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Levels of education for Kansas residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for Kansas

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Kansas education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: Kansas PDF

County	Percent w/college degree	Number w/college degree	Total population (ages 25-34)	< 9th grade	9th-12th grade, no diploma	High school grad/GED	Some college, no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree
TOTAL	37.3%	128,811	345,740	12,355	29,085	83,638	91,851	25,902	80,034	22,875
Johnson	60.8%	41,369	68,020	752	2,065	8,915	14,919	4,714	27,997	8,658
Douglas	55.2%	8,282	14,993	77	597	2,091	3,946	897	5,130	2,255
Riley	49.6%	4,704	9,484	75	235	1,630	2,840	771	2,608	1,325
Ellis	43.2%	1,292	2,988	52	85	606	953	262	895	135
Logan	42.1%	120	285	2	11	78	74	44	60	16
Ness	41.8%	112	268	0	24	69	63	25	72	15
Scott	41.8%	224	536	30	38	107	137	44	155	25
Thomas	40.9%	331	809	6	34	214	224	134	164	33
Sheridan	40.6%	78	192	0	2	72	40	36	37	5
Hodgeman	39.5%	66	167	5	10	30	56	20	43	3
Clark	39.2%	89	227	4	19	53	62	15	63	11
Gove	38.1%	93	244	0	9	83	59	26	60	7
Smith	38.1%	131	344	0	30	82	101	44	76	11
McPherson	38.0%	1,148	3,020	118	160	773	821	333	722	93
Barber	37.8%	154	407	0	33	106	114	21	116	17
Decatur	37.6%	97	258	0	24	54	83	60	34	3
Washington	37.3%	206	552	14	38	152	142	63	126	17
Crawford	37.0%	1,739	4,699	81	371	1,036	1,472	359	1,100	280
Rawlins	36.7%	79	215	2	16	66	52	27	51	1
Osborne	36.1%	106	294	3	15	78	92	48	50	8
Lane	35.8%	73	204	0	4	56	71	26	41	6
Comanche	35.6%	57	160	0	5	33	65	33	20	4
Ellsworth	35.4%	248	700	5	98	164	185	92	123	33
Nemaha	35.1%	358	1,021	3	44	346	270	98	236	24
Kingman	34.8%	287	825	0	65	233	240	93	181	13
Pratt	34.5%	279	808	6	79	210	234	78	184	17
Meade	34.4%	196	569	65	57	113	138	56	122	18
Coffey	34.4%	322	937	15	80	315	205	99	197	26
Stafford	34.1%	141	413	28	56	82	106	37	99	5
Bourbon	34.0%	510	1,499	54	63	484	388	262	180	68
Pottawatomie	33.7%	708	2,103	3	113	536	743	174	457	77
Wabaunsee	33.7%	236	701	4	25	217	219	43	151	42
Ottawa	33.6%	204	607	4	47	163	189	70	125	9
Shawnee	33.4%	7,126	21,306	558	1,720	6,105	5,797	1,236	4,884	1,006
Morton	33.4%	129	386	37	35	103	82	30	78	21
Sedgwick	33.1%	21,264	64,155	2,451	6,146	16,922	17,372	4,213	13,538	3,513
Brown	33.1%	347	1,049	13	84	326	279	95	219	33
Harvey	33.0%	1,210	3,669	122	252	1,001	1,084	327	739	144
Mitchell	32.9%	192	584	3	20	154	215	123	51	18
Rush	32.4%	101	312	5	20	59	127	30	62	9
Franklin	31.7%	961	3,033	71	247	1,007	747	316	497	148
Miami	31.5%	1,081	3,427	29	224	1,025	1,068	334	663	84
Butler	31.5%	2,111	6,694	69	557	2,051	1,906	665	1,155	291
Sumner	31.5%	854	2,714	20	264	756	820	278	442	134
Greeley	31.4%	37	118	16	7	17	41	10	27	0
Sherman	31.3%	223	713	42	31	162	255	66	143	14
Stevens	31.2%	193	618	38	99	125	163	28	139	26
