| Population 25 Years and Over, 1980 | Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 1980 | Persons with College Degree or Higher, 1980 | Percent Completed High School, 1980 | Percent Completed College, 1980 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
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United States | 132,835,687 | 88,300,490 | 21,558,480 | 66.5% | 16.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 12,675,241 | 7,284,251 | 1,410,794 | 57.5% | 11.1% | 86.5% | 68.6% |
Georgia | 3,085,528 | 1,740,707 | 450,267 | 56.4% | 14.6% | 84.9% | 89.9% |
Appalachian Georgia | 658,993 | 322,116 | 66,052 | 48.9% | 10.0% | 73.5% | 61.8% |
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County |
Banks | 5,133 | 2,028 | 256 | 39.5% | 5.0% | 59.4% | 30.7% |
Barrow | 12,289 | 4,633 | 921 | 37.7% | 7.5% | 56.7% | 46.2% |
Bartow | 23,298 | 9,289 | 1,468 | 39.9% | 6.3% | 60.0% | 38.8% |
Carroll | 30,973 | 14,521 | 3,471 | 46.9% | 11.2% | 70.5% | 69.1% |
Catoosa | 21,414 | 11,930 | 1,554 | 55.7% | 7.3% | 83.8% | 44.7% |
Chattooga | 13,132 | 4,506 | 770 | 34.3% | 5.9% | 51.6% | 36.1% |
Cherokee | 29,178 | 15,198 | 2,828 | 52.1% | 9.7% | 78.4% | 59.7% |
Dade | 6,814 | 2,980 | 532 | 43.7% | 7.8% | 65.8% | 48.1% |
Dawson | 2,826 | 1,036 | 125 | 36.7% | 4.4% | 55.1% | 27.3% |
Douglas | 29,909 | 17,155 | 2,712 | 57.4% | 9.1% | 86.3% | 55.9% |
Elbert | 11,068 | 4,586 | 875 | 41.4% | 7.9% | 62.3% | 48.7% |
Fannin | 9,494 | 3,886 | 496 | 40.9% | 5.2% | 61.6% | 32.2% |
Floyd | 47,494 | 23,165 | 5,592 | 48.8% | 11.8% | 73.4% | 72.5% |
Forsyth | 15,947 | 8,099 | 1,388 | 50.8% | 8.7% | 76.4% | 53.6% |
Franklin | 9,139 | 3,467 | 719 | 37.9% | 7.9% | 57.1% | 48.5% |
Gilmer | 6,743 | 2,527 | 444 | 37.5% | 6.6% | 56.4% | 40.6% |
Gordon | 17,239 | 7,264 | 1,175 | 42.1% | 6.8% | 63.4% | 42.0% |
Gwinnett | 95,185 | 68,294 | 17,984 | 71.7% | 18.9% | 107.9% | 116.4% |
Habersham | 14,105 | 6,133 | 1,312 | 43.5% | 9.3% | 65.4% | 57.3% |
Hall | 44,237 | 21,295 | 5,377 | 48.1% | 12.2% | 72.4% | 74.9% |
Haralson | 11,003 | 4,623 | 758 | 42.0% | 6.9% | 63.2% | 42.4% |
Hart | 10,933 | 4,167 | 838 | 38.1% | 7.7% | 57.3% | 47.2% |
Heard | 3,762 | 1,336 | 164 | 35.5% | 4.4% | 53.4% | 26.9% |
Jackson | 14,693 | 5,976 | 1,169 | 40.7% | 8.0% | 61.2% | 49.0% |
Lumpkin | 5,703 | 2,461 | 561 | 43.2% | 9.8% | 64.9% | 60.6% |
Madison | 10,250 | 4,370 | 768 | 42.6% | 7.5% | 64.1% | 46.2% |
Murray | 10,690 | 3,866 | 545 | 36.2% | 5.1% | 54.4% | 31.4% |
Paulding | 14,619 | 6,090 | 628 | 41.7% | 4.3% | 62.7% | 26.5% |
Pickens | 7,033 | 2,665 | 483 | 37.9% | 6.9% | 57.0% | 42.3% |
Polk | 19,152 | 7,609 | 1,091 | 39.7% | 5.7% | 59.8% | 35.1% |
Rabun | 6,641 | 3,072 | 759 | 46.3% | 11.4% | 69.6% | 70.4% |
Stephens | 12,968 | 5,614 | 1,280 | 43.3% | 9.9% | 65.1% | 60.8% |
Towns | 3,494 | 1,574 | 346 | 45.0% | 9.9% | 67.8% | 61.0% |
Union | 5,779 | 2,233 | 462 | 38.6% | 8.0% | 58.1% | 49.3% |
Walker | 33,427 | 14,922 | 2,011 | 44.6% | 6.0% | 67.2% | 37.1% |
White | 6,076 | 2,922 | 581 | 48.1% | 9.6% | 72.3% | 58.9% |
Whitfield | 37,153 | 16,624 | 3,609 | 44.7% | 9.7% | 67.3% | 59.9% |