Rank |
County |
Percentage with High School Diploma |
1 |
Madison County, Mississippi
|
88.6%
|
2 |
DeSoto County, Mississippi
|
88.1%
|
3 |
Lamar County, Mississippi
|
87.9%
|
4 |
Rankin County, Mississippi
|
87.8%
|
5 |
Lafayette County, Mississippi
|
87.3%
|
6 |
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
|
85.9%
|
7 |
George County, Mississippi
|
85.3%
|
8 |
Jackson County, Mississippi
|
85.0%
|
9 |
Hancock County, Mississippi
|
84.7%
|
10 |
Hinds County, Mississippi
|
84.0%
|
11 |
Harrison County, Mississippi
|
83.8%
|
12 |
Claiborne County, Mississippi
|
83.6%
|
13 |
Forrest County, Mississippi
|
83.6%
|
14 |
Newton County, Mississippi
|
82.9%
|
15 |
Stone County, Mississippi
|
82.8%
|
16 |
Warren County, Mississippi
|
82.7%
|
17 |
Lee County, Mississippi
|
82.5%
|
18 |
Pearl River County, Mississippi
|
81.9%
|
19 |
Lauderdale County, Mississippi
|
81.9%
|
20 |
Lincoln County, Mississippi
|
81.6%
|
21 |
Lowndes County, Mississippi
|
80.8%
|
22 |
Lawrence County, Mississippi
|
80.7%
|
23 |
Winston County, Mississippi
|
80.6%
|
24 |
Perry County, Mississippi
|
80.3%
|
25 |
Tate County, Mississippi
|
80.2%
|
26 |
Copiah County, Mississippi
|
79.9%
|
27 |
Clay County, Mississippi
|
79.9%
|
28 |
Adams County, Mississippi
|
79.6%
|
29 |
Choctaw County, Mississippi
|
79.0%
|
30 |
Carroll County, Mississippi
|
78.8%
|
31 |
Covington County, Mississippi
|
78.5%
|
32 |
Smith County, Mississippi
|
78.2%
|
33 |
Pike County, Mississippi
|
78.0%
|
34 |
Jones County, Mississippi
|
77.9%
|
35 |
Alcorn County, Mississippi
|
77.7%
|
36 |
Simpson County, Mississippi
|
76.9%
|
37 |
Franklin County, Mississippi
|
76.6%
|
38 |
Tishomingo County, Mississippi
|
76.5%
|
39 |
Yalobusha County, Mississippi
|
76.4%
|
40 |
Monroe County, Mississippi
|
76.4%
|
41 |
Webster County, Mississippi
|
76.3%
|
42 |
Grenada County, Mississippi
|
76.3%
|
43 |
Union County, Mississippi
|
76.1%
|
44 |
Clarke County, Mississippi
|
75.8%
|
45 |
Jasper County, Mississippi
|
75.8%
|
46 |
Jefferson County, Mississippi
|
75.8%
|
47 |
Leake County, Mississippi
|
75.7%
|
48 |
Neshoba County, Mississippi
|
75.2%
|
49 |
Amite County, Mississippi
|
75.1%
|
50 |
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi
|
75.1%
|
51 |
Coahoma County, Mississippi
|
75.0%
|
52 |
Walthall County, Mississippi
|
74.6%
|
53 |
Washington County, Mississippi
|
74.6%
|
54 |
Yazoo County, Mississippi
|
74.4%
|
55 |
Tippah County, Mississippi
|
74.3%
|
56 |
Greene County, Mississippi
|
74.3%
|
57 |
Marion County, Mississippi
|
74.2%
|
58 |
Pontotoc County, Mississippi
|
74.1%
|
59 |
Itawamba County, Mississippi
|
74.0%
|
60 |
Montgomery County, Mississippi
|
73.9%
|
61 |
Kemper County, Mississippi
|
73.9%
|
62 |
Prentiss County, Mississippi
|
73.8%
|
63 |
Wayne County, Mississippi
|
73.1%
|
64 |
Panola County, Mississippi
|
72.8%
|
65 |
Benton County, Mississippi
|
72.7%
|
66 |
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
|
71.8%
|
67 |
Bolivar County, Mississippi
|
71.8%
|
68 |
Sharkey County, Mississippi
|
71.8%
|
69 |
Wilkinson County, Mississippi
|
71.3%
|
70 |
Scott County, Mississippi
|
70.5%
|
71 |
Attala County, Mississippi
|
70.4%
|
72 |
Marshall County, Mississippi
|
70.0%
|
73 |
Tunica County, Mississippi
|
69.9%
|
74 |
Holmes County, Mississippi
|
69.5%
|
75 |
Sunflower County, Mississippi
|
68.8%
|
76 |
Calhoun County, Mississippi
|
68.4%
|
77 |
Leflore County, Mississippi
|
68.3%
|
78 |
Quitman County, Mississippi
|
65.9%
|
79 |
Humphreys County, Mississippi
|
64.7%
|
80 |
Noxubee County, Mississippi
|
64.7%
|
81 |
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
|
63.7%
|
82 |
Issaquena County, Mississippi
|
59.9%
|