County-Level Education Data for TX

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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	48000	Texas			52.6	37.4	27.9	24.3
2	48001	Anderson County	5	8	63.6	48.6	32.3	35.6
3	48003	Andrews County	6	5	48.8	44.8	38.8	32.0
4	48005	Angelina County	5	8	61.6	46.4	34.7	28.8
5	48007	Aransas County	2	2	55.1	42.0	32.8	25.4
6	48009	Archer County	3	2	54.8	43.2	27.5	18.9
7	48011	Armstrong County	3	2	57.2	33.8	22.6	17.6
8	48013	Atascosa County	1	1	66.7	54.1	41.2	34.8
9	48015	Austin County	1	1	73.0	54.4	37.4	25.5
10	48017	Bailey County	7	11	55.4	51.1	44.6	38.5
11	48019	Bandera County	1	1	58.9	35.1	23.3	15.2
12	48021	Bastrop County	1	1	73.0	51.0	31.7	23.1
13	48023	Baylor County	6	6	66.4	49.7	36.4	29.9
14	48025	Bee County	4	5	60.0	49.7	35.0	26.3
15	48027	Bell County	2	2	49.4	32.9	20.9	15.3
16	48029	Bexar County	1	1	52.7	36.9	27.3	23.1
17	48031	Blanco County	8	4	66.9	45.7	31.1	19.4
18	48033	Borden County	9	10	54.5	48.8	28.8	16.1
19	48035	Bosque County	6	6	64.9	51.8	36.0	24.1
20	48037	Bowie County	3	2	53.9	40.1	27.9	22.7
21	48039	Brazoria County	1	1	46.7	34.8	24.5	20.5
22	48041	Brazos County	3	2	45.5	30.9	20.2	18.7
23	48043	Brewster County	7	11	50.3	32.5	26.8	21.4
24	48045	Briscoe County	9	12	56.6	47.0	37.0	25.2
25	48047	Brooks County	6	6	68.7	59.3	54.4	50.1
26	48049	Brown County	5	8	58.0	42.8	32.9	25.4
27	48051	Burleson County	3	2	71.5	57.7	41.8	28.9
28	48053	Burnet County	6	4	60.7	48.3	30.9	22.2
29	48055	Caldwell County	1	1	68.2	52.8	39.7	28.7
30	48057	Calhoun County	3	2	53.8	46.3	35.8	31.0
31	48059	Callahan County	3	2	63.4	45.5	31.3	20.7
32	48061	Cameron County	2	2	65.1	56.2	50.0	44.8
33	48063	Camp County	6	6	66.5	49.2	36.2	30.5
34	48065	Carson County	3	2	48.5	37.2	23.8	17.4
35	48067	Cass County	6	6	61.1	47.5	33.5	25.0
36	48069	Castro County	6	6	54.8	47.7	41.8	34.6
37	48071	Chambers County	1	1	62.3	42.5	31.9	23.1
38	48073	Cherokee County	6	5	68.7	50.4	37.3	31.6
39	48075	Childress County	7	11	62.5	52.3	38.9	35.0
40	48077	Clay County	3	2	64.6	49.7	31.1	19.6
41	48079	Cochran County	9	10	63.5	52.2	42.7	37.3
42	48081	Coke County	8	7	59.6	47.3	35.4	25.8
43	48083	Coleman County	6	6	63.8	55.6	41.0	29.0
44	48085	Collin County	1	1	51.9	24.0	11.7	8.2
45	48087	Collingsworth County	9	12	62.5	46.7	38.0	28.7
46	48089	Colorado County	6	4	74.5	57.7	42.1	30.9
47	48091	Comal County	1	1	64.6	40.0	24.3	16.1
48	48093	Comanche County	7	9	69.2	55.3	42.2	29.8
49	48095	Concho County	8	6	63.8	51.4	45.8	40.7
50	48097	Cooke County	6	3	53.7	41.9	28.5	20.8
