| 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%
|