County-Level Education Data for MO

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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	29000	Missouri			51.2	36.5	26.1	18.7
2	29001	Adair County	7	8	47.4	32.5	25.7	15.4
3	29003	Andrew County	3	2	49.3	34.4	21.4	15.3
4	29005	Atchison County	9	10	42.9	33.3	23.2	20.0
5	29007	Audrain County	6	5	51.9	39.0	32.0	24.9
6	29009	Barry County	6	6	58.2	43.0	32.6	24.3
7	29011	Barton County	6	6	57.5	43.5	31.8	22.7
8	29013	Bates County	1	1	59.0	42.3	33.1	23.1
9	29015	Benton County	9	10	64.2	49.8	35.5	28.2
10	29017	Bollinger County	9	8	76.0	59.6	47.3	29.3
11	29019	Boone County	3	2	31.8	20.3	15.2	10.8
12	29021	Buchanan County	3	2	49.7	36.6	27.9	18.5
13	29023	Butler County	7	8	68.2	51.8	43.2	29.5
14	29025	Caldwell County	1	1	51.7	38.2	24.6	18.5
15	29027	Callaway County	3	2	55.9	40.5	29.9	21.1
16	29029	Camden County	7	9	58.3	38.9	26.4	17.1
17	29031	Cape Girardeau County	5	8	50.9	36.2	25.6	18.9
18	29033	Carroll County	6	4	53.4	42.0	29.7	20.9
19	29035	Carter County	9	10	66.5	54.8	44.0	33.4
20	29037	Cass County	1	1	42.6	30.0	20.0	13.3
21	29039	Cedar County	6	6	60.3	47.9	36.1	26.0
22	29041	Chariton County	9	9	54.4	41.2	28.7	20.4
23	29043	Christian County	2	2	54.0	35.8	23.4	14.1
24	29045	Clark County	9	8	54.2	40.6	32.6	20.4
25	29047	Clay County	1	1	36.5	23.3	15.3	11.3
26	29049	Clinton County	1	1	44.0	31.9	22.9	13.9
27	29051	Cole County	3	2	45.0	29.9	22.7	14.7
28	29053	Cooper County	6	6	51.7	38.9	29.1	19.7
29	29055	Crawford County	6	4	68.0	53.5	41.4	30.6
30	29057	Dade County	8	7	56.6	42.0	28.2	21.5
31	29059	Dallas County	2	2	59.5	48.7	37.0	27.2
32	29061	Daviess County	8	4	52.4	40.5	29.4	20.9
33	29063	DeKalb County	3	2	51.9	35.8	26.9	23.0
34	29065	Dent County	7	9	67.4	55.2	46.1	33.7
35	29067	Douglas County	6	6	69.2	52.4	40.2	30.3
36	29069	Dunklin County	7	8	70.3	57.9	48.8	36.3
37	29071	Franklin County	1	1	62.6	47.5	32.5	22.3
38	29073	Gasconade County	6	4	70.9	52.8	38.9	26.0
39	29075	Gentry County	8	7	52.8	40.4	29.0	18.2
40	29077	Greene County	2	2	41.6	28.9	21.1	15.3
41	29079	Grundy County	7	11	54.4	36.5	28.7	21.0
42	29081	Harrison County	7	11	52.7	38.6	28.4	19.9
43	29083	Henry County	6	4	55.1	41.6	32.4	22.7
44	29085	Hickory County	8	7	65.5	46.9	39.6	26.6
45	29087	Holt County	8	7	46.2	34.7	24.6	18.1
46	29089	Howard County	3	2	52.5	42.4	30.1	18.7
47	29091	Howell County	7	8	64.3	48.2	38.8	26.6
48	29093	Iron County	6	4	67.1	51.8	43.7	34.8
49	29095	Jackson County	1	1	43.2	29.3	20.5	16.6
50	29097	Jasper County	3	2	50.4	38.1	28.6	20.5
51	29099	Jefferson County	1	1	56.6	40.6	28.4	20.6
52	29101	Johnson County	4	3	38.7	27.9	19.3	14.0
53	29103	Knox County	9	10	47.4	37.9	27.8	20.0
54	29105	Laclede County	6	5	60.6	44.8	35.6	27.1
55	29107	Lafayette County	1	1	50.8	39.1	28.9	20.1
56	29109	Lawrence County	6	6	53.4	41.2	31.1	22.6
57	29111	Lewis County	9	8	48.7	35.9	28.3	20.5
58	29113	Lincoln County	1	1	62.1	47.3	33.2	23.6