51	48099	Coryell County	2	2	46.5	27.8	19.7	18.9
52	48101	Cottle County	9	12	67.1	58.1	48.2	33.9
53	48103	Crane County	6	6	60.1	42.4	28.5	31.3
54	48105	Crockett County	7	11	52.2	49.7	42.2	37.9
55	48107	Crosby County	3	2	62.5	54.7	46.9	38.2
56	48109	Culberson County	9	12	56.8	55.7	46.7	43.9
57	48111	Dallam County	7	9	55.8	41.9	34.0	35.0
58	48113	Dallas County	1	1	43.5	28.8	22.9	25.0
59	48115	Dawson County	7	8	63.9	57.1	46.0	34.8
60	48117	Deaf Smith County	6	5	55.0	48.6	42.5	39.1
61	48119	Delta County	1	1	67.0	58.4	35.8	24.5
62	48121	Denton County	1	1	46.4	23.1	13.2	10.6
63	48123	DeWitt County	6	6	74.3	60.5	44.8	32.1
64	48125	Dickens County	8	7	67.6	59.7	39.7	29.4
65	48127	Dimmit County	6	6	79.5	64.6	60.2	45.7
66	48129	Donley County	8	7	62.3	47.4	32.2	21.8
67	48131	Duval County	7	9	75.8	63.4	52.1	40.3
68	48133	Eastland County	6	6	64.3	50.1	36.9	27.4
69	48135	Ector County	3	2	47.6	38.9	33.1	32.0
70	48137	Edwards County	9	10	58.1	49.8	41.7	32.9
71	48139	Ellis County	1	1	59.2	44.3	28.3	22.2
72	48141	El Paso County	2	2	48.9	40.5	36.3	34.2
73	48143	Erath County	7	8	60.7	41.7	28.7	22.9
74	48145	Falls County	6	6	73.8	57.7	41.1	33.8
75	48147	Fannin County	6	4	68.0	53.0	35.4	27.5
76	48149	Fayette County	6	4	78.7	60.2	42.4	28.7
77	48151	Fisher County	8	7	69.8	53.0	37.0	26.7
78	48153	Floyd County	6	6	59.7	54.9	39.3	36.5
79	48155	Foard County	9	10	73.3	52.5	37.8	30.0
80	48157	Fort Bend County	1	1	65.5	28.4	19.1	15.7
81	48159	Franklin County	8	4	67.9	49.0	35.1	22.6
82	48161	Freestone County	7	9	70.6	50.7	34.5	23.2
83	48163	Frio County	6	4	69.5	59.3	49.9	42.3
84	48165	Gaines County	7	9	59.3	49.1	46.8	43.8
85	48167	Galveston County	1	1	54.1	34.7	24.2	19.1
86	48169	Garza County	6	6	66.3	55.6	42.4	29.9
87	48171	Gillespie County	7	9	66.2	46.7	31.4	19.9
88	48173	Glasscock County	8	7	62.3	48.6	35.2	30.1
89	48175	Goliad County	3	2	67.3	55.6	37.4	27.6
90	48177	Gonzales County	6	4	74.6	59.1	44.5	38.0
91	48179	Gray County	6	5	47.1	38.6	28.9	24.7
92	48181	Grayson County	3	2	52.7	39.5	27.9	19.8
93	48183	Gregg County	3	2	48.2	34.5	24.2	20.9
94	48185	Grimes County	6	4	72.2	54.4	40.4	32.7
95	48187	Guadalupe County	1	1	63.6	42.4	30.2	21.9
96	48189	Hale County	4	5	55.8	46.7	38.9	34.1
97	48191	Hall County	9	12	64.9	52.0	38.7	38.3
98	48193	Hamilton County	6	6	64.6	54.3	37.1	26.2
99	48195	Hansford County	7	9	46.5	33.5	28.3	30.1
100	48197	Hardeman County	7	9	68.9	52.8	37.2	29.3
101	48199	Hardin County	2	2	62.6	43.3	29.4	20.5
102	48201	Harris County	1	1	47.3	29.5	25.1	25.4
103	48203	Harrison County	4	5	57.6	43.6	29.6	21.7
