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Levels of education for North Dakota residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for North Dakota

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

North Dakota education attainment by county, ages 25-34

A focus on "some college, no degree" can improve state college attainment rates. More: North Dakota 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	43.8%	33,548	76,616	600	3,400	17,170	21,898	11,479	18,632	3,437
Golden Valley	55.6%	90	162	0	2	42	28	22	59	9
Burke	50.9%	85	167	2	4	31	45	41	43	1
Burleigh	50.9%	4,538	8,923	28	331	1,811	2,215	1,455	2,585	498
Cass	50.4%	9,808	19,442	150	545	3,073	5,866	2,659	6,088	1,061
Cavalier	49.8%	153	307	4	11	81	58	68	79	6
Pierce	49.4%	222	449	0	3	120	104	106	97	19
Foster	48.6%	178	366	0	7	110	71	33	115	30
Richland	48.6%	882	1,816	13	58	322	541	509	313	60
Oliver	48.5%	80	165	0	9	48	28	37	39	4
McLean	46.9%	354	754	1	25	194	180	181	146	27
Towner	46.3%	101	218	4	16	55	42	48	45	8
Traill	46.2%	381	824	8	40	149	246	159	187	35
Bowman	46.2%	126	273	0	12	79	56	48	63	15
Stark	44.7%	1,078	2,411	11	118	549	655	369	630	79
Grand Forks	43.9%	4,141	9,443	74	320	1,872	3,036	1,217	2,224	700
Logan	43.2%	82	190	2	16	52	38	30	48	4
Steele	42.2%	81	192	4	8	43	56	37	44	0
Mercer	42.1%	274	651	2	28	188	159	109	145	20
Barnes	41.9%	440	1,051	0	26	288	297	129	290	21
McIntosh	41.7%	86	206	8	3	67	42	37	40	9
Nelson	41.4%	109	263	2	14	68	70	44	60	5
Divide	41.4%	58	140	2	7	35	38	23	35	0
Morton	41.0%	1,214	2,959	30	137	959	619	563	581	70
Ramsey	40.3%	516	1,279	0	70	319	374	258	190	68
Renville	39.6%	93	235	0	7	60	75	37	50	6
Ward	39.4%	3,302	8,387	37	334	1,911	2,803	1,103	1,883	316
Griggs	38.6%	76	197	0	11	66	44	27	40	9
Stutsman	38.5%	839	2,182	12	126	722	483	252	505	82
Eddy	38.2%	84	220	5	19	61	51	27	55	2
Wells	37.8%	143	378	3	23	108	101	49	86	8
Hettinger	37.7%	78	207	0	6	69	54	27	51	0
Ransom	37.5%	227	605	7	16	192	163	90	131	6
Sargent	37.4%	175	468	0	8	136	149	91	73	11
Dickey	37.1%	206	555	5	26	169	149	84	117	5
Adams	36.0%	71	197	0	2	56	68	29	31	11
Williams	36.0%	652	1,811	26	129	538	466	291	279	82
Emmons	35.9%	132	368	0	13	120	103	53	69	10
Dunn	35.7%	106	297	0	12	109	70	39	60	7
LaMoure	35.6%	129	362	25	27	93	88	62	58	9
Pembina	35.6%	279	783	10	65	221	208	119	139	21
Bottineau	34.8%	188	540	0	21	159	172	74	100	14
Billings	34.5%	30	87	0	4	24	29	16	14	0
Sheridan	34.3%	37	108	1	9	39	22	17	19	1
McKenzie	33.6%	143	425	6	39	143	94	73	64	6
Mountrail	33.0%	195	591	5	55	141	195	100	78	17
Grant	30.4%	70	230	4	16	73	67	20	48	2
McHenry	30.0%	161	537	3	20	182	171	76	78	7
Rolette	27.5%	419	1,525	29	268	359	450	226	161	32
Walsh	26.9%	315	1,172	55	80	338	384	136	166	13
Kidder	25.4%	51	201	0	19	86	45	20	31	0
Slope	24.2%	15	62	0	3	23	21	8	7	0
Benson	23.4%	169	722	20	139	214	180	99	65	5
Sioux	16.8%	86	513	2	93	203	129	52	28	6

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