Bachelor's Degree or Higher (% of Over 25) by County

NOTE: Gray indicates insufficient data or a suppressed estimate.

Explore the geographic concentration of college-educated adults across American counties. This map exposes the knowledge economy divide between thriving university towns, tech corridors, and coastal metros versus rural and industrial regions where bachelor's degrees remain rare - a pattern that increasingly predicts economic opportunity, political alignment, and quality of life outcomes across the country.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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