Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percentage of Non-Hispanic White Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the US Non-Hispanic White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 37.35%. Among all US cities and places with a population of 50K or higher, Washington city, DC had the highest percentage of its Non-Hispanic White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (92.42%), followed by Bethesda CDP, MD (90.82%), and Hoboken city, NJ (88.82%).

The chart below shows the top 10 US cities and places (with a population of 50K+), and the table below shows the top 500 US cities and places (with a population of 50K+).

You can see similar information for other educational attainments.

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Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percentage of Non-Hispanic White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Washington city, DC
Bethesda CDP, MD
Hoboken city, NJ
Arlington CDP, VA
Brookline CDP, MA
Cambridge city, MA
Silver Spring CDP, MD
Chapel Hill town, NC
Palo Alto city, CA
Brookhaven city, GA
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Percentage of Non-Hispanic White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank City or Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Washington city, DC 92.42
2 Bethesda CDP, MD 90.82
3 Hoboken city, NJ 88.82
4 Arlington CDP, VA 86.38
5 Brookline CDP, MA 85.97
6 Cambridge city, MA 84.93
7 Silver Spring CDP, MD 84.37
8 Chapel Hill town, NC 83.76
9 Palo Alto city, CA 82.65
10 Brookhaven city, GA 82.26
11 Alexandria city, VA 81.93
12 Evanston city, IL 81.55
13 Berkeley city, CA 81.50
14 Atlanta city, GA 80.92
15 Davis city, CA 80.62
16 Oak Park village, IL 80.43
17 Newton city, MA 80.39
18 Ann Arbor city, MI 79.78
19 Boulder city, CO 79.60
19 North Bethesda CDP, MD 79.60
20 Reston CDP, VA 79.44
21 San Francisco city, CA 77.88
22 Mountain View city, CA 77.63
23 Dunwoody city, GA 75.97
24 Oakland city, CA 74.98
25 Sandy Springs city, GA 74.85
26 Rockville city, MD 73.63
27 Boston city, MA 73.13
28 Edina city, MN 72.86
29 Sammamish city, WA 72.78
30 Santa Monica city, CA 72.39
31 Cupertino city, CA 72.31
31 Carmel city, IN 72.31
32 West Hartford CDP, CT 72.07
33 Seattle city, WA 71.33
34 Somerville city, MA 71.28
35 Roswell city, GA 70.91
36 Catalina Foothills CDP, AZ 70.64
37 Walnut Creek city, CA 70.61
38 Naperville city, IL 70.54
39 Alpharetta city, GA 70.48
40 Towson CDP, MD 70.32
41 Richmond city, VA 70.24
42 Durham city, NC 70.21
43 Columbia CDP, MD 70.17
44 White Plains city, NY 69.40
45 Miami city, FL 68.97
46 Gaithersburg city, MD 68.84
47 Cary town, NC 68.78
48 Johns Creek city, GA 68.59
49 Alameda city, CA 68.51
50 Wheaton city, IL 68.42
51 Denver city, CO 68.41
52 Newport Beach city, CA 68.13
53 Encinitas city, CA 67.98
54 Austin city, TX 67.90
55 Centreville CDP, VA 67.80
56 Ellicott City CDP, MD 67.69
57 Irvine city, CA 67.58
58 Auburn city, AL 67.49
59 Pasadena city, CA 67.31
59 Highlands Ranch CDP, CO 67.31
60 Mount Pleasant town, SC 67.18
61 Fishers city, IN 67.10
62 Greenville city, SC 67.07
63 Eden Prairie city, MN 66.85
64 Santa Fe city, NM 66.45
65 Miami Beach city, FL 66.39
