County-Level Education Data for MS

Click a column name to sort the table by that column.

		Persons 25 and over
			Measures of rurality		Percent completing less than high school4
	FIPS1	Name	2003 Rural-urban Continuum Code2	2003 Urban influence Code3	1970	1980	1990	2000
1	28000	Mississippi			59.0	45.2	35.7	27.1
2	28001	Adams County	5	8	56.8	43.9	32.7	26.6
3	28003	Alcorn County	7	8	64.0	50.4	43.7	31.9
4	28005	Amite County	8	5	71.2	54.9	42.9	32.8
5	28007	Attala County	6	6	67.2	55.5	48.6	36.6
6	28009	Benton County	8	4	75.4	61.1	53.6	41.2
7	28011	Bolivar County	5	8	68.9	54.2	45.1	34.7
8	28013	Calhoun County	7	10	68.9	54.7	47.2	35.6
9	28015	Carroll County	9	8	73.4	59.7	46.0	33.4
10	28017	Chickasaw County	7	9	68.6	52.8	47.1	40.6
11	28019	Choctaw County	9	10	68.6	55.3	42.4	34.9
12	28021	Claiborne County	6	7	67.3	50.8	41.3	28.4
13	28023	Clarke County	9	8	67.3	53.4	38.4	31.2
14	28025	Clay County	7	9	61.3	50.0	39.6	31.4
15	28027	Coahoma County	5	8	68.8	56.2	46.0	37.8
16	28029	Copiah County	2	2	64.9	52.9	38.9	30.7
17	28031	Covington County	8	6	65.3	55.6	44.5	32.8
18	28033	DeSoto County	1	1	56.9	42.0	28.8	18.4
19	28035	Forrest County	3	2	46.8	36.6	27.9	20.7
20	28037	Franklin County	9	10	66.8	51.6	41.9	32.5
21	28039	George County	3	2	62.4	45.9	41.2	30.2
22	28041	Greene County	8	7	62.9	50.0	37.6	32.6
23	28043	Grenada County	7	8	63.2	50.8	43.5	36.2
24	28045	Hancock County	3	2	53.5	41.4	32.0	22.1
25	28047	Harrison County	3	2	45.3	32.3	25.3	19.7
26	28049	Hinds County	2	2	40.8	30.0	24.8	19.6
27	28051	Holmes County	6	6	72.0	60.4	52.0	40.3
28	28053	Humphreys County	7	9	76.3	61.3	53.6	46.3
29	28055	Issaquena County	9	10	75.1	62.1	56.3	41.2
30	28057	Itawamba County	7	8	72.9	60.7	51.0	34.1
31	28059	Jackson County	3	2	44.5	32.5	25.6	19.0
32	28061	Jasper County	9	8	63.2	49.6	40.0	33.3
33	28063	Jefferson County	7	10	78.0	63.7	47.0	40.3
34	28065	Jefferson Davis County	8	7	63.2	55.8	42.6	33.6
35	28067	Jones County	4	5	57.6	44.7	35.7	26.1
36	28069	Kemper County	9	8	72.3	54.6	43.7	39.5
37	28071	Lafayette County	6	3	48.9	39.5	29.8	21.5
38	28073	Lamar County	3	2	60.5	38.5	26.7	17.0
39	28075	Lauderdale County	5	8	52.4	39.3	30.3	25.1
40	28077	Lawrence County	8	7	65.6	50.8	38.1	27.1
41	28079	Leake County	6	6	67.0	55.6	45.7	35.9
42	28081	Lee County	5	8	55.1	41.3	32.2	25.3
43	28083	Leflore County	5	8	63.5	55.3	44.7	38.1
44	28085	Lincoln County	6	5	57.9	45.2	37.0	28.0
45	28087	Lowndes County	5	8	52.5	42.1	31.0	24.5
46	28089	Madison County	2	2	65.8	45.0	28.5	17.0
47	28091	Marion County	6	6	64.1	50.9	41.2	33.5
48	28093	Marshall County	1	1	72.3	56.6	48.3	39.0
49	28095	Monroe County	7	9	66.4	53.7	44.4	34.5
50	28097	Montgomery County	7	9	68.1	57.2	43.4	37.9
51	28099	Neshoba County	7	9	64.3	52.2	39.1	32.3
52	28101	Newton County	7	9	59.2	47.0	39.9	27.1
53	28103	Noxubee County	7	10	70.6	60.4	50.4	41.6
54	28105	Oktibbeha County	5	8	49.9	35.6	27.0	20.0
55	28107	Panola County	6	4	69.3	59.1	45.7	36.5
56	28109	Pearl River County	6	3	53.8	41.8	31.6	25.4
57	28111	Perry County	3	2	63.3	45.3	38.2	28.0
58	28113	Pike County	7	8	59.2	46.1	39.4	29.7
59	28115	Pontotoc County	7	8	69.9	53.4	42.6	33.3
60	28117	Prentiss County	7	9	67.2	56.1	47.1	35.1
61	28119	Quitman County	6	4	76.4	63.5	54.5	44.9
62	28121	Rankin County	2	2	57.7	35.6	26.2	18.2
63	28123	Scott County	6	6	66.6	54.6	46.9	38.0
64	28125	Sharkey County	9	10	68.4	57.8	48.7	39.4
65	28127	Simpson County	2	2	66.0	50.0	42.0	31.2
66	28129	Smith County	8	7	65.0	49.6	43.0	29.2
67	28131	Stone County	3	2	58.3	41.3	31.9	25.2
68	28133	Sunflower County	5	8	71.9	58.9	50.8	40.7
69	28135	Tallahatchie County	7	10	76.5	63.1	51.8	45.6
70	28137	Tate County	1	1	67.4	50.3	39.0	28.3
71	28139	Tippah County	7	9	64.4	54.5	45.6	34.5
72	28141	Tishomingo County	8	6	68.0	54.6	45.0	35.4
73	28143	Tunica County	1	1	80.2	69.2	54.1	39.5
74	28145	Union County	7	9	66.1	53.6	42.7	31.5
75	28147	Walthall County	9	10	66.7	52.0	45.0	33.0
76	28149	Warren County	4	5	52.9	40.5	32.3	23.0
77	28151	Washington County	5	8	63.3	50.0	41.2	33.5
78	28153	Wayne County	7	9	69.0	54.2	43.9	35.3
79	28155	Webster County	9	10	64.9	51.4	41.4	32.3
80	28157	Wilkinson County	8	7	74.0	56.3	51.7	41.9
81	28159	Winston County	7	9	64.5	53.3	40.9	31.8
82	28161	Yalobusha County	7	9	68.2	54.6	44.3	31.0
83	28163	Yazoo County	6	5	66.3	53.5	46.6	35.0

Download the State- and county-level data in Excel format.

¹See the Census Bureau web site for a description of FIPS codes.

²The 2003 Rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See the Rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.

³The 2003 Urban influence codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 2) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 3 through 12) by the size of the largest city or town and proximity to metro and micro areas. See the Urban influence codes for precise definitions of each code.

⁴For 1970 and 1980, the share of adults with less than high school includes those who had not completed the 12th grade. In 1990 and 2000, the share includes those who did not receive a high school diploma or its equivalent (such as a GED).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population.