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

Updated on September 2, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the US population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 75,808,834. Among all US cities and places, New York city, NY had the highest population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (2,451,078), followed by Los Angeles city, CA (986,767), and Chicago city, IL (800,008).

The chart below shows the top 10 US cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 cities and places.

You can see similar information for other educational attainments.

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Ranking of US Cities and Places By Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
New York city, NY
Los Angeles city, CA
Chicago city, IL
Houston city, TX
San Diego city, CA
San Francisco city, CA
Austin city, TX
Seattle city, WA
Philadelphia city, PA
San Jose city, CA
Ranking of US Cities and Places By Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank City or Place Number of People
1 New York city, NY 2451078
2 Los Angeles city, CA 986767
3 Chicago city, IL 800008
4 Houston city, TX 523334
5 San Diego city, CA 459550
6 San Francisco city, CA 410052
7 Austin city, TX 365616
8 Seattle city, WA 360357
9 Philadelphia city, PA 356096
10 San Jose city, CA 319585
11 Phoenix city, AZ 315684
12 Dallas city, TX 303129
13 Washington city, DC 299469
14 Denver city, CO 270034
15 Charlotte city, NC 266439
16 San Antonio city, TX 253954
17 Portland city, OR 252405
18 Boston city, MA 243449
19 Columbus city, OH 225048
20 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 208007
21 Jacksonville city, FL 193159
22 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 190257
23 Atlanta city, GA 188522
24 Fort Worth city, TX 177100
25 Raleigh city, NC 162918
26 Oakland city, CA 151546
27 Minneapolis city, MN 150002
28 Albuquerque city, NM 145298
29 Oklahoma City city, OK 142828
30 Baltimore city, MD 141930
31 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 136251
32 Irvine city, CA 133650
33 Arlington CDP, VA 132370
34 Colorado Springs city, CO 127838
35 Kansas City city, MO 125379
36 Sacramento city, CA 125031
37 Omaha city, NE 123615
38 Virginia Beach city, VA 121382
39 El Paso city, TX 113814
40 Plano city, TX 113676
41 Las Vegas city, NV 112618
42 Scottsdale city, AZ 112579
43 Memphis city, TN 111700
44 Miami city, FL 110548
45 Tampa city, FL 108947
46 New Orleans city, LA 107461
47 Long Beach city, CA 105319
48 Jersey City city, NJ 105130
49 Urban Honolulu CDP, HI 101025
50 Durham city, NC 100594
51 Tucson city, AZ 99849
52 Mesa city, AZ 98701
53 Fremont city, CA 98196
54 Madison city, WI 98083
55 Pittsburgh city, PA 95583
56 Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 95430
57 Milwaukee city, WI 91293
58 Tulsa city, OK 87970
59 Orlando city, FL 85998
60 Chandler city, AZ 84614
61 St. Paul city, MN 83616
62 St. Louis city, MO 83019
63 Overland Park city, KS 82930
64 Cary town, NC 80742
65 Frisco city, TX 80475
66 Cincinnati city, OH 79614
67 Aurora city, CO 79611
68 Wichita city, KS 78610
69 Arlington city, TX 78488
70 Henderson city, NV 78218
71 Alexandria city, VA 78147
72 Fresno city, CA 78102
73 Bellevue city, WA 76489
74 Sunnyvale city, CA 76210
75 Greensboro city, NC 75562
76 Gilbert town, AZ 75559
77 St. Petersburg city, FL 75483
78 Lincoln city, NE 71614
79 Anchorage municipality, AK 71085
80 Naperville city, IL 71008
81 Boise City city, ID 70258
82 Richmond city, VA 68920
83 Detroit city, MI 68537
84 Salt Lake City city, UT 66392
85 Huntington Beach city, CA 66296
86 Irving city, TX 64357
87 Huntsville city, AL 64311
88 Reno city, NV 63810
89 Cambridge city, MA 63138
90 Glendale city, CA 63036