66 Bellevue city, WA 66.28
67 West New York town, NJ 66.17
68 Santa Barbara city, CA 66.11
68 New Orleans city, LA 66.11
68 Raleigh city, NC 66.11
69 Redmond city, WA 66.07
70 Chicago city, IL 65.94
71 Redondo Beach city, CA 65.78
72 Madison city, AL 65.49
73 Franklin city, TN 65.44
74 Sunnyvale city, CA 65.38
75 Redwood City city, CA 65.07
75 Jersey City city, NJ 65.07
76 Bozeman city, MT 64.95
77 Apex town, NC 64.69
78 Minneapolis city, MN 64.63
79 Iowa City city, IA 64.57
80 Carlsbad city, CA 64.47
81 Charleston city, SC 64.42
82 Frisco city, TX 64.32
83 East Honolulu CDP, HI 64.31
84 Weston city, FL 64.28
85 San Ramon city, CA 64.27
86 Aspen Hill CDP, MD 64.21
87 Plymouth city, MN 64.19
88 Columbia city, SC 64.13
89 Stamford city, CT 64.10
90 Sugar Land city, TX 64.06
91 Hoover city, AL 64.05
92 The Woodlands CDP, TX 63.87
93 Dallas city, TX 63.84
94 San Mateo city, CA 63.70
95 Flower Mound town, TX 63.25
96 Overland Park city, KS 63.03
97 Santa Cruz city, CA 62.90
98 Centennial city, CO 62.36
99 Minnetonka city, MN 62.15
100 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA 62.14
101 Woodbury city, MN 61.86
102 San Rafael city, CA 61.73
103 Charlotte city, NC 61.68
104 Madison city, WI 61.55
105 Kirkland city, WA 61.54
106 New York city, NY 61.20
106 College Station city, TX 61.20
107 Doral city, FL 61.19
108 Royal Oak city, MI 61.18
109 Houston city, TX 60.97
110 San Diego city, CA 60.79
111 Scottsdale city, AZ 60.72
112 Downers Grove village, IL 60.55
113 Richardson city, TX 60.54
114 Baltimore city, MD 60.40
115 Little Rock city, AR 60.36
116 Pleasanton city, CA 60.07
117 Corvallis city, OR 60.01
118 Broomfield city, CO 59.89
119 New Haven city, CT 59.84
120 Flagstaff city, AZ 59.79
121 Ames city, IA 59.53
122 Fort Collins city, CO 59.40
123 Arlington Heights village, IL 59.36
124 Bloomington city, IN 59.24
125 Boca Raton city, FL 59.20
126 Lenexa city, KS 59.03
126 Wheaton CDP, MD 59.03
127 Aliso Viejo city, CA 58.96
127 Smyrna city, GA 58.96
128 Horizon West CDP, FL 58.95
129 Portland city, ME 58.92
130 New Brunswick city, NJ 58.84
131 Plano city, TX 58.60
132 Germantown CDP, MD 58.59
133 Tuscaloosa city, AL 58.42
134 Los Angeles city, CA 58.28
135 Kendall CDP, FL 57.95
136 Baton Rouge city, LA 57.90
137 Waltham city, MA 57.85
138 Santa Clara city, CA 57.77
138 Lawrence city, KS 57.77
139 Tallahassee city, FL 57.74
140 Marietta city, GA 57.61
141 Jackson city, MS 57.52
142 New Rochelle city, NY 57.49
143 Portland city, OR 57.35
144 Laguna Niguel city, CA 57.30
145 Salt Lake City city, UT 57.19
146 Huntersville town, NC 57.14
147 Dublin city, CA 57.12
147 Richmond city, CA 57.12
148 Framingham city, MA 57.10
149 Asheville city, NC 57.00
150 Novi city, MI 56.84
151 Collierville town, TN 56.83
152 Tampa city, FL 56.81
153 Albany city, NY 56.78
154 Edmond city, OK 56.71
155 Columbia city, MO 56.60
156 San Jose city, CA 56.54
157 Troy city, MI 56.32
158 Norwalk city, CT 56.12
159 Grapevine city, TX 55.81
160 Birmingham city, AL 55.64
161 Rochester Hills city, MI 55.55
162 Manhattan city, KS 55.48
163 Maple Grove city, MN 55.46
164 Wilmington city, DE 55.36
164 Medford city, MA 55.36
165 Cincinnati city, OH 55.35
