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KCTCS Factbook 2006: Educational Attainment

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER - HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER - HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND ABOVE
Region	2000: Persons 25+	2000: High school graduate and above (includes equivalency)	2000: %	1990: Persons 25+	1990: High school graduate and above (includes equivalency)	1990: %	% Change, 1990-2000
United States	182,211,639	146,496,014	80.4	158,868,436	119,524,718	75.2	6.9
Kentucky	2,646,397	1,961,397	74.1	2,333,833	1,507,976	64.6	14.7
Adair	11,270	6,768	60.1	9,885	4,572	46.3	29.8
Allen	11,643	7,510	64.5	9,463	4,835	51.1	26.2
Anderson	12,600	10,134	80.4	9,421	6,287	66.7	20.5
Ballard	5,766	4,402	76.3	5,328	3,418	64.2	19.0
Barren	25,751	17,886	69.5	22,627	12,325	54.5	27.5
Bath	7,451	4,398	59.0	6,341	2,936	46.3	27.5
Bell	20,042	11,353	56.6	19,644	9,178	46.7	21.2
Boone	54,166	46,094	85.1	35,347	27,018	76.4	11.3
Bourbon	13,015	9,816	75.4	12,332	7,893	64.0	17.8
Boyd	34,697	27,056	78.0	34,809	23,968	68.9	13.2
Boyle	18,491	14,173	76.6	16,693	10,919	65.4	17.2
Bracken	5,460	3,801	69.6	5,016	2,807	56.0	24.4
Breathitt	10,393	5,979	57.5	9,455	4,518	47.8	20.4
Breckinridge	12,501	8,616	68.9	10,615	6,020	56.7	21.5
Bullitt	39,307	29,889	76.0	28,596	18,495	64.7	17.6
Butler	8,489	5,152	60.7	7,252	3,377	46.6	30.3
Caldwell	9,265	6,772	73.1	8,928	5,530	61.9	18.0
Calloway	21,032	16,386	77.9	18,542	12,806	69.1	12.8
Campbell	57,184	46,228	80.8	52,731	37,415	71.0	13.9
Carlisle	3,690	2,707	73.4	3,508	2,187	62.3	17.7
Carroll	6,690	4,557	68.1	5,938	3,538	59.6	14.3
Carter	17,394	11,196	64.4	15,035	7,707	51.3	25.6
Casey	10,423	5,988	57.4	9,152	3,948	43.1	33.2
Christian	40,344	31,159	77.2	38,693	27,940	72.2	7.0
Clark	22,187	16,651	75.0	19,172	12,473	65.1	15.4
Clay	16,083	7,952	49.4	12,818	4,983	38.9	27.2
Clinton	6,594	3,528	53.5	5,987	2,657	44.4	20.6
Crittenden	6,460	4,325	67.0	6,102	3,634	59.6	12.4
Cumberland	4,972	2,783	56.0	4,583	1,809	39.5	41.8
Daviess	59,745	48,229	80.7	55,048	39,780	72.3	11.7
Edmonson	7,865	4,851	61.7	6,570	3,194	48.6	26.9
Elliott	4,422	2,324	52.6	3,912	1,722	44.0	19.4
Estill	10,189	5,961	58.5	9,170	4,268	46.5	25.7
Fayette	167,235	143,483	85.8	142,116	113,991	80.2	7.0
Fleming	9,154	6,085	66.5	7,946	4,275	53.8	23.6
Floyd	28,370	17,397	61.3	26,566	13,503	50.8	20.6
Franklin	32,388	25,514	78.8	28,819	21,899	76.0	3.7
Fulton	5,111	3,553	69.5	5,512	3,000	54.4	27.7
Gallatin	5,007	3,403	68.0	3,349	2,002	59.8	13.7
Garrard	9,951	6,903	69.4	7,776	4,225	54.3	27.7
Grant	13,861	10,038	72.4	9,635	5,935	61.6	17.6
Graves	24,932	18,297	73.4	22,682	14,067	62.0	18.3
Grayson	15,940	10,010	62.8	13,615	6,580	48.3	29.9
Green	7,983	4,904	61.4	7,093	3,473	49.0	25.5
Greenup	25,323	19,023	75.1	24,051	15,560	64.7	16.1
Hancock	5,427	4,189	77.2	4,844	3,359	69.3	11.3
Hardin	58,358	48,035	82.3	49,643	37,376	75.3	9.3
Harlan	22,041	12,941	58.7	22,506	11,133	49.5	18.7
Harrison	12,009	8,905	74.2	10,490	6,549	62.4	18.8
Hart	11,474	6,675	58.2	9,659	4,373	45.3	28.5
Henderson	29,960	23,449	78.3	27,643	18,943	68.5	14.2
Henry	10,032	7,362	73.4	8,389	5,110	60.9	20.5
Hickman	3,734	2,405	64.4	3,852	2,188	56.8	13.4
Hopkins	31,464	22,443	71.3	29,896	18,698	62.5	14.0
Jackson	8,611	4,556	52.9	7,324	2,808	38.3	38.0
