Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent high school graduate or higher, 2006-2010 - (Percent)
County
Value
Adams
89.2
Alexander
76.0
Bond
88.0
Boone
85.4
Brown
75.6
Bureau
89.2
Calhoun
84.3
Carroll
86.9
Cass
80.6
Champaign
92.3
Christian
85.8
Clark
88.0
Clay
86.2
Clinton
85.8
Coles
89.3
Cook
83.2
Crawford
86.5
Cumberland
88.1
De Witt
90.3
DeKalb
90.7
Douglas
81.7
DuPage
92.0
Edgar
88.4
Edwards
89.0
Effingham
89.4
Fayette
82.9
Ford
87.3
Franklin
83.8
Fulton
83.6
Gallatin
77.7
Greene
85.2
Grundy
90.7
Hamilton
80.8
Hancock
90.1
Hardin
77.0
Henderson
87.2
Henry
87.9
Iroquois
87.2
Jackson
89.5
Jasper
88.2
Jefferson
83.7
Jersey
87.1
Jo Daviess
89.1
Johnson
78.0
Kane
83.2
Kankakee
85.2
Kendall
92.0
Knox
85.2
Lake
88.5
LaSalle
87.8
Lawrence
81.1
Lee
85.7
Livingston
84.1
Logan
85.4
Macon
86.9
Macoupin
86.8
Madison
89.4
Marion
84.1
Marshall
90.2
Mason
83.3
Massac
85.0
McDonough
91.2
McHenry
91.7
McLean
93.4
Menard
90.3
Mercer
88.7
Monroe
91.0
Montgomery
83.5
Morgan
86.5
Moultrie
83.8
Ogle
87.4
Peoria
88.7
Perry
81.5
Piatt
89.8
Pike
86.0
Pope
85.1
Pulaski
78.9
Putnam
88.7
Randolph
78.5
Richland
89.1
Rock Island
86.7
Saline
82.1
Sangamon
91.0
Schuyler
89.2
Scott
88.3
Shelby
87.7
St. Clair
87.4
Stark
88.0
Stephenson
88.5
Tazewell
90.2
Union
79.1
Vermilion
84.9
Wabash
86.4
Warren
85.5
Washington
86.2
Wayne
84.3
White
84.5
Whiteside
85.5
Will
90.0
Williamson
88.2
Winnebago
84.4
Woodford
92.4
Value for Illinois (Percent): 86.2%
Data item: Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent high school graduate or higher, 2006-2010
Source: U. S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Updated every year. http://factfinder2.census.gov
Definitions:
High School Graduates include people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate�s, bachelor�s, master�s, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included.
Persons with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher are those who have received a bachelor's degree from a college or university, or a master's, professional, or doctorate degree.
These data include only persons 25 years old and over. The percentages are obtained by dividing the counts of graduates by the total number of persons 25 years old and over.
Scope and Methodology:
These data are collected in the American Community Survey (ACS). The data are estimates and are subject to sampling variability. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at factfinder2.census.gov. The data are period estimates, that is, they represent the characteristics of the population over a specific 60-month data collection period.
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