| 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% |
Mississippi | 1,367,792 | 749,167 | 168,086 | 54.8% | 12.3% | 82.4% | 75.7% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 306,862 | 149,862 | 30,479 | 48.8% | 9.9% | 73.5% | 61.2% |
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County |
Alcorn | 19,521 | 9,680 | 1,699 | 49.6% | 8.7% | 74.6% | 53.6% |
Benton | 4,405 | 1,715 | 269 | 38.9% | 6.1% | 58.6% | 37.6% |
Calhoun | 9,119 | 4,134 | 670 | 45.3% | 7.3% | 68.2% | 45.3% |
Chickasaw | 9,901 | 4,670 | 799 | 47.2% | 8.1% | 71.0% | 49.7% |
Choctaw | 5,055 | 2,260 | 356 | 44.7% | 7.0% | 67.3% | 43.4% |
Clay | 11,187 | 5,590 | 1,187 | 50.0% | 10.6% | 75.2% | 65.4% |
Itawamba | 12,195 | 4,792 | 701 | 39.3% | 5.7% | 59.1% | 35.4% |
Kemper | 5,585 | 2,536 | 415 | 45.4% | 7.4% | 68.3% | 45.8% |
Lee | 32,743 | 19,224 | 4,109 | 58.7% | 12.5% | 88.3% | 77.3% |
Lowndes | 29,789 | 17,242 | 4,487 | 57.9% | 15.1% | 87.1% | 92.8% |
Marshall | 14,797 | 6,426 | 1,374 | 43.4% | 9.3% | 65.3% | 57.2% |
Monroe | 20,533 | 9,508 | 1,387 | 46.3% | 6.8% | 69.7% | 41.6% |
Montgomery | 7,823 | 3,350 | 529 | 42.8% | 6.8% | 64.4% | 41.7% |
Noxubee | 6,795 | 2,692 | 595 | 39.6% | 8.8% | 59.6% | 54.0% |
Oktibbeha | 15,745 | 10,146 | 4,454 | 64.4% | 28.3% | 96.9% | 174.3% |
Panola | 15,075 | 6,172 | 1,163 | 40.9% | 7.7% | 61.6% | 47.5% |
Pontotoc | 12,279 | 5,717 | 860 | 46.6% | 7.0% | 70.0% | 43.2% |
Prentiss | 13,938 | 6,113 | 963 | 43.9% | 6.9% | 66.0% | 42.6% |
Tippah | 10,867 | 4,942 | 701 | 45.5% | 6.5% | 68.4% | 39.7% |
Tishomingo | 11,340 | 5,149 | 633 | 45.4% | 5.6% | 68.3% | 34.4% |
Union | 13,060 | 6,058 | 1,146 | 46.4% | 8.8% | 69.8% | 54.1% |
Webster | 6,243 | 3,037 | 423 | 48.6% | 6.8% | 73.2% | 41.7% |
Winston | 11,218 | 5,236 | 946 | 46.7% | 8.4% | 70.2% | 52.0% |
Yalobusha | 7,649 | 3,473 | 613 | 45.4% | 8.0% | 68.3% | 49.4% |