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ARKANSAS COUNTY RANKINGS, CENSUS 2000  
 
PERCENT ENROLLED IN COLLEGE OR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT  
 
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                                                                   Educational Attainment  
                                 Percent       _________________________________________________________________________
                             Enrolled in                                 Percent                                 Percent
                              College or                                    High                              Bachelor's
         Area                   Graduate       Area                       School       Area                       Degree
Rank     Name                    School*       Name                     Graduate       Name                    or Higher
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      Arkansas                      19.0      Arkansas                      75.3      Arkansas                      16.7
 
1     Clark                         47.1      Pulaski                       84.4      Pulaski                       28.1
2     Washington                    35.5      Faulkner                      83.3      Faulkner                      25.2                    
3     Faulkner                      34.1      Saline                        82.3      Washington                    24.5  
4     Craighead                     30.6      Benton                        80.4      Craighead                     20.9
5     White                         29.0      Washington                    79.5      Benton                        20.3
6     Columbia                      27.8      Garland                       78.3      Clark                         19.8
7     Drew                          27.4      Lonoke                        77.6      Pope                          19.0
8     Pope                          26.0      Baxter                        77.5      Garland                       18.0
9     Jefferson                     21.8      Pope                          77.4      Drew                          17.3
10    Pulaski                       21.4      Craighead                     77.3      Columbia                      16.8
11    Lawrence                      18.6      Grant                         77.2      Sebastian                     16.6
12    Izard                         17.2      Boone                         76.8      Saline                        16.4
13    Independence                  16.9      Sebastian                     76.6      Jefferson                     15.7
14    Hempstead                     15.8      Marion                        76.0      White                         15.5
15    Sebastian                     15.7      Independence                  75.5      Union                         14.9
16    Johnson                       15.7      Clark                         75.3      Lonoke                        14.6
17    Benton                        15.3      Cleburne                      74.8      Cleburne                      13.9
18    Nevada                        15.1      Jefferson                     74.8      Carroll                       13.8
19    Garland                       15.0      Union                         74.5      Independence                  13.7
20    Saline                        14.9      Miller                        74.3      Johnson                       13.1
21    Polk                          14.7      Columbia                      74.1      Baxter                        12.8
22    Arkansas                      14.6      Perry                         73.8      Crittenden                    12.8
23    Conway                        14.3      Ouachita                      73.5      Boone                         12.7
24    St. Francis                   14.3      Little River                  73.4      Ouachita                      12.7
25    Greene                        14.2      Hot Spring                    73.3      Miller                        12.5
26    Miller                        14.1      Izard                         73.3      Phillips                      12.4
27    Hot Spring                    14.0      Conway                        73.2      Arkansas                      12.2
28    Grant                         13.7      Cleveland                     73.1      Bradley                       11.9
29    Pike                          13.7      Drew                          73.1      Newton                        11.8
30    Jackson                       13.5      Sharp                         72.9      Chicot                        11.7
31    Boone                         13.3      White                         72.9      Izard                         11.7
32    Randolph                      13.3      Polk                          72.6      Howard                        11.6
33    Crittenden                    13.2      Ashley                        72.5      Conway                        11.5
34    Ouachita                      13.0      Arkansas                      72.4      Van Buren                     11.5
35    Baxter                        13.0      Fulton                        72.2      Mississippi                   11.3
36    Union                         12.7      Greene                        72.1      Hot Spring                    11.2
37    Little River                  12.3      Carroll                       71.8      Desha                         11.1
38    Crawford                      12.3      Van Buren                     71.6      Perry                         11.1
39    Sevier                        12.3      Crawford                      71.5      Franklin                      11.0
40    Cross                         12.2      Franklin                      71.1      Grant                         11.0
41    Cleveland                     12.1      Howard                        70.7      Hempstead                     11.0
42    Marion                        12.1      Newton                        70.2      Greene                        10.9
43    Bradley                       12.1      Logan                         69.8      Polk                          10.9
44    Lonoke                        12.0      Montgomery                    69.8      Yell                          10.9
45    Mississippi                   11.9      Crittenden                    69.2      Nevada                        10.7
46    Searcy                        11.8      Hempstead                     69.2      Randolph                      10.6
47    Stone                         11.5      Randolph                      69.2      Fulton                        10.5
48    Franklin                      11.5      Nevada                        69.1      Marion                        10.4
49    Sharp                         11.5      Pike                          68.8      Jackson                       10.3
50    Cleburne                      11.4      Calhoun                       68.7      Sharp                         10.3
51    Phillips                      11.4      Cross                         68.3      Ashley                        10.1
52    Poinsett                      11.4      Prairie                       68.2      Madison                       10.1
53    Lee                           11.3      Searcy                        68.0      Pike                          10.1
54    Fulton                        11.3      Stone                         68.0      Cleveland                     10.0
55    Van Buren                     11.3      Madison                       67.8      Cross                          9.9
56    Perry                         11.1      Johnson                       67.6      Little River                   9.9
57    Woodruff                      11.0      Dallas                        66.8      Stone                          9.8
58    Clay                          11.0      Bradley                       66.6      Crawford                       9.7
59    Ashley                        10.9      Jackson                       66.0      Dallas                         9.6
60    Desha                         10.8      Scott                         65.4      St. Francis                    9.6
61    Lafayette                     10.6      Lafayette                     65.3      Lafayette                      9.5
62    Lincoln                       10.5      St. Francis                   65.1      Logan                          9.4
63    Logan                         10.1      Desha                         65.0      Sevier                         9.2
64    Montgomery                     9.9      Lincoln                       65.0      Prairie                        9.0
65    Howard                         9.8      Mississippi                   64.7      Montgomery                     8.8
66    Chicot                         9.6      Sevier                        64.6      Lawrence                       8.5
67    Yell                           9.2      Chicot                        64.2      Monroe                         8.4
68    Dallas                         9.0      Yell                          64.1      Scott                          8.4
69    Calhoun                        8.5      Monroe                        63.8      Searcy                         8.4
70    Prairie                        8.2      Lawrence                      63.3      Woodruff                       8.0
71    Monroe                         8.1      Phillips                      62.2      Lincoln                        7.6
72    Newton                         8.0      Poinsett                      62.0      Clay                           7.4
73    Carroll                        7.9      Clay                          60.6      Calhoun                        7.3
74    Scott                          7.3      Woodruff                      60.6      Lee                            7.3
75    Madison                        5.7      Lee                           56.2      Poinsett                       6.3
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*Persons 3 years and over enrolled in shcool.  
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Summary Files 1 and 3, Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics, Census 2000.  
 
Prepared by the Census State Data Center, Institute for Economic Advancement, College of Business Administration, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.  
   
   
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