166 Urban Honolulu CDP, HI 55.31
167 Orlando city, FL 55.29
168 Palm Beach Gardens city, FL 55.21
168 St. Paul city, MN 55.21
169 Shoreline city, WA 54.93
170 Eagan city, MN 54.89
171 Olathe city, KS 54.78
172 Palatine village, IL 54.68
173 Gainesville city, FL 54.55
174 Farmington Hills city, MI 54.45
175 West Des Moines city, IA 54.44
176 Tustin city, CA 54.29
177 St. Louis city, MO 54.21
178 Providence city, RI 53.95
179 San Clemente city, CA 53.87
179 Champaign city, IL 53.87
180 McKinney city, TX 53.84
181 Jupiter town, FL 53.83
181 Normal town, IL 53.83
182 Parker town, CO 53.81
183 Greenville city, NC 53.79
184 Castle Rock town, CO 53.74
185 Novato city, CA 53.55
186 Millcreek city, UT 53.42
187 Shawnee city, KS 53.36
188 Fayetteville city, AR 53.24
189 Mission Viejo city, CA 53.20
190 Redlands city, CA 53.16
191 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 52.96
192 Missouri City city, TX 52.79
193 Tempe city, AZ 52.76
194 Greensboro city, NC 52.64
195 Skokie village, IL 52.57
196 Allen city, TX 52.25
197 Huntsville city, AL 52.24
198 Folsom city, CA 52.04
199 Las Cruces city, NM 51.88
200 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 51.87
201 West Palm Beach city, FL 51.82
202 Missoula city, MT 51.69
203 Ankeny city, IA 51.64
204 Lake Forest city, CA 51.62
205 Lakewood city, OH 51.45
206 Cedar Park city, TX 51.36
207 Thousand Oaks city, CA 51.25
208 Pittsburgh city, PA 51.19
208 Provo city, UT 51.19
209 Georgetown city, TX 51.13
210 Longmont city, CO 51.11
211 San Marcos city, CA 50.83
212 Delray Beach city, FL 50.75
213 Rochester city, MN 50.69
214 Costa Mesa city, CA 50.68
215 Lee's Summit city, MO 50.58
216 Alhambra city, CA 50.52
217 League City city, TX 50.36
218 Long Beach city, CA 50.26
218 Torrance city, CA 50.26
219 Alafaya CDP, FL 50.20
219 Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 50.20
220 Memphis city, TN 50.16
221 Albuquerque city, NM 49.97
222 Passaic city, NJ 49.64
223 Noblesville city, IN 49.61
223 San Marcos city, TX 49.61
224 Yorba Linda city, CA 49.56
225 Wilmington city, NC 49.52
226 Apple Valley city, MN 49.49
226 Carrollton city, TX 49.49
227 Wellington village, FL 49.44
228 Lakeville city, MN 49.34
229 Lafayette city, LA 49.30
230 Beaverton city, OR 49.28
231 Fullerton city, CA 49.26
232 Lakewood city, CO 49.20
232 Mount Prospect village, IL 49.20
232 Olympia city, WA 49.20
233 Plantation city, FL 48.78
234 Philadelphia city, PA 48.66
235 Frederick city, MD 48.61
236 Quincy city, MA 48.59
236 Bellingham city, WA 48.59
237 Round Rock city, TX 48.47
238 Tigard city, OR 48.44
239 Gilbert town, AZ 48.39
240 Aurora city, IL 48.38
241 Arcadia city, CA 48.37
242 Bend city, OR 48.33
243 Bloomington city, IL 48.31
243 Leander city, TX 48.31
243 McAllen city, TX 48.31
244 Arvada city, CO 48.23
245 Monterey Park city, CA 48.17
245 Union City city, NJ 48.17
246 Bryan city, TX 48.13
247 Livermore city, CA 48.07
248 Grand Rapids city, MI 48.02
249 Pearland city, TX 47.96
250 Hawthorne city, CA 47.89
250 Pensacola city, FL 47.89
251 Bloomington city, MN 47.84
252 Montgomery city, AL 47.72
253 Huntington Beach city, CA 47.49
254 Lynchburg city, VA 47.39
255 Bentonville city, AR 47.32
256 Lehi city, UT 47.22
