Educational Attainment, 1990-2000 -- Some College or Associate Degree
By County Within UM Extension Region

  Some College-No Degree
Associate Degree
  Change, 1990-2000 Percent of Population Age 25+
  2000 1990 Number Percent 2000 1990
              Missouri Totals
Missouri 981,665 756,510 225,155 29.8 27.0 23.0
              UM Extension Region: Central
Central 67,680 49,428 18,252 36.9 23.9 20.3
Audrain 3,401 2,640 761 28.8 19.5 16.8
Benton 3,085 1,771 1,314 74.2 24.4 17.7
Boone 18,799 14,361 4,438 30.9 24.1 23.0
Callaway 6,545 4,090 2,455 60.0 25.3 20.0
Carroll 1,296 1,041 255 24.5 18.7 14.5
Chariton 1,181 928 253 27.3 20.0 14.9
Cole 12,271 9,378 2,893 30.8 25.9 22.7
Cooper 2,407 1,685 722 42.8 22.8 18.3
Howard 1,310 949 361 38.0 20.4 15.4
Moniteau 2,012 1,250 762 61.0 20.6 15.9
Morgan 3,117 1,894 1,223 64.6 23.1 17.5
Osage 1,736 1,094 642 58.7 20.7 14.8
Pettis 7,488 5,732 1,756 30.6 29.5 24.8
Saline 3,032 2,615 417 15.9 20.0 17.1
              UM Extension Region: East Central
East Central 391,785 319,994 71,791 22.4 28.5 24.7
Franklin 17,727 11,111 6,616 59.5 29.3 22.2
Jefferson 38,897 25,601 13,296 51.9 30.9 24.6
Lincoln 5,750 3,273 2,477 75.7 23.9 18.3
Montgomery 1,616 1,097 519 47.3 19.8 14.5
St. Charles 59,239 38,225 21,014 55.0 33.2 29.4
Ste. Genevieve 2,678 1,526 1,152 75.5 22.8 14.9
St. Francois 10,226 6,510 3,716 57.1 27.5 20.4
St. Louis 193,358 176,021 17,337 9.8 28.6 26.6
Warren 4,538 2,508 2,030 80.9 28.1 20.0
Washington 2,904 1,701 1,203 70.7 19.6 13.7
St. Louis City 54,852 52,421 2,431 4.6 24.7 20.5
              UM Extension Region: Northeast
Northeast 28,380 22,049 6,331 28.7 22.4 18.1
Adair 3,016 2,744 272 9.9 22.6 21.0
Clark 1,176 743 433 58.3 23.6 15.3
Knox 616 538 78 14.5 20.6 17.3
Lewis 1,435 1,147 288 25.1 22.0 18.0
Linn 1,876 1,468 408 27.8 20.2 15.4
Macon 2,137 1,606 531 33.1 19.9 15.5
Marion 4,213 3,378 835 24.7 23.0 18.9
Monroe 1,406 1,195 211 17.7 22.6 20.0
Pike 2,646 1,486 1,160 78.1 21.6 14.3
Putnam 878 583 295 50.6 24.1 16.3
Ralls 1,293 861 432 50.2 19.9 15.4
Randolph 4,452 3,815 637 16.7 27.1 23.9
Schuyler 666 489 177 36.2 23.2 17.0
Scotland 666 584 82 14.0 21.0 17.8
Shelby 966 770 196 25.5 21.1 16.3
Sullivan 938 642 296 46.1 19.3 14.4
              UM Extension Region: Northwest
Northwest 37,928 30,462 7,466 24.5 25.2 21.1
Andrew 2,652 2,051 601 29.3 24.4 21.6
Atchison 1,088 1,070 18 1.7 24.2 21.5
Buchanan 14,789 11,726 3,063 26.1 26.6 21.9
Caldwell 1,389 1,080 309 28.6 23.6 19.4
Clinton 3,626 2,503 1,123 44.9 29.0 23.3
Daviess 1,293 1,018 275 27.0 24.8 19.6
DeKalb 2,078 1,420 658 46.3 25.2 20.8
Gentry 994 818 176 21.5 21.6 17.3
Grundy 1,937 1,801 136 7.6 27.1 24.6
Harrison 1,401 1,087 314 28.9 23.0 18.1
Holt 774 786 -12 -1.5 20.7 19.3
Livingston 2,171 1,794 377 21.0 21.8 18.3
Mercer 632 449 183 40.8 23.9 16.7
Nodaway 2,722 2,509 213 8.5 22.4 21.3
Worth 382 350 32 9.1 23.2 20.6