Jefferson	464,284	380,016	81.8	439,055	325,526	74.1	10.4
Jessamine	24,182	19,123	79.1	18,458	12,743	69.0	14.5
Johnson	15,735	10,033	63.8	14,571	7,966	54.7	16.6
Kenton	97,727	80,267	82.1	88,454	65,778	74.4	10.4
Knott	11,427	6,708	58.7	10,619	4,790	45.1	30.1
Knox	20,401	11,035	54.1	17,934	8,360	46.6	16.0
Larue	9,017	6,405	71.0	7,814	4,607	59.0	20.5
Laurel	34,431	21,986	63.9	27,037	14,238	52.7	21.3
Lawrence	10,256	5,966	58.2	8,677	4,024	46.4	25.4
Lee	5,381	2,741	50.9	4,654	2,021	43.4	17.3
Leslie	8,214	4,310	52.5	8,048	3,252	40.4	29.9
Letcher	16,930	9,901	58.5	16,645	7,591	45.6	28.2
Lewis	9,256	5,316	57.4	8,127	3,693	45.4	26.4
Lincoln	15,440	9,977	64.6	12,759	6,425	50.4	28.3
Livingston	6,851	5,091	74.3	6,200	3,915	63.1	17.7
Logan	17,471	11,973	68.5	15,856	9,150	57.7	18.8
Lyon	6,185	4,204	68.0	4,959	3,025	61.0	11.4
McCracken	45,038	36,151	80.3	42,531	31,073	73.1	9.9
McCreary	10,668	5,615	52.6	9,118	3,661	40.2	31.1
McLean	6,737	4,772	70.8	6,316	3,704	58.6	20.8
Madison	42,125	31,697	75.2	32,274	20,898	64.8	16.2
Magoffin	8,410	4,212	50.1	7,567	2,892	38.2	31.0
Marion	11,772	8,300	70.5	10,339	6,093	58.9	19.6
Marshall	21,278	16,365	76.9	18,824	12,717	67.6	13.8
Martin	7,835	4,234	54.0	7,208	3,199	44.4	21.8
Mason	11,372	8,341	73.3	10,895	6,609	60.7	20.9
Meade	16,131	12,574	77.9	13,790	10,244	74.3	4.9
Menifee	4,213	2,425	57.6	3,122	1,437	46.0	25.1
Mercer	14,158	10,729	75.8	12,757	8,007	62.8	20.7
Metcalfe	6,729	3,901	58.0	5,873	2,656	45.2	28.2
Monroe	7,896	4,564	57.8	7,553	3,554	47.1	22.8
Montgomery	15,033	10,600	70.5	12,460	6,994	56.1	25.6
Morgan	9,321	5,253	56.4	7,325	3,232	44.1	27.7
Muhlenberg	21,676	14,253	65.8	20,133	11,047	54.9	19.8
Nelson	23,785	18,789	79.0	18,159	12,247	67.4	17.1
Nicholas	4,636	2,915	62.9	4,420	2,448	55.4	13.5
Ohio	15,237	10,203	67.0	13,562	7,208	53.1	26.0
Oldham	30,366	26,263	86.5	21,049	16,871	80.2	7.9
Owen	6,999	4,755	67.9	5,887	3,252	55.2	23.0
Owsley	3,242	1,596	49.2	3,187	1,130	35.5	38.8
Pendleton	9,081	6,612	72.8	7,336	4,412	60.1	21.1
Perry	19,596	11,434	58.3	18,362	8,737	47.6	22.6
Pike	46,153	28,506	61.8	44,941	22,540	50.2	23.1
Powell	8,485	4,764	56.1	7,012	3,510	50.1	12.2
Pulaski	38,430	25,205	65.6	32,512	18,272	56.2	16.7
Robertson	1,566	953	60.9	1,408	715	50.8	19.8
Rockcastle	11,109	6,408	57.7	9,249	4,150	44.9	28.6
Rowan	12,455	8,830	70.9	10,476	6,065	57.9	22.5
Russell	11,437	7,070	61.8	9,839	4,941	50.2	23.1
Scott	20,459	16,473	80.5	14,554	10,050	69.1	16.6
Shelby	22,096	17,480	79.1	16,318	11,405	69.9	13.2
Simpson	10,680	7,862	73.6	9,730	5,727	58.9	25.1
Spencer	7,672	5,783	75.4	4,343	2,499	57.5	31.0
Taylor	15,253	10,378	68.0	13,792	7,921	57.4	18.5
Todd	7,758	4,924	63.5	7,028	3,559	50.6	25.3
Trigg	8,897	6,419	72.1	7,223	4,257	58.9	22.4
Trimble	5,340	3,774	70.7	3,931	2,421	61.6	14.8
Union	9,524	7,324	76.9	9,408	6,404	68.1	13.0
Warren	56,069	45,019	80.3	46,161	32,746	70.9	13.2
Washington	7,144	4,918	68.8	6,669	3,855	57.8	19.1
Wayne	13,153	7,597	57.8	11,030	4,918	44.6	29.5
Webster	9,424	6,684	70.9	9,089	5,513	60.7	16.9
Whitley	22,708	13,931	61.3	20,195	10,702	53.0	15.8
Wolfe	4,571	2,452	53.6	4,052	1,735	42.8	25.3
Woodford	15,546	12,844	82.6	12,840	9,441	73.5	12.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau - decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Note: Percent change based on percent of population that has degree, not raw numbers.