| Population 25 Years and Over, 1990 | Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 1990 | Persons with College Degree or Higher, 1990 | Percent Completed High School, 1990 | Percent Completed College, 1990 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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United States | 158,868,436 | 119,524,718 | 32,310,253 | 75.2% | 20.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 14,108,438 | 9,643,616 | 1,999,412 | 68.4% | 14.2% | 90.9% | 69.7% |
Kentucky | 2,333,833 | 1,507,976 | 318,127 | 64.6% | 13.6% | 85.9% | 67.0% |
Appalachian Kentucky | 677,708 | 348,029 | 57,989 | 51.4% | 8.6% | 68.3% | 42.1% |
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County |
Adair | 9,885 | 4,572 | 731 | 46.3% | 7.4% | 61.5% | 36.4% |
Bath | 6,341 | 2,936 | 393 | 46.3% | 6.2% | 61.5% | 30.5% |
Bell | 19,644 | 9,178 | 1,825 | 46.7% | 9.3% | 62.1% | 45.7% |
Boyd | 34,809 | 23,968 | 4,133 | 68.9% | 11.9% | 91.5% | 58.4% |
Breathitt | 9,455 | 4,518 | 809 | 47.8% | 8.6% | 63.5% | 42.1% |
Carter | 15,035 | 7,707 | 1,139 | 51.3% | 7.6% | 68.1% | 37.2% |
Casey | 9,152 | 3,948 | 591 | 43.1% | 6.5% | 57.3% | 31.8% |
Clark | 19,172 | 12,473 | 2,489 | 65.1% | 13.0% | 86.5% | 63.8% |
Clay | 12,818 | 4,983 | 954 | 38.9% | 7.4% | 51.7% | 36.6% |
Clinton | 5,987 | 2,657 | 394 | 44.4% | 6.6% | 59.0% | 32.4% |
Cumberland | 4,583 | 1,809 | 281 | 39.5% | 6.1% | 52.5% | 30.1% |
Edmonson | 6,570 | 3,194 | 354 | 48.6% | 5.4% | 64.6% | 26.5% |
Elliott | 3,912 | 1,722 | 220 | 44.0% | 5.6% | 58.5% | 27.7% |
Estill | 9,170 | 4,268 | 496 | 46.5% | 5.4% | 61.9% | 26.6% |
Fleming | 7,946 | 4,275 | 695 | 53.8% | 8.7% | 71.5% | 43.0% |
Floyd | 26,566 | 13,503 | 1,972 | 50.8% | 7.4% | 67.6% | 36.5% |
Garrard | 7,776 | 4,225 | 492 | 54.3% | 6.3% | 72.2% | 31.1% |
Green | 7,093 | 3,473 | 485 | 49.0% | 6.8% | 65.1% | 33.6% |
Greenup | 24,051 | 15,560 | 2,672 | 64.7% | 11.1% | 86.0% | 54.6% |
Harlan | 22,506 | 11,133 | 1,438 | 49.5% | 6.4% | 65.7% | 31.4% |
Hart | 9,659 | 4,373 | 505 | 45.3% | 5.2% | 60.2% | 25.7% |
Jackson | 7,324 | 2,808 | 362 | 38.3% | 4.9% | 51.0% | 24.3% |
Johnson | 14,571 | 7,966 | 1,356 | 54.7% | 9.3% | 72.7% | 45.8% |
Knott | 10,619 | 4,790 | 868 | 45.1% | 8.2% | 60.0% | 40.2% |
Knox | 17,934 | 8,360 | 1,442 | 46.6% | 8.0% | 62.0% | 39.5% |
Laurel | 27,037 | 14,238 | 2,223 | 52.7% | 8.2% | 70.0% | 40.4% |
Lawrence | 8,677 | 4,024 | 540 | 46.4% | 6.2% | 61.6% | 30.6% |
Lee | 4,654 | 2,021 | 268 | 43.4% | 5.8% | 57.7% | 28.3% |
Leslie | 8,048 | 3,252 | 528 | 40.4% | 6.6% | 53.7% | 32.3% |
Letcher | 16,645 | 7,591 | 1,116 | 45.6% | 6.7% | 60.6% | 33.0% |
Lewis | 8,127 | 3,693 | 545 | 45.4% | 6.7% | 60.4% | 33.0% |
Lincoln | 12,759 | 6,425 | 789 | 50.4% | 6.2% | 66.9% | 30.4% |
Madison | 32,274 | 20,898 | 6,172 | 64.8% | 19.1% | 86.1% | 94.0% |
Magoffin | 7,567 | 2,892 | 348 | 38.2% | 4.6% | 50.8% | 22.6% |
Martin | 7,208 | 3,199 | 433 | 44.4% | 6.0% | 59.0% | 29.5% |
McCreary | 9,118 | 3,661 | 422 | 40.2% | 4.6% | 53.4% | 22.8% |
Menifee | 3,122 | 1,437 | 153 | 46.0% | 4.9% | 61.2% | 24.1% |
Metcalfe | 5,873 | 2,656 | 296 | 45.2% | 5.0% | 60.1% | 24.8% |
Monroe | 7,553 | 3,554 | 522 | 47.1% | 6.9% | 62.5% | 34.0% |
Montgomery | 12,460 | 6,994 | 1,142 | 56.1% | 9.2% | 74.6% | 45.1% |
Morgan | 7,325 | 3,232 | 488 | 44.1% | 6.7% | 58.6% | 32.8% |
Nicholas | 4,420 | 2,448 | 266 | 55.4% | 6.0% | 73.6% | 29.6% |
Owsley | 3,187 | 1,130 | 312 | 35.5% | 9.8% | 47.1% | 48.1% |
Perry | 18,362 | 8,737 | 1,236 | 47.6% | 6.7% | 63.2% | 33.1% |
Pike | 44,941 | 22,540 | 3,477 | 50.2% | 7.7% | 66.7% | 38.0% |
Powell | 7,012 | 3,510 | 369 | 50.1% | 5.3% | 66.5% | 25.9% |
Pulaski | 32,512 | 18,272 | 2,984 | 56.2% | 9.2% | 74.7% | 45.1% |
Robertson | 1,408 | 715 | 109 | 50.8% | 7.7% | 67.5% | 38.1% |
Rockcastle | 9,249 | 4,150 | 544 | 44.9% | 5.9% | 59.6% | 28.9% |
Rowan | 10,476 | 6,065 | 1,809 | 57.9% | 17.3% | 77.0% | 84.9% |
Russell | 9,839 | 4,941 | 609 | 50.2% | 6.2% | 66.7% | 30.4% |
Wayne | 11,030 | 4,918 | 607 | 44.6% | 5.5% | 59.3% | 27.1% |
Whitley | 20,195 | 10,702 | 2,275 | 53.0% | 11.3% | 70.4% | 55.4% |
Wolfe | 4,052 | 1,735 | 311 | 42.8% | 7.7% | 56.9% | 37.7% |