College Degrees by Florida Counties: 1990 Census

Rank	County	1990 Population 25 Years and Older	Earned College Degree (Associates or Higher)	Percentage College Degree	Compared to Florida Average	Compared to National Average	Notes
1	Leon County	110,187	49,312	44.75%	79.7%	68.9%	State Capital, Florida State University (31,000 students) and Florida A & M University (12,000 students)l
2	Alachua County	102,647	45,005	43.84%	76.0%	65.4%	University of Florida (42,000 students) - largest in the state
3	Seminole County	187,891	64,700	34.43%	38.3%	29.9%
4	St. Johns County	57,696	17,540	30.40%	22.1%	14.7%
5	Brevard County	277,346	79,736	28.75%	15.4%	8.5%
6	Okaloosa County	90,946	26,099	28.70%	15.2%	8.3%
7	Orange County	432,193	123,882	28.66%	15.1%	8.2%
8	Palm Beach County	632,078	180,406	28.54%	14.6%	7.7%
9	Sarasota County	217,375	61,550	28.32%	13.7%	6.8%
10	Collier County	110,308	31,112	28.20%	13.2%	6.4%
11	Monroe County	58,585	16,086	27.46%	10.2%	3.6%
12	Hillsborough County	545,020	149,186	27.37%	9.9%	3.3%
13	Martin County	76,596	20,232	26.41%	6.1%	-0.3%
14	Santa Rosa County	51,922	13,621	26.23%	5.3%	-1.0%
15	Clay County	65,390	17,045	26.07%	4.7%	-1.6%
16	Escambia County	165,094	42,928	26.00%	4.4%	-1.9%
17	Dade County	1,281,295	329,969	25.75%	3.4%	-2.8%
18	Duval County	424,040	107,727	25.40%	2.0%	-4.1%
19	Broward County	898,829	228,001	25.37%	1.8%	-4.3%
20	Pinellas County	637,871	161,290	25.29%	1.5%	-4.6%
21	Indian River County	66,798	16,670	24.96%	0.2%	-5.8%
22	Flagler County	21,411	4,947	23.10%	-7.2%	-12.8%
23	Bay County	82,448	18,541	22.49%	-9.7%	-15.1%
24	Lee County	245,559	54,381	22.15%	-11.1%	-16.4%
25	Volusia County	263,263	57,432	21.82%	-12.4%	-17.7%
26	Manatee County	156,377	33,623	21.50%	-13.7%	-18.9%
27	St. Lucie County	104,680	20,223	19.32%	-22.4%	-27.1%
28	Jefferson County	7,054	1,362	19.31%	-22.5%	-27.1%
29	Charlotte County	87,427	16,572	18.96%	-23.9%	-28.5%
30	Polk County	271,411	49,258	18.15%	-27.1%	-31.5%
31	Walton County	19,510	3,533	18.11%	-27.3%	-31.7%
32	Osceola County	70,244	12,596	17.93%	-28.0%	-32.3%
33	Lake County	111,982	19,716	17.61%	-29.3%	-33.6%
34	Columbia County	26,839	4,669	17.40%	-30.2%	-34.4%
35	Nassau County	28,031	4,869	17.37%	-30.3%	-34.5%
36	Marion County	137,001	23,506	17.16%	-31.1%	-35.3%
37	Madison County	10,244	1,630	15.91%	-36.1%	-40.0%
38	Jackson County	26,740	4,229	15.82%	-36.5%	-40.3%
39	Highlands County	51,747	8,152	15.75%	-36.7%	-40.6%
40	Gadsden County	24,654	3,801	15.42%	-38.1%	-41.8%
41	Franklin County	6,107	938	15.36%	-38.3%	-42.0%
42	Citrus County	72,054	10,881	15.10%	-39.4%	-43.0%
43	Hernando County	76,525	11,479	15.00%	-39.8%	-43.4%
44	Gilchrist County	5,956	864	14.51%	-41.8%	-45.3%
45	Wakulla County	9,050	1,310	14.48%	-41.9%	-45.4%
46	Pasco County	212,612	29,871	14.05%	-43.6%	-47.0%
47	Hendry County	15,027	2,111	14.05%	-43.6%	-47.0%
48	Taylor County	10,865	1,499	13.80%	-44.6%	-47.9%
49	Union County	6,701	912	13.61%	-45.4%	-48.6%
50	Putnam County	43,273	5,736	13.26%	-46.8%	-50.0%
51	Levy County	17,612	2,311	13.12%	-47.3%	-50.5%
52	Okeechobee County	18,889	2,440	12.92%	-48.1%	-51.3%
53	Bradford County	15,088	1,929	12.78%	-48.7%	-51.8%
54	Gulf County	7,641	968	12.67%	-49.1%	-52.2%
55	Calhoun County	7,005	875	12.49%	-49.8%	-52.9%
56	Hardee County	11,868	1,437	12.11%	-51.4%	-54.3%
57	Suwannee County	17,444	2,112	12.11%	-51.4%	-54.3%
58	Sumter County	21,867	2,524	11.54%	-53.7%	-56.4%
59	Holmes County	10,389	1,189	11.44%	-54.0%	-56.8%
60	Washington County	11,210	1,282	11.44%	-54.1%	-56.8%
61	Liberty County	3,598	408	11.34%	-54.5%	-57.2%
62	DeSoto County	16,171	1,829	11.31%	-54.6%	-57.3%
63	Glades County	5,198	557	10.72%	-57.0%	-59.6%
64	Dixie County	7,175	739	10.30%	-58.6%	-61.1%
65	Baker County	10,957	1,105	10.08%	-59.5%	-61.9%
66	Hamilton County	6,562	638	9.72%	-61.0%	-63.3%
67	Lafayette County	3,595	343	9.54%	-61.7%	-64.0%
STATE OF FLORIDA		8,887,168	2,213,424	24.91%	0.0%	-6.0%
UNITED STATES		158,868,436	42,102,178	26.50%	6.4%	0.0%

Source: Calculated from US Census Bureau data