Educational attainment of the adult population

Source:  American Community Survey (2009-2013), U.S. Census Bureau
Units: Percentage of the population ages 25 years or older by highest degree attained
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FIPS Areaname High school diploma or equivalent MOE (+/-)
High school graduate		 Some college, including associate degree MOE (+/-)
Some college		 Bachelor's degree
or higher		 MOE (+/-)
Bachelor's
or higher
19000 State of Iowa 32.9 0.2 32.3 0.2 25.7 0.3
19001 Adair 43.0 2.6 31.4 2.4 16.3 1.8
19003 Adams 39.3 3.8 37.4 3.7 13.7 2.7
19005 Allamakee 43.8 2.6 30.3 2.5 14.9 1.6
19007 Appanoose 38.0 2.1 32.0 2.8 18.3 2.3
19009 Audubon 41.2 2.7 32.5 2.9 16.6 2.2
19011 Benton 38.0 1.9 35.2 2.0 18.8 1.8
19013 Black Hawk 34.2 0.8 29.9 1.0 25.3 0.9
19015 Boone 36.5 1.8 35.2 2.5 20.3 1.9
19017 Bremer 34.2 1.8 31.3 2.0 28.3 1.9
19019 Buchanan 43.3 2.1 30.1 2.3 17.1 1.7
19021 Buena Vista 30.7 1.9 28.1 1.9 20.0 1.5
19023 Butler 43.0 1.8 33.0 1.9 15.0 1.5
19025 Calhoun 36.4 2.3 35.0 2.5 19.1 2.3
19027 Carroll 42.1 2.2 30.5 2.2 18.8 1.7
19029 Cass 44.3 2.3 29.6 2.3 19.0 1.7
19031 Cedar 39.6 2.3 32.9 2.2 19.5 1.7
19033 Cerro Gordo 31.7 1.6 39.2 2.0 21.0 1.4
19035 Cherokee 37.3 2.7 34.7 3.3 19.6 2.3
19037 Chickasaw 45.5 2.8 29.5 2.4 13.8 1.7
19039 Clarke 46.0 3.9 27.0 4.0 14.3 3.0
19041 Clay 38.1 2.7 36.5 3.1 18.4 2.8
19043 Clayton 45.9 1.8 30.3 1.9 15.5 1.4
19045 Clinton 36.8 1.5 35.5 1.9 17.7 1.3
19047 Crawford 37.5 2.3 26.8 2.3 14.7 1.9
19049 Dallas 22.3 1.2 28.6 1.7 43.6 1.6
19051 Davis 35.2 3.5 33.9 3.8 16.4 3.5
19053 Decatur 38.1 3.1 28.4 3.0 18.4 2.7
19055 Delaware 43.6 2.9 31.9 3.0 15.5 2.3
19057 Des Moines 36.1 1.6 36.1 2.1 18.9 1.4
19059 Dickinson 30.7 2.4 37.2 2.8 25.4 2.0
19061 Dubuque 36.4 1.1 28.0 1.1 27.1 1.1
19063 Emmet 32.4 3.0 40.7 3.8 15.3 2.2
19065 Fayette 39.8 1.9 30.8 2.1 18.4 1.5
19067 Floyd 39.8 2.5 34.8 2.6 15.9 2.3
19069 Franklin 36.2 2.8 33.9 3.4 15.1 2.0
19071 Fremont 41.4 2.6 29.8 2.5 20.5 2.4
19073 Greene 36.3 2.8 35.1 3.1 17.4 2.2
19075 Grundy 36.0 2.2 37.3 2.4 20.7 2.0
19077 Guthrie 39.8 2.8 34.4 2.5 17.1 2.1
19079 Hamilton 34.4 2.7 37.2 2.8 18.0 2.4
19081 Hancock 38.1 2.8 35.9 2.9 16.6 2.2
19083 Hardin 34.5 2.4 37.5 2.8 19.7 2.1
19085 Harrison 40.5 2.3 32.8 2.2 17.7 1.6
19087 Henry 37.5 2.2 33.8 2.4 20.0 1.8
19089 Howard 46.4 3.1 29.2 2.8 11.6 2.2
19091 Humboldt 38.0 2.9 34.3 2.8 18.2 2.5
19093 Ida 39.2 2.9 30.7 2.3 19.6 2.7
19095 Iowa 37.8 2.6 34.4 2.6 21.0 2.1
19097 Jackson 46.3 2.3 28.5 1.9 14.5 1.3
19099 Jasper 40.1 1.9 33.6 1.9 17.8 1.3
