2015-19 | ||
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Arkansas County | 16% | |
Ashley County | 12% | |
Baxter County | 18% | |
Benton County | 33% | |
Boone County | 16% | |
Bowie County, Texas | 21% | |
Bradley County | 14% | |
Calhoun County | 11%* | * |
Carroll County | 21% | |
Chicot County | 16% | |
Clark County | 27% | |
Clay County | 13% | |
Cleburne County | 16% | |
Cleveland County | 16% | |
Columbia County | 20% | |
Conway County | 16% | |
Craighead County | 26% | |
Crawford County | 16% | |
Crittenden County | 17% | |
Cross County | 14% | |
Dallas County | 12% | |
Desha County | 14% | |
Drew County | 23% | |
Faulkner County | 31% | |
Franklin County | 12% | |
Fulton County | 12%* | * |
Garland County | 22% | |
Grant County | 19% | |
Greene County | 16% | |
Hempstead County | 15% | |
Hot Spring County | 13% | |
Howard County | 14% | |
Independence County | 18% | |
Izard County | 13% | |
Jackson County | 10% | |
Jefferson County | 18% | |
Johnson County | 15% | |
Lafayette County | 16% | |
Lawrence County | 15% | |
Lee County | 11% | |
Lincoln County | 10%* | * |
Little River County | 13% | |
Logan County | 13% | |
Lonoke County | 21% | |
Madison County | 14% | |
Marion County | 17% | |
Miller County | 17% | |
Mississippi County | 14% | |
Monroe County | 13% | |
Montgomery County | 13% | |
Nevada County | 15%* | * |
Newton County | 20% | |
Ouachita County | 14% | |
Perry County | 13% | |
Phillips County | 14% | |
Pike County | 17% | |
Poinsett County | 11% | |
Polk County | 14% | |
Pope County | 23% | |
Prairie County | 15% | |
Pulaski County | 34% | |
Randolph County | 14% | |
Saline County | 27% | |
Scott County | 9%* | * |
Searcy County | 12%* | * |
Sebastian County | 21% | |
Sevier County | 13% | |
Sharp County | 10% | |
St. Francis County | 10% | |
Stone County | 14%* | * |
Union County | 21% | |
Van Buren County | 15% | |
Washington County | 33% | |
White County | 21% | |
Woodruff County | 14%* | * |
Yell County | 13% |
2015-19 | ||
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Arkansas County | 1,959 | |
Ashley County | 1,703 | |
Baxter County | 5,682 | |
Benton County | 58,000 | |
Boone County | 4,193 | |
Bowie County, Texas | 13,041 | |
Bradley County | 1,078 | |
Calhoun County | 424* | * |
Carroll County | 4,213 | |
Chicot County | 1,182 | |
Clark County | 3,508 | |
Clay County | 1,323 | |
Cleburne County | 2,906 | |
Cleveland County | 926 | |
Columbia County | 2,879 | |
Conway County | 2,263 | |
Craighead County | 18,091 | |
Crawford County | 6,747 | |
Crittenden County | 5,400 | |
Cross County | 1,661 | |
Dallas County | 610 | |
Desha County | 1,100 | |
Drew County | 2,656 | |
Faulkner County | 23,183 | |
Franklin County | 1,459 | |
Fulton County | 1,083* | * |
Garland County | 15,464 | |
Grant County | 2,380 | |
Greene County | 4,859 | |
Hempstead County | 2,162 | |
Hot Spring County | 3,227 | |
Howard County | 1,192 | |
Independence County | 4,406 | |
Izard County | 1,332 | |
Jackson County | 1,239 | |
Jefferson County | 8,439 | |
Johnson County | 2,679 | |
Lafayette County | 775 | |
Lawrence County | 1,730 | |
Lee County | 726 | |
Lincoln County | 1,004* | * |
Little River County | 1,090 | |
Logan County | 2,043 | |
Lonoke County | 9,944 | |
Madison County | 1,590 | |
Marion County | 2,151 | |
Miller County | 4,970 | |
Mississippi County | 3,771 | |
Monroe County | 639 | |
Montgomery County | 902 | |
Nevada County | 853* | * |
Newton County | 1,172 | |
Ouachita County | 2,370 | |
Perry County | 918 | |
Phillips County | 1,653 | |
Pike County | 1,301 | |
Poinsett County | 1,804 | |
Polk County | 1,981 | |
Pope County | 9,220 | |
Prairie County | 923 | |
Pulaski County | 91,541 | |
Randolph County | 1,694 | |
Saline County | 22,073 | |
Scott County | 652* | * |
Searcy County | 689* | * |
Sebastian County | 18,122 | |
Sevier County | 1,367 | |
Sharp County | 1,261 | |
St. Francis County | 1,861 | |
Stone County | 1,279* | * |
Union County | 5,642 | |
Van Buren County | 1,777 | |
Washington County | 46,968 | |
White County | 10,659 | |
Woodruff County | 655* | * |
Yell County | 1,858 |
What does this measure?