91 Anaheim city, CA 62686
92 McKinney city, TX 62151
93 Little Rock city, AR 59698
94 Chesapeake city, VA 59004
95 Charleston city, SC 58409
96 Fort Collins city, CO 57079
97 Santa Clara city, CA 56990
98 Santa Clarita city, CA 56263
99 Winston-Salem city, NC 56240
100 Torrance city, CA 55843
101 Berkeley city, CA 55766
102 Pasadena city, CA 55288
103 Chula Vista city, CA 55158
104 Bakersfield city, CA 54946
105 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 53931
106 Buffalo city, NY 53825
107 Tempe city, AZ 53469
108 Tallahassee city, FL 53224
109 Sandy Springs city, GA 52927
110 Ann Arbor city, MI 52550
111 Spokane city, WA 50729
112 Stamford city, CT 50565
113 Yonkers city, NY 50461
114 Lakewood city, CO 50189
115 Lubbock city, TX 50182
116 Santa Monica city, CA 49987
117 Eugene city, OR 49448
118 Grand Rapids city, MI 49246
119 Cleveland city, OH 49164
120 The Woodlands CDP, TX 49149
121 Carmel city, IN 48881
122 Enterprise CDP, NV 48836
123 Baton Rouge city, LA 48747
124 Carlsbad city, CA 48423
125 Fort Wayne city, IN 47995
126 Tacoma city, WA 47808
127 Norfolk city, VA 47663
128 Newton city, MA 46930
129 Corpus Christi city, TX 46556
130 Sugar Land city, TX 46492
131 Boulder city, CO 46335
132 Riverside city, CA 46326
133 Columbia CDP, MD 46219
134 Spring Valley CDP, NV 45805
135 Centennial city, CO 45732
136 Olathe city, KS 45528
137 Newport Beach city, CA 45514
138 Peoria city, AZ 45446
139 Roseville city, CA 44554
140 Sioux Falls city, SD 44542
141 San Mateo city, CA 44483
142 Highlands Ranch CDP, CO 44466
143 Thousand Oaks city, CA 44143
144 Montgomery city, AL 43696
145 Santa Rosa city, CA 43545
146 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 43242
147 Mountain View city, CA 43227
148 Pembroke Pines city, FL 43154
149 Worcester city, MA 42914
150 Elk Grove city, CA 42701
151 Mount Pleasant town, SC 42282
152 Richardson city, TX 41511
153 Fishers city, IN 41370
154 Kirkland city, WA 41207
155 Fullerton city, CA 41079
156 Bethesda CDP, MD 40955
157 Birmingham city, AL 40548
158 Knoxville city, TN 40457
159 Boca Raton city, FL 40365
160 Arvada city, CO 40307
161 Aurora city, IL 40150
162 Rochester city, NY 40124
163 Palo Alto city, CA 39991
164 Chattanooga city, TN 39953
165 Somerville city, MA 39870
166 Metairie CDP, LA 39803
167 Vancouver city, WA 39793
168 Oceanside city, CA 39562
169 San Ramon city, CA 39495
170 Providence city, RI 39484
171 Rochester city, MN 39424
172 Des Moines city, IA 39283
173 Roswell city, GA 39063
174 Mobile city, AL 38616
175 Walnut Creek city, CA 38498
176 Pearland city, TX 38320
177 Carrollton city, TX 38288
178 Columbia city, MO 38197
179 Johns Creek city, GA 38145
180 Troy city, MI 37659
181 Redmond city, WA 37252
182 Murfreesboro city, TN 37202
183 Orange city, CA 36985
184 Hoover city, AL 36907
185 Columbus city, GA 36851
186 Gainesville city, FL 36772
187 Pleasanton city, CA 36721
188 Port St. Lucie city, FL 36718
189 Allen city, TX 36560
190 League City city, TX 36419
191 Plymouth city, MN 36128
192 Hoboken city, NJ 36058
193 Brookline CDP, MA 36047
194 Asheville city, NC 35841
195 Garland city, TX 35787
196 Quincy city, MA 35662
197 Toledo city, OH 35403
198 Franklin city, TN 35289
199 Fayetteville city, NC 35274
200 Stockton city, CA 35259
201 Farmington Hills city, MI 35145
202 Hayward city, CA 35097
203 Mission Viejo city, CA 34991
204 Burbank city, CA 34759
205 Salem city, OR 34732
206 Evanston city, IL 34720
207 Santa Ana city, CA 34701
208 Cape Coral city, FL 34653
209 Ellicott City CDP, MD 34388
210 Columbia city, SC 34382
211 Glendale city, AZ 34259
212 Alameda city, CA 34036
213 Coral Springs city, FL 34000
214 Costa Mesa city, CA 33910
215 Wilmington city, NC 33831