257 Marana town, AZ 47.18
258 Rocklin city, CA 47.16
259 Norman city, OK 47.02
260 North Miami city, FL 46.93
261 Sacramento city, CA 46.66
262 Bonita Springs city, FL 46.54
262 Rochester city, NY 46.54
263 Pflugerville city, TX 46.48
264 Chandler city, AZ 46.46
265 Savannah city, GA 46.37
266 Kansas City city, MO 46.27
267 Sandy city, UT 46.26
268 Winston-Salem city, NC 46.17
269 Valdosta city, GA 46.15
270 Westminster city, CO 46.11
270 Milford city (balance), CT 46.11
271 Midland city, TX 46.02
272 Sarasota city, FL 45.95
273 East Orange city, NJ 45.87
274 Orange city, CA 45.80
275 Bowie city, MD 45.78
276 Camarillo city, CA 45.70
277 Orem city, UT 45.66
278 Hoffman Estates village, IL 45.51
279 Chino Hills city, CA 45.33
280 Daly City city, CA 45.25
281 Colorado Springs city, CO 45.24
282 Kalamazoo city, MI 45.19
283 Lubbock city, TX 45.13
284 Milpitas city, CA 45.12
285 Castro Valley CDP, CA 45.10
286 San Antonio city, TX 45.05
287 Roseville city, CA 45.02
288 Bel Air South CDP, MD 44.96
289 Columbus city, OH 44.94
290 Omaha city, NE 44.93
290 Irving city, TX 44.93
291 Petaluma city, CA 44.92
292 Anchorage municipality, AK 44.85
293 New Braunfels city, TX 44.79
294 Eugene city, OR 44.74
295 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 44.72
295 Denton city, TX 44.72
296 Conway city, AR 44.66
297 Napa city, CA 44.54
298 Boise City city, ID 44.49
299 High Point city, NC 44.42
300 Mount Vernon city, NY 44.35
301 Richland city, WA 44.30
302 Fort Worth city, TX 44.17
303 Placentia city, CA 44.11
304 Fountainebleau CDP, FL 44.10
305 Waukesha city, WI 44.02
306 Harrisonburg city, VA 43.98
307 Atascocita CDP, TX 43.97
308 Cypress city, CA 43.91
309 Fargo city, ND 43.88
310 Burbank city, CA 43.84
310 Burnsville city, MN 43.84
311 Coral Springs city, FL 43.80
311 South Jordan city, UT 43.80
312 Arden-Arcade CDP, CA 43.79
313 St. Petersburg city, FL 43.74
314 Diamond Bar city, CA 43.67
314 El Paso city, TX 43.67
315 Fremont city, CA 43.58
316 Tamiami CDP, FL 43.50
317 The Hammocks CDP, FL 43.37
318 Logan city, UT 43.35
319 Danbury city, CT 43.30
320 Palm Desert city, CA 43.21
321 La Mesa city, CA 43.02
322 Mobile city, AL 42.96
323 Peoria city, IL 42.89
324 Murfreesboro city, TN 42.79
325 Fountain Valley city, CA 42.78
326 Chico city, CA 42.70
327 Norfolk city, VA 42.65
328 Schaumburg village, IL 42.60
329 Queen Creek town, AZ 42.57
330 The Villages CDP, FL 42.55
331 Severn CDP, MD 42.51
332 Yonkers city, NY 42.47
333 Lincoln city, NE 42.45
334 Wesley Chapel CDP, FL 42.40
334 Hillsboro city, OR 42.40
335 O'Fallon city, MO 42.32
336 Malden city, MA 42.31
337 Phoenix city, AZ 42.30
338 Rogers city, AR 42.25
339 Bayonne city, NJ 42.20
339 Virginia Beach city, VA 42.20
340 Santa Rosa city, CA 42.14
341 Oceanside city, CA 42.11
342 Fort Myers city, FL 42.10
343 Bolingbrook village, IL 42.06
344 East Los Angeles CDP, CA 42.04
344 Florence-Graham CDP, CA 42.04
345 Beaumont city, TX 41.80
346 Glendale city, CA 41.74
346 Orland Park village, IL 41.74
346 Waco city, TX 41.74
347 Metairie CDP, LA 41.58
348 Tyler city, TX 41.57
349 Santa Ana city, CA 41.56
350 Concord city, NC 41.47
351 Davie town, FL 41.43
352 Inglewood city, CA 41.41