19101 Jefferson 32.1 2.7 31.7 3.5 31.2 3.7
19103 Johnson 17.0 1.0 26.7 1.3 51.1 1.5
19105 Jones 41.0 2.4 33.1 2.5 17.2 1.7
19107 Keokuk 43.5 2.6 31.4 2.5 13.4 1.6
19109 Kossuth 38.4 2.0 35.5 2.2 18.3 1.8
19111 Lee 41.4 1.9 32.8 1.9 15.8 1.4
19113 Linn 27.0 0.9 35.7 1.1 31.2 0.9
19115 Louisa 40.1 2.7 29.8 2.2 13.5 2.2
19117 Lucas 46.8 3.1 31.9 3.5 11.3 2.2
19119 Lyon 39.8 2.6 31.7 2.3 17.6 2.0
19121 Madison 41.1 2.7 31.7 2.8 21.5 2.6
19123 Mahaska 39.7 1.8 29.3 2.5 21.5 2.2
19125 Marion 34.9 2.1 32.4 2.3 25.0 1.9
19127 Marshall 33.1 1.4 32.8 2.0 19.3 1.5
19129 Mills 34.8 2.4 33.3 2.6 24.0 2.7
19131 Mitchell 42.9 2.9 32.3 3.0 15.7 2.6
19133 Monona 43.5 2.7 31.9 2.8 14.3 2.4
19135 Monroe 41.4 3.8 26.0 3.7 19.3 2.9
19137 Montgomery 35.3 2.6 37.0 3.0 15.1 1.8
19139 Muscatine 33.9 1.6 34.6 1.8 16.2 1.3
19141 Obrien 40.0 2.4 32.3 2.6 18.9 2.5
19143 Osceola 38.4 4.3 32.3 3.6 15.6 3.0
19145 Page 37.9 2.4 34.0 2.9 17.4 1.7
19147 Palo Alto 33.3 2.6 40.2 3.8 16.5 2.3
19149 Plymouth 37.5 2.2 34.1 2.4 20.9 2.0
19151 Pocahontas 40.3 3.1 34.5 2.8 17.8 2.2
19153 Polk 25.8 0.6 31.1 0.6 34.9 0.8
19155 Pottawattamie 35.9 1.1 34.3 1.2 19.1 1.0
19157 Poweshiek 38.2 2.6 30.2 2.4 24.1 2.2
19159 Ringgold 38.0 3.3 32.9 3.7 17.6 2.6
19161 Sac 41.1 2.2 31.2 2.0 19.1 1.7
19163 Scott 27.6 0.9 33.1 1.0 31.6 0.9
19165 Shelby 40.1 2.3 32.5 2.7 18.2 2.1
19167 Sioux 34.8 1.7 30.4 1.8 23.4 1.7
19169 Story 19.0 1.1 28.9 1.4 47.7 1.6
19171 Tama 39.2 2.2 34.5 2.2 16.1 1.6
19173 Taylor 42.8 2.7 33.4 2.3 13.8 1.7
19175 Union 38.1 2.7 36.9 3.0 16.5 2.5
19177 Van Buren 42.4 2.6 30.4 2.7 14.4 2.1
19179 Wapello 37.5 1.8 30.9 1.9 16.2 1.4
19181 Warren 33.6 1.5 35.0 1.7 26.7 1.6
19183 Washington 35.6 1.9 33.1 2.2 20.8 1.8
19185 Wayne 44.1 3.1 30.2 2.9 14.1 2.2
19187 Webster 33.0 1.6 36.5 2.0 19.2 1.3
19189 Winnebago 36.5 2.8 36.8 3.0 18.6 2.3
19191 Winneshiek 37.8 2.2 29.4 2.2 26.5 2.3
19193 Woodbury 33.7 1.2 31.5 1.4 20.3 1.1
19195 Worth 34.5 2.5 41.7 3.2 16.3 2.4
19197 Wright 37.9 2.7 34.9 2.7 16.0 2.0

Notes:

  • Educational attainment measures the highest degree achieved by individuals ages 25 years and older.
  • When using American Community Survey (ACS) data, users should note the margin of error (MOE) associated with each estimate.  Adding and subtracting the MOE from the published estimate provides a 90 percent confidence interval for the true value in the region of interest.
  • Estimates from the ACS reflect average values for the given measure over a five-year sampling period. 
  • Latest Census Bureau release:  December 2014