Kiowa	31.2%	92	295	10	17	76	100	35	48	9
Cowley	30.9%	1,200	3,880	95	321	1,075	1,189	408	620	172
Phillips	30.6%	171	559	1	19	160	208	61	103	7
Clay	30.5%	261	857	5	53	267	271	90	145	26
Graham	30.3%	66	218	0	13	72	67	21	40	5
Republic	30.3%	132	436	0	26	136	142	48	71	13
Neosho	30.2%	521	1,726	28	222	446	509	210	222	89
Rooks	30.2%	174	577	5	33	193	172	56	111	7
Marion	30.1%	366	1,215	37	57	410	345	97	235	34
Labette	29.9%	714	2,387	34	206	626	807	283	364	67
Hamilton	29.9%	89	298	61	31	69	48	20	63	6
Cloud	29.6%	284	960	8	40	263	365	85	135	64
Cheyenne	29.5%	81	275	6	10	94	84	27	49	5
Jackson	28.9%	417	1,443	17	71	560	378	86	269	62
Barton	28.5%	755	2,649	181	320	602	791	305	340	110
Elk	28.3%	75	265	0	22	101	67	34	30	11
Wallace	28.3%	43	152	15	11	39	44	6	31	6
Saline	28.2%	2,001	7,094	305	647	2,093	2,048	553	1,239	209
Leavenworth	27.9%	2,663	9,545	153	794	3,135	2,800	646	1,546	471
Gray	27.8%	200	720	178	40	162	140	87	93	20
Harper	27.7%	138	499	0	37	144	180	23	108	7
Doniphan	27.4%	238	870	18	95	284	235	77	129	32
Chase	27.3%	85	311	2	11	125	88	21	50	14
Osage	27.3%	481	1,763	12	153	589	528	117	315	49
Lyon	27.3%	1,192	4,374	344	646	1,164	1,028	191	823	178
Jefferson	27.1%	540	1,995	7	105	663	680	161	333	46
Reno	27.0%	2,032	7,524	237	801	2,175	2,279	633	1,076	323
Montgomery	26.9%	1,048	3,896	86	425	1,209	1,128	422	512	114
Norton	26.9%	178	662	15	83	200	186	45	130	3
Wichita	26.9%	86	320	17	57	90	70	33	39	14
Rice	26.5%	263	992	43	136	264	286	71	174	18
Pawnee	26.2%	183	698	1	146	181	187	40	122	21
Haskell	26.1%	137	524	87	71	118	111	26	102	9
Dickinson	25.9%	509	1,962	19	95	638	701	153	327	29
Lincoln	25.8%	78	302	0	38	113	73	25	51	2
Allen	25.4%	360	1,415	19	137	494	405	180	129	51
Geary	25.3%	1,012	4,003	39	297	937	1,718	371	554	87
Linn	25.0%	231	925	31	121	266	276	84	126	21
Atchison	24.9%	425	1,708	25	157	609	492	141	251	33
Marshall	24.2%	207	855	10	47	340	251	69	85	53
Kearny	24.2%	131	542	125	64	115	107	40	70	21
Anderson	24.1%	199	827	19	32	346	231	67	104	28
Grant	23.8%	247	1,036	144	171	257	217	116	98	33
Trego	23.3%	60	258	0	0	92	106	30	20	10
Morris	23.1%	128	554	12	39	232	143	45	72	11
Jewell	22.9%	65	284	0	21	90	108	35	26	4
Edwards	21.2%	75	354	14	54	105	106	12	49	14
Wyandotte	20.7%	4,673	22,597	1,658	3,901	6,855	5,510	1,462	2,237	974
Stanton	20.1%	64	318	46	48	98	62	10	45	9
Russell	20.1%	130	647	12	70	242	193	51	76	3
Woodson	19.9%	57	286	2	9	116	102	21	25	11
Finney	18.5%	1,185	6,395	1,279	1,377	1,324	1,230	431	540	214
Cherokee	18.4%	507	2,750	29	345	1,012	857	149	302	56
Ford	17.9%	867	4,840	970	1,034	971	998	289	403	175
Greenwood	17.7%	123	694	12	71	282	206	39	82	2
Chautauqua	15.8%	54	342	5	27	141	115	17	32	5
Wilson	15.8%	161	1,022	33	150	345	333	76	78	7
Seward	13.9%	489	3,518	962	803	773	491	116	273	100

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