              UM Extension Region: South Central
South Central 55,187 35,301 19,886 56.3 23.7 17.5
Camden 7,598 4,434 3,164 71.4 27.8 22.5
Crawford 3,285 1,812 1,473 81.3 21.8 14.4
Dent 2,053 1,242 811 65.3 20.3 13.7
Douglas 1,839 1,177 662 56.2 21.0 14.9
Gasconade 2,463 1,594 869 54.5 23.4 16.7
Howell 5,804 3,630 2,174 59.9 23.6 17.6
Laclede 4,327 2,440 1,887 77.3 20.5 14.0
Maries 1,274 825 449 54.4 21.3 15.8
Miller 3,426 2,097 1,329 63.4 22.3 15.9
Oregon 1,321 847 474 56.0 18.5 13.0
Ozark 1,470 923 547 59.3 21.6 15.2
Phelps 6,179 4,044 2,135 52.8 25.1 18.9
Pulaski 7,543 6,413 1,130 17.6 32.7 28.7
Shannon 935 507 428 84.4 16.8 10.2
Texas 3,274 1,874 1,400 74.7 20.9 13.3
Wright 2,396 1,442 954 66.2 20.6 13.4
              UM Extension Region: Southeast
Southeast 46,461 32,398 14,063 43.4 19.8 14.7
Bollinger 1,377 667 710 106.4 17.3 9.6
Butler 6,790 4,383 2,407 54.9 24.6 17.2
Cape Girardeau 10,266 8,402 1,864 22.2 23.6 22.2
Carter 812 579 233 40.2 20.5 16.3
Dunklin 3,762 2,556 1,206 47.2 17.2 11.9
Iron 1,563 1,072 491 45.8 21.7 15.2
Madison 1,739 1,080 659 61.0 21.8 14.7
Mississippi 1,197 974 223 22.9 13.8 10.8
New Madrid 1,853 1,510 343 22.7 14.4 11.6
Pemiscot 1,967 1,436 531 37.0 16.1 10.9
Perry 2,001 1,143 858 75.1 16.9 10.8
Reynolds 834 554 280 50.5 18.0 12.6
Ripley 1,931 1,220 711 58.3 21.2 15.2
Scott 5,036 3,461 1,575 45.5 19.6 14.0
Stoddard 3,608 2,426 1,182 48.7 17.9 12.6
Wayne 1,725 935 790 84.5 18.5 11.9
              UM Extension Region: Southwest
Southwest 129,513 86,922 42,591 49.0 27.5 22.8
Barry 5,351 2,937 2,414 82.2 23.9 15.8
Barton 1,911 1,386 525 37.9 23.7 18.4
Cedar 1,910 1,301 609 46.8 20.2 15.4
Christian 10,724 4,907 5,817 118.5 30.8 23.9
Dade 1,269 917 352 38.4 23.3 18.1
Dallas 2,229 1,405 824 58.6 21.7 16.9
Greene 45,695 34,261 11,434 33.4 29.7 26.4
Hickory 1,579 811 768 94.7 23.5 14.6
Jasper 18,279 14,320 3,959 27.6 27.6 24.5
Lawrence 5,427 3,525 1,902 54.0 23.7 17.9
McDonald 3,203 2,008 1,195 59.5 23.9 18.6
Newton 10,022 7,485 2,537 33.9 29.3 26.2
Polk 3,861 2,422 1,439 59.4 23.2 18.1
Stone 5,675 2,847 2,828 99.3 27.3 20.9
Taney 7,695 3,672 4,023 109.6 28.7 20.7
Webster 4,683 2,718 1,965 72.3 24.0 18.4
              UM Extension Region: West Central
West Central 224,731 179,956 44,775 24.9 29.6 26.2
Bates 2,353 1,463 890 60.8 21.4 14.5
Cass 16,525 10,263 6,262 61.0 31.3 25.8
Clay 38,256 28,791 9,465 32.9 31.7 29.1
Henry 3,269 2,425 844 34.8 21.7 17.8
Jackson 127,890 110,350 17,540 15.9 29.9 26.8
Johnson 8,032 5,894 2,138 36.3 30.2 26.5
Lafayette 5,210 3,590 1,620 45.1 23.8 17.8
Platte 15,548 11,720 3,828 32.7 31.9 31.3
Ray 3,427 2,512 915 36.4 22.6 17.9
St. Clair 1,263 871 392 45.0 18.4 14.7
Vernon 2,958 2,077 881 42.4 22.5 16.9
 
Source: 1990 and 2000 Decennial Census, Summary File 3
Prepared by University Outreach & Extension - Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA)
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