County-Level Education Data for KY

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		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	21000	Kentucky			61.5	46.9	35.4	25.9
2	21001	Adair County	7	9	78.4	65.4	53.7	39.9
3	21003	Allen County	6	6	76.2	61.5	48.9	35.5
4	21005	Anderson County	6	5	61.8	49.7	33.3	19.6
5	21007	Ballard County	9	8	60.7	46.6	35.8	23.7
6	21009	Barren County	6	5	70.4	56.0	45.5	30.5
7	21011	Bath County	8	5	78.4	64.4	53.7	41.0
8	21013	Bell County	7	8	74.8	63.8	53.3	43.4
9	21015	Boone County	1	1	53.0	34.7	23.6	14.9
10	21017	Bourbon County	2	2	58.2	46.4	36.0	24.6
11	21019	Boyd County	2	2	51.7	41.0	31.1	22.0
12	21021	Boyle County	7	8	55.7	44.4	34.6	23.4
13	21023	Bracken County	1	1	69.9	56.3	44.0	30.4
14	21025	Breathitt County	7	12	78.8	63.0	52.2	42.5
15	21027	Breckinridge County	8	7	73.6	57.9	43.3	31.1
16	21029	Bullitt County	1	1	65.1	47.0	35.3	24.0
17	21031	Butler County	8	6	79.7	65.4	53.4	39.3
18	21033	Caldwell County	6	6	62.8	50.5	38.1	26.9
19	21035	Calloway County	7	8	56.2	40.2	30.9	22.1
20	21037	Campbell County	1	1	59.9	44.4	29.0	19.2
21	21039	Carlisle County	9	10	65.7	47.5	37.7	26.6
22	21041	Carroll County	6	4	67.8	53.5	40.4	31.9
23	21043	Carter County	6	6	76.1	62.0	48.7	35.6
24	21045	Casey County	9	10	80.6	66.8	56.9	42.6
25	21047	Christian County	3	2	58.8	39.5	27.8	22.8
26	21049	Clark County	2	2	59.9	44.1	34.9	25.0
27	21051	Clay County	7	10	82.8	72.4	61.1	50.6
28	21053	Clinton County	9	12	82.5	69.5	55.6	46.5
29	21055	Crittenden County	6	6	66.5	54.6	40.4	33.0
30	21057	Cumberland County	9	10	81.6	71.0	60.5	44.0
31	21059	Daviess County	3	2	51.1	38.7	27.7	19.3
32	21061	Edmonson County	3	2	80.3	64.5	51.4	38.3
33	21063	Elliott County	9	12	81.2	68.7	56.0	47.4
34	21065	Estill County	6	6	76.9	61.6	53.5	41.5
35	21067	Fayette County	2	2	39.9	28.4	19.8	14.2
36	21069	Fleming County	7	9	72.1	59.8	46.2	33.5
37	21071	Floyd County	7	11	75.5	60.1	49.2	38.7
38	21073	Franklin County	4	5	49.0	36.0	24.0	21.2
39	21075	Fulton County	7	8	62.2	54.8	45.6	30.5
40	21077	Gallatin County	1	1	67.9	56.8	40.2	32.0
41	21079	Garrard County	6	6	68.1	55.5	45.7	30.6
42	21081	Grant County	1	1	66.5	51.0	38.4	27.6
43	21083	Graves County	7	8	63.7	50.0	38.0	26.6
44	21085	Grayson County	6	6	78.3	62.8	51.7	37.2
45	21087	Green County	8	7	78.9	64.4	51.0	38.6
46	21089	Greenup County	2	2	61.1	42.9	35.3	24.9
47	21091	Hancock County	3	2	61.1	42.8	30.7	22.8
48	21093	Hardin County	3	2	48.3	33.5	24.7	17.7
49	21095	Harlan County	7	9	76.1	61.8	50.5	41.3
50	21097	Harrison County	6	6	62.8	53.1	37.6	25.8
51	21099	Hart County	8	7	77.0	62.8	54.7	41.8
52	21101	Henderson County	2	2	55.8	42.8	31.5	21.7
53	21103	Henry County	1	1	64.0	49.1	39.1	26.6
54	21105	Hickman County	9	10	65.4	46.8	43.2	35.6
55	21107	Hopkins County	4	5	64.5	50.3	37.5	28.7
56	21109	Jackson County	9	10	86.4	74.7	61.7	47.1
57	21111	Jefferson County	1	1	52.7	36.4	25.9	18.2
58	21113	Jessamine County	2	2	58.5	40.3	31.0	20.9
59	21115	Johnson County	7	11	74.8	57.2	45.3	36.2
60	21117	Kenton County	1	1	57.6	41.0	25.6	17.9
