mississippi
|
13.8%
|
| 41 |
Tunica County, Mississippi
|
13.7%
|
| 42 |
Union County, Mississippi
|
13.6%
|
| 43 |
Marion County, Mississippi
|
13.4%
|
| 44 |
Simpson County, Mississippi
|
13.4%
|
| 45 |
Smith County, Mississippi
|
13.3%
|
| 46 |
Newton County, Mississippi
|
13.1%
|
| 47 |
Stone County, Mississippi
|
13.1%
|
| 48 |
Monroe County, Mississippi
|
13.0%
|
| 49 |
Yazoo County, Mississippi
|
13.0%
|
| 50 |
Walthall County, Mississippi
|
12.6%
|
| 51 |
Noxubee County, Mississippi
|
12.1%
|
| 52 |
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
|
12.1%
|
| 53 |
Holmes County, Mississippi
|
11.8%
|
| 54 |
Lawrence County, Mississippi
|
11.8%
|
| 55 |
Tishomingo County, Mississippi
|
11.8%
|
| 56 |
Jasper County, Mississippi
|
11.7%
|
| 57 |
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi
|
11.6%
|
| 58 |
Tippah County, Mississippi
|
11.3%
|
| 59 |
Neshoba County, Mississippi
|
11.3%
|
| 60 |
Choctaw County, Mississippi
|
11.3%
|
| 61 |
Itawamba County, Mississippi
|
11.3%
|
| 62 |
Prentiss County, Mississippi
|
11.0%
|
| 63 |
Quitman County, Mississippi
|
11.0%
|
| 64 |
Kemper County, Mississippi
|
10.9%
|
| 65 |
Humphreys County, Mississippi
|
10.9%
|
| 66 |
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
|
10.9%
|
| 67 |
George County, Mississippi
|
10.6%
|
| 68 |
Pontotoc County, Mississippi
|
10.6%
|
| 69 |
Marshall County, Mississippi
|
10.6%
|
| 70 |
Leake County, Mississippi
|
10.3%
|
| 71 |
Wayne County, Mississippi
|
10.1%
|
| 72 |
Franklin County, Mississippi
|
10.1%
|
| 73 |
Calhoun County, Mississippi
|
9.9%
|
| 74 |
Wilkinson County, Mississippi
|
9.6%
|
| 75 |
Scott County, Mississippi
|
9.6%
|
| 76 |
Clarke County, Mississippi
|
9.5%
|
| 77 |
Benton County, Mississippi
|
9.5%
|
| 78 |
Amite County, Mississippi
|
9.4%
|
| 79 |
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
|
9.1%
|
| 80 |
Perry County, Mississippi
|
9.0%
|
| 81 |
Greene County, Mississippi
|
8.6%
|
| 82 |
Issaquena County, Mississippi
|
4.2%
|