59	29115	Linn County	7	11	52.3	38.0	29.2	20.0
60	29117	Livingston County	6	4	47.2	36.0	28.3	19.4
61	29119	McDonald County	2	2	64.4	44.4	38.9	30.6
62	29121	Macon County	7	9	54.0	41.6	29.7	22.2
63	29123	Madison County	7	9	65.5	57.8	45.6	31.4
64	29125	Maries County	8	7	72.0	53.1	38.8	25.5
65	29127	Marion County	5	8	52.1	38.5	29.1	20.6
66	29129	Mercer County	9	12	56.7	40.3	29.0	17.5
67	29131	Miller County	6	6	63.4	46.2	37.0	26.1
68	29133	Mississippi County	7	9	70.6	58.5	50.8	38.9
69	29135	Moniteau County	3	2	59.6	44.4	32.2	22.4
70	29137	Monroe County	9	9	54.1	39.9	30.2	21.3
71	29139	Montgomery County	8	4	62.5	49.1	37.4	28.9
72	29141	Morgan County	8	6	59.2	47.1	35.7	25.5
73	29143	New Madrid County	7	9	72.0	58.2	48.0	36.4
74	29145	Newton County	3	2	51.7	36.7	27.2	20.2
75	29147	Nodaway County	6	5	42.4	28.4	19.3	12.9
76	29149	Oregon County	9	10	68.6	50.6	40.7	28.0
77	29151	Osage County	3	2	66.4	51.3	35.0	24.8
78	29153	Ozark County	9	10	68.5	48.9	39.1	27.0
79	29155	Pemiscot County	7	9	75.6	60.7	50.5	41.8
80	29157	Perry County	7	9	74.7	57.1	43.6	28.8
81	29159	Pettis County	4	3	50.4	38.5	27.8	21.7
82	29161	Phelps County	5	8	50.6	39.1	29.9	21.0
83	29163	Pike County	6	4	56.2	42.6	32.5	24.0
84	29165	Platte County	1	1	34.3	20.2	12.2	8.2
85	29167	Polk County	2	2	57.4	42.1	33.0	22.5
86	29169	Pulaski County	5	8	43.6	32.8	21.5	14.9
87	29171	Putnam County	9	10	59.9	47.8	35.5	20.0
88	29173	Ralls County	9	8	55.2	41.0	29.8	21.3
89	29175	Randolph County	6	5	51.9	38.6	31.6	22.9
90	29177	Ray County	1	1	52.3	38.9	28.8	20.7
91	29179	Reynolds County	9	12	74.8	57.7	46.9	34.8
92	29181	Ripley County	9	10	78.3	62.8	51.5	37.9
93	29183	St. Charles County	1	1	45.2	28.7	16.7	10.9
94	29185	St. Clair County	8	4	60.9	47.7	39.2	26.9
95	29186	Ste. Genevieve County	6	4	67.5	48.7	37.2	26.2
96	29187	St. Francois County	4	3	62.2	47.2	37.5	27.6
97	29189	St. Louis County	1	1	39.5	26.1	17.7	12.0
98	29195	Saline County	6	3	52.7	43.7	32.7	26.0
99	29197	Schuyler County	9	8	50.5	40.1	32.0	18.6
100	29199	Scotland County	9	10	53.6	40.1	30.5	23.2
101	29201	Scott County	5	8	60.4	48.6	37.6	27.1
102	29203	Shannon County	9	10	70.5	54.5	46.0	32.4
103	29205	Shelby County	9	10	49.9	39.3	25.8	19.0
104	29207	Stoddard County	7	9	70.6	53.8	44.1	33.1
105	29209	Stone County	8	5	62.7	38.0	29.4	19.6
106	29211	Sullivan County	9	10	58.2	45.4	34.2	27.6
107	29213	Taney County	6	5	51.5	34.6	29.2	18.6
108	29215	Texas County	9	9	63.5	49.9	39.1	28.6
109	29217	Vernon County	7	11	55.8	37.5	32.2	23.4
110	29219	Warren County	1	1	62.6	46.4	32.0	20.5
111	29221	Washington County	1	1	76.7	61.1	49.2	37.5
112	29223	Wayne County	9	10	73.7	64.1	51.1	40.3
113	29225	Webster County	2	2	64.7	44.4	33.2	25.2
114	29227	Worth County	9	10	52.2	39.1	25.7	19.8
115	29229	Wright County	6	6	65.8	52.9	40.3	28.9
116	29510	St. Louis City	1	1	66.9	51.8	37.2	28.7

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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.