The percentage of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Why is this important?
An educated population makes a more attractive workforce. Well-educated workers likely have access to more economic opportunities than workers with less education. High educational attainment represents a region's investment in human capital and preparation for long-term growth.
How is Arkansas doing?
In 2015-19, 23% of adults had a bachelor's or higher degree, up 2 percentage points from 2010-14 and up 6 points from 2000. This makes Arkansas 49th in the nation on this indicator (including Washington, D.C.), and only slightly higher than West Virginia and Mississippi. The rate was far higher among Asian adults (49%) than Hispanic (25%), white (24%), or African American (16%) adults. Rates were similar for men (22%) and women (24%).
Benton, Washington and Pulaski counties had the highest rates of 33-34%, while Lincoln, St. Francis, Jackson and Sharp counties had rates at 10%, with Scott County at 9% Since 2000, Benton had the largest increase in its rate (13 percentage points).
Notes about the data
Adults are people 25 and older. The multi-year figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined five years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. However, because the information came from a survey, the samples responding to the survey were not always large enough to produce reliable results, especially in small geographic areas. CGR has noted on data tables the estimates with relatively large margins of error. Estimates with three asterisks have the largest margins, plus or minus 50% or more of the estimate. Two asterisks mean plus or minus 35%-50%, and one asterisk means plus or minus 20%-35%. For all estimates, the confidence level is 90%, meaning there is 90% probability the true value (if the whole population were surveyed) would be within the margin of error (or confidence interval). The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census. Data for this indicator is expected to be released annually in December.
2000 | 2010-14 | 2015-19 | |
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Arkansas | 17% | 21% | 23% |
2000 | 2010-14 | 2015-19 | |
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Arkansas | 288,428 | 402,591 | 463,236 |
American Indian and Native Alaskan | Asian | Black or African American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | Some Other Race | Two or More Races | White | |||||||||
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Arkansas | 15% | 49% | 16% | 25% | 7%** | ** | 9% | 22% | 24% | |||||||
Benton County | 16%* | * | 73% | 49% | 35% | 15%** | ** | 19%** | ** | 35% | 32% | |||||
Craighead County | 0%*** | *** | 50%* | * | 16%* | * | 28% | 0%*** | *** | 21%*** | *** | 21%*** | *** | 28% | ||
Crittenden County | 7%*** | *** | 47%** | ** | 12% | 23% | 0%*** | *** | 0%*** | *** | 12%** | ** | 23% | |||
Faulkner County | 23%*** | *** | 58%* | * | 30% | 31% | 0%*** | *** | 9%*** | *** | 33%** | ** | 31% | |||
Jefferson County | 0%*** | *** | 22%*** | *** | 19% | 17% | 48%*** | *** | 15%*** | *** | 13%*** | *** | 17% | |||
Miller County | 6%*** | *** | 64%*** | *** | 9%* | * | 19% | 0%*** | *** | 11%*** | *** | 11%*** | *** | 19% | ||