216 Newport News city, VA 33786
217 Denton city, TX 33747
218 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA 33698
219 Norman city, OK 33551
220 Cupertino city, CA 33339
221 Redondo Beach city, CA 33322
222 Arlington Heights village, IL 33284
223 Westminster city, CO 33236
224 Silver Spring CDP, MD 33167
225 Shreveport city, LA 33059
226 Concord city, CA 33031
227 Beaverton city, OR 32988
228 Edmond city, OK 32971
229 Fargo city, ND 32922
230 Lee's Summit city, MO 32800
231 Sammamish city, WA 32735
232 Hollywood city, FL 32635
233 The Villages CDP, FL 32634
234 Lafayette city, LA 32619
235 Reston CDP, VA 32597
236 Miami Beach city, FL 32474
237 Dublin city, CA 32310
238 Santa Barbara city, CA 32191
239 Round Rock city, TX 32176
240 Newark city, NJ 31930
241 Bend city, OR 31850
242 Springfield city, MO 31672
243 Redwood City city, CA 31537
244 Grand Prairie city, TX 31504
245 Flower Mound town, TX 31459
246 Rockville city, MD 31432
247 Rochester Hills city, MI 31397
248 Paradise CDP, NV 31393
249 Hialeah city, FL 31169
250 Longmont city, CO 31118
251 Amarillo city, TX 31114
252 Hillsboro city, OR 31047
253 Alpharetta city, GA 31008
254 Simi Valley city, CA 31002
255 West Palm Beach city, FL 30923
256 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 30800
257 New Haven city, CT 30565
258 Milpitas city, CA 30527
259 Meridian city, ID 30436
260 Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA 30179
261 Cedar Rapids city, IA 30148
262 Lawrence city, KS 29979
263 College Station city, TX 29970
264 Woodbury city, MN 29849
265 Surprise city, AZ 29777
266 Plantation city, FL 29623
267 Daly City city, CA 29591
268 Lake Forest city, CA 29570
269 Savannah city, GA 29512
270 Corona city, CA 29424
271 Broomfield city, CO 29398
272 Norwalk city, CT 29341
273 Germantown CDP, MD 29219
274 West Hartford CDP, CT 29218
275 Livermore city, CA 29213
276 Billings city, MT 28956
277 Eden Prairie city, MN 28920
278 Encinitas city, CA 28892
279 Portland city, ME 28861
280 Sterling Heights city, MI 28853
281 Clarksville city, TN 28651
282 Laredo city, TX 28529
283 Weston city, FL 28483
284 Akron city, OH 28397
285 Folsom city, CA 28360
286 Clearwater city, FL 28356
287 Bloomington city, MN 28253
288 Sandy city, UT 28247
289 Centreville CDP, VA 28228
290 McLean CDP, VA 28194
291 Davie town, FL 28164
292 North Las Vegas city, NV 28072
293 Schaumburg village, IL 27962
294 Jackson city, MS 27812
295 Modesto city, CA 27717
296 Peoria city, IL 27603
297 Garden Grove city, CA 27486
298 Edina city, MN 27455
299 Concord city, NC 27405
300 McAllen city, TX 27397
301 Alafaya CDP, FL 27321
302 Santa Fe city, NM 27282
303 Brandon CDP, FL 27271
304 Oak Park village, IL 27270
305 Albany city, NY 27258
306 Novi city, MI 27242
307 Davis city, CA 27205
307 Springfield city, IL 27205
308 Miramar city, FL 27179
309 Livonia city, MI 27138
310 Potomac CDP, MD 27094
311 Catalina Foothills CDP, AZ 27018
312 Laguna Niguel city, CA 26921
313 South Fulton city, GA 26891
314 Chino Hills city, CA 26809
315 Brookhaven city, GA 26802
316 Bellingham city, WA 26743
317 Fayetteville city, AR 26694
318 Maple Grove city, MN 26683
319 Royal Oak city, MI 26646
320 North Bethesda CDP, MD 26607
321 Thornton city, CO 26423
322 O'Fallon city, MO 26231
323 Manchester city, NH 26210
324 Doral city, FL 26196
325 Macon-Bibb County, GA 26173
326 Renton city, WA 26142
327 Nashua city, NH 26094
328 Syracuse city, NY 26028
329 Clovis city, CA 25930
330 Cedar Park city, TX 25818
331 Escondido city, CA 25793
332 Yorba Linda city, CA 25767
333 Framingham city, MA 25701
334 Lewisville city, TX 25658
335 Greenville city, SC 25652
336 Broken Arrow city, OK 25568
337 New Rochelle city, NY 25510
338 Temecula city, CA 25501