61	21119	Knott County	9	12	81.2	63.8	54.9	41.3
62	21121	Knox County	7	9	78.1	64.0	53.4	45.9
63	21123	Larue County	3	2	70.7	56.1	41.0	29.0
64	21125	Laurel County	7	8	73.2	57.5	47.3	36.1
65	21127	Lawrence County	6	7	76.8	64.0	53.6	41.8
66	21129	Lee County	9	12	83.4	65.4	56.6	49.1
67	21131	Leslie County	9	12	84.0	69.4	59.6	47.5
68	21133	Letcher County	9	12	80.7	62.1	54.4	41.5
69	21135	Lewis County	8	5	78.0	67.0	54.6	42.6
70	21137	Lincoln County	7	8	73.9	63.0	49.6	35.4
71	21139	Livingston County	9	8	70.2	49.1	36.9	25.7
72	21141	Logan County	6	6	68.3	54.9	42.3	31.5
73	21143	Lyon County	8	7	66.3	45.9	39.0	32.0
74	21145	McCracken County	5	8	52.2	37.1	26.9	19.7
75	21147	McCreary County	9	10	85.2	71.2	59.8	47.4
76	21149	McLean County	3	2	67.9	52.9	41.4	29.2
77	21151	Madison County	4	5	59.4	45.1	35.2	24.8
78	21153	Magoffin County	9	12	82.5	69.9	61.8	49.9
79	21155	Marion County	6	4	68.9	55.1	41.1	29.5
80	21157	Marshall County	7	9	60.5	43.6	32.4	23.1
81	21159	Martin County	8	7	86.1	65.5	55.6	46.0
82	21161	Mason County	6	3	62.6	50.8	39.3	26.7
83	21163	Meade County	1	1	48.4	35.8	25.7	22.1
84	21165	Menifee County	9	8	84.2	68.2	54.0	42.4
85	21167	Mercer County	6	6	60.1	47.7	37.2	24.2
86	21169	Metcalfe County	9	8	82.7	66.9	54.8	42.0
87	21171	Monroe County	9	9	79.6	67.6	52.9	42.2
88	21173	Montgomery County	6	5	65.9	53.2	43.9	29.5
89	21175	Morgan County	7	9	79.5	69.5	55.9	43.6
90	21177	Muhlenberg County	6	5	69.2	55.2	45.1	34.2
91	21179	Nelson County	1	1	62.2	44.0	32.6	21.0
92	21181	Nicholas County	8	7	71.3	58.0	44.6	37.1
93	21183	Ohio County	6	6	71.7	55.9	46.9	33.0
94	21185	Oldham County	1	1	57.6	30.7	19.8	13.5
95	21187	Owen County	8	4	68.8	58.4	44.8	32.1
96	21189	Owsley County	9	12	87.4	70.7	64.5	50.8
97	21191	Pendleton County	1	1	65.9	52.5	39.9	27.2
98	21193	Perry County	7	11	75.8	62.7	52.4	41.7
99	21195	Pike County	7	11	76.6	61.7	49.8	38.2
100	21197	Powell County	6	6	78.1	66.0	49.9	43.9
101	21199	Pulaski County	5	8	71.2	55.5	43.8	34.4
102	21201	Robertson County	8	4	73.0	59.3	49.2	39.1
103	21203	Rockcastle County	7	8	80.3	65.6	55.1	42.3
104	21205	Rowan County	7	9	65.0	49.0	42.1	29.1
105	21207	Russell County	9	10	78.0	62.6	49.8	38.2
106	21209	Scott County	2	2	57.4	44.8	30.9	19.5
107	21211	Shelby County	1	1	59.9	44.9	30.1	20.9
108	21213	Simpson County	6	6	64.0	50.2	41.1	26.4
109	21215	Spencer County	1	1	74.9	60.3	42.5	24.6
110	21217	Taylor County	7	8	69.2	55.9	42.6	32.0
111	21219	Todd County	8	7	69.4	58.7	49.4	36.5
112	21221	Trigg County	3	2	71.4	51.0	41.1	27.9
113	21223	Trimble County	1	1	66.6	50.8	38.4	29.3
114	21225	Union County	6	6	56.6	43.6	31.9	23.1
115	21227	Warren County	3	2	54.4	38.7	29.1	19.7
116	21229	Washington County	8	4	65.8	54.1	42.2	31.2
117	21231	Wayne County	7	9	81.8	70.4	55.4	42.2
118	21233	Webster County	2	2	69.8	52.7	39.3	29.1
119	21235	Whitley County	7	8	73.1	59.5	47.0	38.7
120	21237	Wolfe County	9	12	83.4	73.2	57.2	46.4
121	21239	Woodford County	2	2	54.0	39.2	26.5	17.4

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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.