104	48205	Hartley County	9	9	35.0	27.0	15.4	22.7
105	48207	Haskell County	6	6	63.0	55.9	41.6	28.9
106	48209	Hays County	1	1	54.2	37.9	23.1	15.3
107	48211	Hemphill County	9	12	46.2	43.6	27.1	20.1
108	48213	Henderson County	4	3	63.8	49.3	35.3	26.5
109	48215	Hidalgo County	2	2	69.7	58.9	53.4	49.5
110	48217	Hill County	6	4	65.3	54.5	38.5	28.2
111	48219	Hockley County	6	5	59.0	48.4	36.0	31.8
112	48221	Hood County	4	3	61.2	37.6	25.3	16.5
113	48223	Hopkins County	6	3	60.5	48.7	37.1	26.4
114	48225	Houston County	7	9	72.3	51.5	36.0	30.0
115	48227	Howard County	5	8	48.4	45.7	34.8	29.4
116	48229	Hudspeth County	8	7	61.6	53.7	51.9	53.9
117	48231	Hunt County	1	1	53.2	43.4	30.9	23.1
118	48233	Hutchinson County	6	5	45.7	35.6	28.1	20.4
119	48235	Irion County	3	2	62.5	40.9	29.5	21.2
120	48237	Jack County	6	4	62.1	50.7	37.8	24.2
121	48239	Jackson County	6	6	64.2	54.5	43.4	27.3
122	48241	Jasper County	6	6	66.7	48.4	35.6	27.0
123	48243	Jeff Davis County	9	10	56.6	45.0	30.5	25.3
124	48245	Jefferson County	2	2	53.1	36.5	25.6	21.5
125	48247	Jim Hogg County	6	6	79.7	65.2	51.1	42.0
126	48249	Jim Wells County	4	5	66.5	56.9	44.7	35.2
127	48251	Johnson County	1	1	56.4	39.7	28.1	22.4
128	48253	Jones County	3	2	66.8	52.8	39.2	35.7
129	48255	Karnes County	6	4	73.2	61.2	48.7	40.9
130	48257	Kaufman County	1	1	67.8	48.0	32.1	25.5
131	48259	Kendall County	1	1	61.4	35.1	19.8	14.6
132	48261	Kenedy County	9	8	76.9	66.1	56.9	42.1
133	48263	Kent County	9	10	59.6	47.1	36.6	21.9
134	48265	Kerr County	4	3	52.0	35.8	24.1	18.8
135	48267	Kimble County	7	9	54.8	48.1	35.3	27.9
136	48269	King County	9	12	59.3	32.6	21.8	21.9
137	48271	Kinney County	9	10	76.8	59.9	43.8	33.1
138	48273	Kleberg County	4	5	50.8	41.2	36.7	31.8
139	48275	Knox County	9	12	62.2	54.3	41.4	33.2
140	48277	Lamar County	4	3	58.9	46.9	32.7	23.7
141	48279	Lamb County	6	6	62.3	53.5	43.3	36.3
142	48281	Lampasas County	2	2	54.9	43.1	29.3	21.2
143	48283	La Salle County	6	6	78.3	70.3	54.7	49.9
144	48285	Lavaca County	6	6	74.4	61.4	44.3	31.4
145	48287	Lee County	6	4	75.7	56.5	38.9	28.3
146	48289	Leon County	8	7	68.5	54.7	32.6	26.2
147	48291	Liberty County	1	1	66.9	49.9	37.6	30.4
148	48293	Limestone County	6	6	70.0	57.4	39.8	32.6
149	48295	Lipscomb County	9	12	44.2	35.8	26.2	25.5
150	48297	Live Oak County	6	6	68.5	52.6	39.1	32.9
151	48299	Llano County	7	11	55.0	43.9	28.4	16.5
152	48301	Loving County	9	10	80.5	44.9	44.0	13.7
153	48303	Lubbock County	3	2	44.9	33.6	25.8	21.6
154	48305	Lynn County	6	6	66.6	57.4	45.8	38.1
155	48307	McCulloch County	7	9	62.9	55.0	37.5	29.5
