Where do the most educated people in America live?
There are many ways of answering the question, "Where do
the most educated people in America live?" First, we looked
at states with the highest percentage of high school diplomas
and also the highest percentage of people with bachelor's degrees
by state. The results are as follows:
High School Diploma
1. Wyoming
2. Minnesota
3. Montana
4. Alaska
5. New Hampshire
6. Vermont
7. Iowa
8. Maine
9. Utah
10. North Dakota
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Bachelor's Degree
1. Massachusetts
2. Colorado
3. Maryland
4. Connecticut
5. New Jersey
6. Virginia
7. Vermont
8. New Hampshire
9. New York
10. Minnesota
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Thus, the state with the highest percentage of people with
high school diplomas is Wyoming and the state with the
highest percentage of people with a bachelor's degree
is Massachusetts.
Next, we went through and compared more than 3000 counties
around the country and came up with the following most educated
counties in America:
High School Diploma
1. Douglas County, CO
2. Ouray County, CO
3. Los Alamos County, NM
4. Morgan County, UT
5. Elbert County, CO
6. Routt County, CO
7. Blaine County, NE
8. Haines Borough, AK
9. Hamilton County, IN
10. Pitkin County, CO
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Bachelor's Degree
1. Arlington County, VA
2. Los Alamos County, NM
3. Alexandria city, VA
4. Howard County, MD
5. Fairfax County, VA
6. New York County, NY
7. Boulder County, CO
8. Loudoun County, VA
9. Montgomery County, MD
10. Pitkin County, CO
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Thus, the county with the highest percentage of people with
high school diplomas is Douglas County, CO and the county with the
highest percentage of people with a bachelor's degree
is Arlington County, VA.
You may also be interested to know the state with
the lowest percentage of high school diplomas is Texas
and the state with lowest percentage of bachelor's degrees
is West Virginia.
Furthermore, the three counties in America with the
lowest percentage of the population with a high school
diploma are all in Texas: 1) Starr County, TX 2) La Salle County,
TX and 3) Hudspeth County, TX. The county in America
with the lowest percentage of people with bachelor's degrees is
Loving County, TX followed by La Salle County, TX.
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