353 Kentwood city, MI 41.34
354 Southfield city, MI 41.32
355 St. Charles city, MO 41.28
356 Duluth city, MN 41.19
357 Eastvale city, CA 41.18
357 Milwaukee city, WI 41.18
358 Galveston city, TX 41.07
359 Meridian city, ID 40.99
360 Chattanooga city, TN 40.90
361 Des Plaines city, IL 40.83
362 Aurora city, CO 40.81
363 Santa Clarita city, CA 40.80
363 Mansfield city, TX 40.80
364 Arlington city, TX 40.58
365 Casas Adobes CDP, AZ 40.52
366 Nashua city, NH 40.43
367 Johnson City city, TN 40.34
368 Reno city, NV 40.33
369 Jackson city, TN 40.32
370 Tulsa city, OK 40.29
371 Loveland city, CO 40.23
372 Bethlehem city, PA 40.20
373 Shreveport city, LA 40.19
374 Concord city, CA 40.02
375 Clifton city, NJ 40.01
376 Herriman city, UT 39.99
377 Rock Hill city, SC 39.92
378 Irondequoit CDP, NY 39.76
379 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 39.70
380 Upland city, CA 39.69
381 Plainfield city, NJ 39.63
382 Temecula city, CA 39.56
383 Renton city, WA 39.44
384 Buffalo city, NY 39.39
385 Hartford city, CT 39.33
386 Bismarck city, ND 39.30
387 Lancaster city, PA 39.24
388 Glendora city, CA 39.14
389 Weymouth Town city, MA 39.13
390 Dale City CDP, VA 39.12
391 Brentwood city, CA 39.09
392 Tucson city, AZ 38.98
393 Oklahoma City city, OK 38.76
394 St. Peters city, MO 38.67
395 Grand Forks city, ND 38.65
396 Hendersonville city, TN 38.54
397 Goodyear city, AZ 38.52
398 Layton city, UT 38.47
399 Livonia city, MI 38.45
399 Billings city, MT 38.45
400 Euless city, TX 38.36
401 Sioux Falls city, SD 38.32
402 North Little Rock city, AR 38.17
403 Chula Vista city, CA 38.15
403 Elk Grove city, CA 38.15
404 Gilroy city, CA 38.13
405 Bridgeport city, CT 38.06
406 Escondido city, CA 37.99
406 Kettering city, OH 37.99
407 Whittier city, CA 37.96
408 Tonawanda Town CDP, NY 37.94
409 San Leandro city, CA 37.93
410 Burien city, WA 37.88
411 Appleton city, WI 37.80
412 Oxnard city, CA 37.78
413 Mission city, TX 37.77
414 Brooklyn Park city, MN 37.75
415 Pembroke Pines city, FL 37.69
416 Woodland city, CA 37.66
417 Town 'n' Country CDP, FL 37.61
418 Murray city, UT 37.58
419 North Charleston city, SC 37.55
420 Apopka city, FL 37.54
421 Syracuse city, NY 37.51
422 Kendale Lakes CDP, FL 37.50
423 Worcester city, MA 37.44
424 Edinburg city, TX 37.39
424 Wylie city, TX 37.39
425 Miramar city, FL 37.38
426 Macon-Bibb County, GA 37.33
427 Vista city, CA 37.31
428 Grand Junction city, CO 37.26
429 Clovis city, CA 37.25
430 Lake Charles city, LA 37.24
431 Temple city, TX 37.21
432 Springfield city, IL 37.20
432 Burlington city, NC 37.20
433 South San Francisco city, CA 37.18
434 Conroe city, TX 37.13
435 Westchester CDP, FL 37.12
436 Knoxville city, TN 37.11
437 Rapid City city, SD 37.08
438 Boynton Beach city, FL 37.07
439 Chesapeake city, VA 36.98
440 Carmichael CDP, CA 36.91
441 Tinley Park village, IL 36.80
442 Tacoma city, WA 36.77
443 North Richland Hills city, TX 36.70
444 Lewisville city, TX 36.63
445 Lakewood CDP, NJ 36.59
446 Aloha CDP, OR 36.55
447 Hempstead village, NY 36.49
448 Waukegan city, IL 36.41
449 Peabody city, MA 36.36
450 Peoria city, AZ 36.35
451 Detroit city, MI 36.28
452 Cranston city, RI 36.27
453 Hollywood city, FL 36.25
454 Columbus city, IN 36.18