| 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% |
Mississippi | 1,538,997 | 989,312 | 226,947 | 64.3% | 14.7% | 85.4% | 72.5% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 341,283 | 200,936 | 40,920 | 58.9% | 12.0% | 78.3% | 59.0% |
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County |
Alcorn | 20,746 | 11,676 | 1,982 | 56.3% | 9.6% | 74.8% | 47.0% |
Benton | 4,843 | 2,248 | 377 | 46.4% | 7.8% | 61.7% | 38.3% |
Calhoun | 9,453 | 4,989 | 773 | 52.8% | 8.2% | 70.1% | 40.2% |
Chickasaw | 10,861 | 5,750 | 1,037 | 52.9% | 9.5% | 70.4% | 46.9% |
Choctaw | 5,558 | 3,201 | 602 | 57.6% | 10.8% | 76.6% | 53.3% |
Clay | 12,282 | 7,415 | 1,582 | 60.4% | 12.9% | 80.2% | 63.3% |
Itawamba | 12,807 | 6,273 | 862 | 49.0% | 6.7% | 65.1% | 33.1% |
Kemper | 6,182 | 3,480 | 487 | 56.3% | 7.9% | 74.8% | 38.7% |
Lee | 40,775 | 27,661 | 6,136 | 67.8% | 15.0% | 90.2% | 74.0% |
Lowndes | 34,439 | 23,754 | 6,419 | 69.0% | 18.6% | 91.7% | 91.6% |
Marshall | 17,629 | 9,122 | 1,656 | 51.7% | 9.4% | 68.8% | 46.2% |
Monroe | 22,351 | 12,436 | 1,874 | 55.6% | 8.4% | 74.0% | 41.2% |
Montgomery | 7,718 | 4,368 | 730 | 56.6% | 9.5% | 75.2% | 46.5% |
Noxubee | 7,064 | 3,506 | 559 | 49.6% | 7.9% | 66.0% | 38.9% |
Oktibbeha | 18,826 | 13,749 | 5,975 | 73.0% | 31.7% | 97.1% | 156.1% |
Panola | 17,281 | 9,388 | 1,495 | 54.3% | 8.7% | 72.2% | 42.5% |
Pontotoc | 13,954 | 8,014 | 1,124 | 57.4% | 8.1% | 76.3% | 39.6% |
Prentiss | 14,374 | 7,606 | 1,208 | 52.9% | 8.4% | 70.3% | 41.3% |
Tippah | 12,156 | 6,614 | 1,088 | 54.4% | 9.0% | 72.3% | 44.0% |
Tishomingo | 11,803 | 6,487 | 783 | 55.0% | 6.6% | 73.1% | 32.6% |
Union | 14,114 | 8,092 | 1,424 | 57.3% | 10.1% | 76.2% | 49.6% |
Webster | 6,464 | 3,790 | 696 | 58.6% | 10.8% | 77.9% | 52.9% |
Winston | 11,937 | 7,049 | 1,293 | 59.1% | 10.8% | 78.5% | 53.3% |
Yalobusha | 7,666 | 4,268 | 758 | 55.7% | 9.9% | 74.0% | 48.6% |