156	48309	McLennan County	3	2	54.9	41.5	28.4	23.4
157	48311	McMullen County	8	4	70.6	48.4	35.4	25.3
158	48313	Madison County	6	6	64.1	51.3	41.2	27.2
159	48315	Marion County	8	7	66.9	51.6	39.8	32.5
160	48317	Martin County	6	6	68.2	52.3	45.7	34.2
161	48319	Mason County	9	12	65.9	49.5	34.9	21.9
162	48321	Matagorda County	4	3	60.5	46.4	32.6	29.7
163	48323	Maverick County	5	8	75.8	67.8	64.3	57.9
164	48325	Medina County	1	1	66.7	54.6	38.3	27.8
165	48327	Menard County	8	7	70.8	55.5	42.0	30.6
166	48329	Midland County	3	2	33.4	27.5	23.2	20.8
167	48331	Milam County	6	4	67.5	54.6	39.0	29.1
168	48333	Mills County	9	10	62.8	54.7	38.4	23.3
169	48335	Mitchell County	7	9	62.5	52.9	40.7	28.3
170	48337	Montague County	6	4	66.5	53.8	36.4	27.0
171	48339	Montgomery County	1	1	55.8	34.2	24.5	18.4
172	48341	Moore County	6	5	45.8	40.3	38.1	37.9
173	48343	Morris County	6	6	62.9	46.0	31.4	26.3
174	48345	Motley County	8	7	68.3	48.2	37.8	26.5
175	48347	Nacogdoches County	5	8	57.1	42.1	30.3	26.3
176	48349	Navarro County	4	3	65.6	51.4	35.4	28.3
177	48351	Newton County	8	7	67.0	54.8	40.9	31.3
178	48353	Nolan County	6	5	63.8	50.6	37.7	30.1
179	48355	Nueces County	2	2	51.2	41.0	31.1	25.6
180	48357	Ochiltree County	7	11	41.8	33.5	28.8	30.8
181	48359	Oldham County	8	7	47.1	36.5	26.3	19.5
182	48361	Orange County	2	2	55.9	37.8	27.4	21.0
183	48363	Palo Pinto County	6	3	48.8	46.1	35.0	28.8
184	48365	Panola County	6	6	63.4	47.7	32.4	24.1
185	48367	Parker County	1	1	52.4	40.7	25.5	19.5
186	48369	Parmer County	7	9	53.8	48.3	44.3	39.3
187	48371	Pecos County	7	11	58.3	50.7	42.0	37.5
188	48373	Polk County	6	4	71.9	54.0	40.3	30.0
189	48375	Potter County	3	2	49.3	39.9	32.2	28.9
190	48377	Presidio County	7	11	71.4	58.9	56.1	55.3
191	48379	Rains County	8	4	73.2	57.3	37.6	27.0
192	48381	Randall County	3	2	25.3	18.3	14.3	10.5
193	48383	Reagan County	6	6	51.8	44.9	35.9	37.0
194	48385	Real County	9	10	72.9	53.1	39.8	27.0
195	48387	Red River County	6	6	74.3	56.4	43.0	34.3
196	48389	Reeves County	7	8	62.4	55.5	54.7	53.4
197	48391	Refugio County	6	6	65.1	56.4	38.1	31.9
198	48393	Roberts County	9	8	56.7	35.6	18.6	10.0
199	48395	Robertson County	3	2	70.8	60.0	42.8	31.9
200	48397	Rockwall County	1	1	56.7	29.7	15.9	13.3
201	48399	Runnels County	6	6	73.1	57.8	43.2	31.1
202	48401	Rusk County	3	2	61.0	46.9	33.4	25.9
203	48403	Sabine County	9	12	74.3	58.3	39.2	27.5
204	48405	San Augustine County	9	10	71.9	61.8	42.8	30.1
205	48407	San Jacinto County	1	1	77.8	56.1	41.1	27.4
206	48409	San Patricio County	2	2	61.6	48.4	39.4	28.6