Mississippi County | 0%*** | *** | 17%*** | *** | 10%* | * | 16% | 0%*** | *** | 7%*** | *** | 17%*** | *** | 16% | ||
Phillips County | 0%*** | *** | 0%*** | *** | 9%* | * | 22% | 0%*** | *** | 0%*** | *** | 0%*** | *** | 21% | ||
Pulaski County | 18%** | ** | 60% | 21% | 42% | 65%*** | *** | 11%** | ** | 35% | 41% | |||||
Saline County | 11%*** | *** | 37%* | * | 29% | 27% | 0%*** | *** | 17%*** | *** | 22%*** | *** | 27% | |||
Sebastian County | 16%*** | *** | 25%* | * | 9%** | ** | 24% | 0%*** | *** | 7%** | ** | 26%* | * | 23% | ||
St. Francis County | 0%*** | *** | 81%*** | *** | 8%* | * | 11% | 0%*** | *** | 17%*** | *** | 28%*** | *** | 11% | ||
Union County | 16%*** | *** | 17%*** | *** | 10%* | * | 27% | 0%*** | *** | 9%*** | *** | 24%*** | *** | 26% |
American Indian and Native Alaskan | Asian | Black or African American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | Some Other Race | Two or More Races | White | |||||||||
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Arkansas | 1,965 | 14,673 | 44,375 | 382,965 | 323** | ** | 3,593 | 7,471 | 390,836 | |||||||
Benton County | 395* | * | 4,992 | 1,348 | 46,825 | 145** | ** | 571** | ** | 1,198 | 49,351 | |||||
Craighead County | 0*** | *** | 346* | * | 1,270* | * | 15,856 | 0*** | *** | 227*** | *** | 155*** | *** | 16,093 | ||
Crittenden County | 6*** | *** | 106** | ** | 1,599 | 3,447 | 0*** | *** | 0*** | *** | 218** | ** | 3,471 | |||
Faulkner County | 79*** | *** | 487* | * | 2,323 | 19,565 | 0*** | *** | 98*** | *** | 361** | ** | 19,835 | |||
Jefferson County | 0*** | *** | 134*** | *** | 4,665 | 3,462 | 16*** | *** | 69*** | *** | 54*** | *** | 3,501 | |||
Miller County | 11*** | *** | 95*** | *** | 611* | * | 4,115 | 0*** | *** | 57*** | *** | 42*** | *** | 4,154 | ||
Mississippi County | 0*** | *** | 27*** | *** | 833* | * | 2,754 | 0*** | *** | 32*** | *** | 69*** | *** | 2,810 | ||
Phillips County | 0*** | *** | 0*** | *** | 607* | * | 1,046 | 0*** | *** | 0*** | *** | 0*** | *** | 1,046 | ||
Pulaski County | 141** | ** | 3,639 | 18,675 | 65,838 | 116*** | *** | 410** | ** | 1,510 | 67,050 | |||||
Saline County | 26*** | *** | 395* | * | 1,510 | 19,579 | 0*** | *** | 69*** | *** | 236*** | *** | 19,837 | |||
Sebastian County | 155*** | *** | 906* | * | 493** | ** | 15,266 | 0*** | *** | 406** | ** | 642* | * | 15,520 | ||
St. Francis County | 0*** | *** | 87*** | *** | 741* | * | 898 | 0*** | *** | 65*** | *** | 63*** | *** | 905 | ||
Union County | 33*** | *** | 27*** | *** | 792* | * | 4,685 | 0*** | *** | 19*** | *** | 31*** | *** | 4,740 |
Female | Male | |
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Arkansas | 24% | 22% |
Female | Male | |
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Arkansas | 251,993 | 211,243 |
INDICATORS | TREND | STATE |
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Access to Quality Seats for Infants and Toddlers | Not Applicable |
Access to Quality Childcare Seats for Preschoolers | Not Applicable |
Grade 3 Reading | Not Applicable |
Grade 8 Math | Not Applicable |
Graduation Rate | Not Applicable |
Remediation Rate | Not Applicable |
Adults with a High School Degree | Not Applicable |
Adults with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher | Not Applicable |
Adults Pursuing Further Education | Not Applicable |