Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 3, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the population of Kansas (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma was 8.39%. Among all Kansas counties, Seward County had the highest percentage of its population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma (29.58%), followed by Finney County (28.17%), and Haskell County (27.65%).

The chart below shows the top 10 Kansas counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kansas counties.

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Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021
Seward County
Finney County
Haskell County
Stevens County
Ford County
Gray County
Kearny County
Grant County
Wyandotte County
Hamilton County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Seward County 29.58
2 Finney County 28.17
3 Haskell County 27.65
4 Stevens County 26.13
5 Ford County 24.94
6 Gray County 22.42
7 Kearny County 22.27
8 Grant County 20.90
9 Wyandotte County 18.83
10 Hamilton County 18.77
11 Stanton County 18.44
12 Scott County 16.00
13 Meade County 15.50
14 Anderson County 14.43
15 Wichita County 13.40
16 Elk County 12.80
17 Edwards County 12.67
18 Morton County 12.26
19 Greeley County 12.17
20 Chautauqua County 11.96
21 Kiowa County 11.87
22 Cherokee County 11.66
23 Lyon County 11.65
24 Barton County 11.35
25 Harper County 10.93
26 Sedgwick County 10.45
27 Montgomery County 9.96
28 Labette County 9.94
29 Bourbon County 9.88
30 Norton County 9.76
31 Sherman County 9.74
32 Rooks County 9.52
33 Woodson County 9.38
34 Wilson County 9.34
35 Pawnee County 9.26
36 Phillips County 9.10
37 Neosho County 8.98
38 Doniphan County 8.84
39 Kingman County 8.83
40 Barber County 8.73
41 Reno County 8.72
42 Marshall County 8.59
43 Hodgeman County 8.58
44 Ness County 8.51
45 Ellsworth County 8.33
45 Harvey County 8.33
46 McPherson County 8.29
47 Osage County 8.26
48 Marion County 8.18
49 Cowley County 8.11
50 Thomas County 7.92
51 Cheyenne County 7.88
52 Stafford County 7.79
53 Greenwood County 7.64
54 Rush County 7.59
55 Logan County 7.51
56 Allen County 7.34
57 Jewell County 7.27
58 Franklin County 7.22
59 Morris County 7.20
60 Pratt County 7.16
61 Rice County 7.12
62 Leavenworth County 7.05
63 Russell County 6.92
64 Shawnee County 6.80
65 Crawford County 6.78
66 Dickinson County 6.66
66 Saline County 6.66
66 Sumner County 6.66
67 Decatur County 6.57
68 Nemaha County 6.55
69 Chase County 6.51
70 Brown County 6.50
71 Washington County 6.33
72 Linn County 6.32
73 Butler County 6.30
74 Graham County 6.22
75 Geary County 6.18
76 Coffey County 6.16
77 Atchison County 6.05
78 Ellis County 5.97
79 Osborne County 5.89
80 Clay County 5.84
81 Gove County 5.69
81 Jackson County 5.69
82 Clark County 5.67
83 Trego County 5.30
84 Mitchell County 5.17
85 Jefferson County 5.15
86 Ottawa County 5.03
87 Cloud County 4.98
88 Republic County 4.80
89 Miami County 4.71
90 Rawlins County 4.54
91 Lincoln County 4.48
92 Pottawatomie County 4.31
93 Wallace County 4.30
94 Lane County 4.26
95 Comanche County 4.23
96 Sheridan County 4.16
97 Riley County 3.89
98 Smith County 3.83
99 Douglas County 3.74
100 Johnson County 3.73
101 Wabaunsee County 3.58