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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 - (Percent)
County
Value
Anderson
23.5
Bedford
16.3
Benton
12.6
Bledsoe
12.9
Blount
24.0
Bradley
21.9
Campbell
11.9
Cannon
13.8
Carroll
17.2
Carter
16.8
Cheatham
19.6
Chester
16.4
Claiborne
15.2
Clay
14.6
Cocke
10.8
Coffee
19.6
Crockett
13.0
Cumberland
18.3
Davidson
40.3
Decatur
12.8
DeKalb
15.7
Dickson
15.4
Dyer
16.9
Fayette
21.7
Fentress
13.6
Franklin
20.7
Gibson
17.8
Giles
15.1
Grainger
10.6
Greene
15.3
Grundy
12.1
Hamblen
16.1
Hamilton
31.2
Hancock
11.5
Hardeman
11.4
Hardin
13.9
Hawkins
14.0
Haywood
12.6
Henderson
13.8
Henry
17.1
Hickman
11.0
Houston
10.6
Humphreys
13.3
Jackson
9.0
Jefferson
16.4
Johnson
11.3
Knox
36.7
Lake
10.4
Lauderdale
8.8
Lawrence
12.5
Lewis
11.5
Lincoln
18.8
Loudon
26.3
Macon
10.0
Madison
25.9
Marion
11.6
Marshall
14.3
Maury
21.8
McMinn
15.8
McNairy
12.7
Meigs
10.5
Monroe
12.8
Montgomery
27.2
Moore
20.7
Morgan
7.3
Obion
14.9
Overton
13.1
Perry
11.5
Pickett
8.7
Polk
11.0
Putnam
25.4
Rhea
15.2
Roane
19.5
Robertson
18.6
Rutherford
32.0
Scott
9.4
Sequatchie
14.6
Sevier
17.1
Shelby
31.1
Smith
12.4
Stewart
14.9
Sullivan
22.8
Sumner
26.9
Tipton
16.7
Trousdale
16.8
Unicoi
14.8
Union
8.5
Van Buren
8.5
Warren
14.0
Washington
32.4
Wayne
11.2
Weakley
21.5
White
13.5
Williamson
59.0
Wilson
30.6
Value for Tennessee (Percent): 26.6%
Data item: Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), 5-Year Estimates. The PRCS is part of the Census Bureau's ACS, customized for Puerto Rico. Both Surveys are updated every year.
Definition
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. For the complete definition, go to ACS subject definitions "Educational Attainment."
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.
Source and Accuracy
This Fact is based on data collected in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. A sample of over 3.5 million housing unit addresses is interviewed each year over a 12 month period. This Fact (estimate) is based on five years of ACS and PRCS sample data and describes the average value of person, household and housing unit characteristics over this period of collection.
Statistics from all surveys are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error is the uncertainty between an estimate based on a sample and the corresponding value that would be obtained if the estimate were based on the entire population (as from a census). Measures of sampling error are provided in the form of margins of error for all estimates included with ACS and PRCS published products. The Census Bureau recommends that data users incorporate this information into their analyses, as sampling error in survey estimates could impact the conclusions drawn from the results. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at Using margins of error. A more detailed explanation of margins of error and a demonstration of how to use them is provided below.
For more information on sampling and estimation methodology, confidentiality, and sampling and nonsampling errors, please see the Multiyear Accuracy (US) and the Multiyear Accuracy (Puerto Rico) documents at "Documentation - Accuracy of the data."
Margin of Error
As mentioned above, ACS estimates are based on a sample and are subject to sampling error. The margin of error measures the degree of uncertainty caused by sampling error. The margin of error is used with an ACS estimate to construct a confidence interval about the estimate. The interval is formed by adding the margin of error to the estimate (the upper bound) and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate (the lower bound). It is expected with 90 percent confidence that the interval will contain the full population value of the estimate. The following example is for demonstrating purposes only. Suppose the ACS reported that the percentage of people in a state who were 25 years and older with a bachelor's degree was 21.3 percent and that the margin of error associated with this estimate was 0.7 percent. By adding and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate, we calculate the 90-percent confidence interval for this estimate:
Therefore, we can be 90 percent confident that the percent of the population 25 years and older having a bachelor's degree in a state falls somewhere between 20.6 percent and 22.0 percent.