207	48411	San Saba County	7	9	70.8	50.3	38.3	30.0
208	48413	Schleicher County	8	7	50.9	45.3	37.6	39.6
209	48415	Scurry County	7	8	56.6	44.5	35.7	27.7
210	48417	Shackelford County	8	7	63.4	48.3	33.9	20.8
211	48419	Shelby County	6	6	70.4	56.0	42.7	31.1
212	48421	Sherman County	9	10	42.3	35.7	29.5	26.9
213	48423	Smith County	3	2	49.2	34.9	24.3	19.8
214	48425	Somervell County	8	3	67.1	48.8	33.1	22.0
215	48427	Starr County	4	5	78.1	73.4	68.4	65.3
216	48429	Stephens County	7	11	64.8	48.0	32.5	27.7
217	48431	Sterling County	8	7	56.3	46.7	31.7	29.6
218	48433	Stonewall County	8	7	62.7	51.7	34.9	29.0
219	48435	Sutton County	7	11	57.0	41.4	38.0	35.6
220	48437	Swisher County	6	6	60.7	50.0	38.2	30.3
221	48439	Tarrant County	1	1	47.4	30.4	20.1	18.7
222	48441	Taylor County	3	2	43.7	35.5	24.6	18.8
223	48443	Terrell County	9	10	60.3	40.1	33.7	29.1
224	48445	Terry County	6	6	55.8	51.2	40.3	37.5
225	48447	Throckmorton County	9	12	49.8	49.8	30.2	22.6
226	48449	Titus County	7	8	62.8	47.1	34.6	34.5
227	48451	Tom Green County	3	2	51.4	40.2	29.0	23.8
228	48453	Travis County	1	1	39.1	24.6	16.6	15.3
229	48455	Trinity County	8	4	72.5	55.0	39.3	26.9
230	48457	Tyler County	6	7	68.3	50.2	37.8	28.1
231	48459	Upshur County	3	2	61.6	46.0	32.9	23.7
232	48461	Upton County	8	7	54.6	47.1	37.5	32.9
233	48463	Uvalde County	7	8	64.6	53.3	43.9	40.4
234	48465	Val Verde County	5	8	57.1	48.9	43.9	41.3
235	48467	Van Zandt County	6	4	63.3	50.7	37.9	28.0
236	48469	Victoria County	3	2	55.2	41.6	29.8	23.8
237	48471	Walker County	4	3	61.2	39.2	26.7	26.9
238	48473	Waller County	1	1	57.1	41.9	30.4	26.1
239	48475	Ward County	6	6	54.8	41.8	36.8	29.9
240	48477	Washington County	6	3	69.2	51.7	37.1	27.9
241	48479	Webb County	3	2	67.9	58.5	52.2	47.0
242	48481	Wharton County	4	3	65.5	51.7	38.8	30.2
243	48483	Wheeler County	9	10	54.1	45.4	34.8	28.0
244	48485	Wichita County	3	2	45.1	34.6	24.9	20.1
245	48487	Wilbarger County	6	5	62.9	49.8	37.1	27.8
246	48489	Willacy County	6	5	72.6	66.4	57.1	51.3
247	48491	Williamson County	1	1	68.8	34.5	18.6	11.2
248	48493	Wilson County	1	1	73.8	54.8	38.8	26.2
249	48495	Winkler County	6	6	50.6	47.1	42.5	39.7
250	48497	Wise County	1	1	61.0	47.9	32.9	23.9
251	48499	Wood County	6	6	65.7	49.3	34.3	23.7
252	48501	Yoakum County	7	9	51.5	48.2	36.0	40.6
253	48503	Young County	6	6	61.8	48.1	39.3	27.9
254	48505	Zapata County	6	6	78.4	58.7	49.9	46.9
255	48507	Zavala County	7	9	78.7	74.1	61.4	56.6

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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.