339 Richmond city, CA 25470
340 West Des Moines city, IA 25451
341 Gaithersburg city, MD 25393
342 Midland city, TX 25390
343 Palm Beach Gardens city, FL 25281
344 Kendall CDP, FL 25193
345 Arlington CDP, MA 25127
346 Chesterfield city, MO 25105
347 Eagan city, MN 25087
348 Topeka city, KS 25046
349 Hampton city, VA 25036
350 High Point city, NC 24993
351 Kent city, WA 24868
352 Dunwoody city, GA 24850
353 Minnetonka city, MN 24803
354 Las Cruces city, NM 24690
355 Medford city, MA 24646
356 San Marcos city, CA 24640
357 Champaign city, IL 24444
358 Fontana city, CA 24406
359 Chico city, CA 24368
360 Apex town, NC 24317
361 Towson CDP, MD 24257
362 Missoula city, MT 24217
363 Vallejo city, CA 24193
364 Arden-Arcade CDP, CA 24166
365 Oxnard city, CA 24148
366 Bloomington city, IL 24121
367 Pompano Beach city, FL 24043
368 Tustin city, CA 23987
369 Chapel Hill town, NC 23918
370 Dublin city, OH 23777
371 Castle Rock town, CO 23720
372 Palatine village, IL 23712
373 Auburn city, AL 23635
374 Waltham city, MA 23610
375 San Clemente city, CA 23569
376 Madison city, AL 23518
377 Alhambra city, CA 23506
378 West Covina city, CA 23490
379 St. Louis Park city, MN 23382
380 Skokie village, IL 23364
381 Iowa City city, IA 23161
382 Glenview village, IL 23085
383 Coral Gables city, FL 22929
384 White Plains city, NY 22892
385 Wheaton city, IL 22779
386 Joliet city, IL 22764
387 Millcreek city, UT 22699
388 Shawnee city, KS 22672
389 Missouri City city, TX 22650
390 Huntersville town, NC 22594
391 Shoreline city, WA 22576
392 Bloomington city, IN 22527
393 Jupiter town, FL 22381
394 Lenexa city, KS 22363
395 Arcadia city, CA 22356
396 Smyrna city, GA 22327
397 Dearborn city, MI 22318
398 San Rafael city, CA 22163
399 Brownsville city, TX 22139
400 Rockford city, IL 22016
401 Toms River CDP, NJ 21905
402 East Honolulu CDP, HI 21904
403 Union City city, CA 21897
404 Noblesville city, IN 21869
405 Fairfield city, CA 21844
406 Duluth city, MN 21807
407 Georgetown city, TX 21803
408 Moreno Valley city, CA 21773
409 Rio Rancho city, NM 21763
410 Orem city, UT 21762
411 San Leandro city, CA 21725
412 Diamond Bar city, CA 21680
413 Sunrise city, FL 21676
414 Atascocita CDP, TX 21648
415 Rocklin city, CA 21597
416 Frederick city, MD 21576
417 Lakeville city, MN 21538
418 Ankeny city, IA 21513
419 Brentwood city, TN 21436
420 Tuscaloosa city, AL 21385
421 Goodyear city, AZ 21359
421 Clifton city, NJ 21359
422 Lake Oswego city, OR 21358
423 Delray Beach city, FL 21343
424 Murrieta city, CA 21335
425 Riverview CDP, FL 21310
426 Provo city, UT 21247
427 Downers Grove village, IL 21241
428 Southfield city, MI 21202
429 Lansing city, MI 21197
430 Danville town, CA 21171
431 New Braunfels city, TX 21097
432 Redlands city, CA 21060
433 South Jordan city, UT 21041
434 Loveland city, CO 21015
435 Wauwatosa city, WI 21006
436 Rancho Palos Verdes city, CA 20820
437 Castro Valley CDP, CA 20810
438 Ontario city, CA 20795
439 Lowell city, MA 20791
440 Lakeland city, FL 20783
441 Waco city, TX 20742
442 Camarillo city, CA 20702
443 St. Charles city, MO 20612
444 Milton city, GA 20583
445 Danbury city, CT 20560
446 North Charleston city, SC 20452
447 Lancaster city, CA 20435
448 Warwick city, RI 20416
449 Bowie city, MD 20362
450 Tyler city, TX 20282
451 Issaquah city, WA 20247
452 Everett city, WA 20208
453 Collierville town, TN 20207
454 Malden city, MA 20107
455 Cranston city, RI 20104
456 Flagstaff city, AZ 20098
457 Abilene city, TX 20038
458 Upper Arlington city, OH 19999
458 Ashburn CDP, VA 19999
459 Waukesha city, WI 19997
460 Coppell city, TX 19981
461 Visalia city, CA 19972
462 Buffalo Grove village, IL 19961
463 West Hollywood city, CA 19933
464 Carson city, CA 19915
465 Lexington CDP, MA 19906
466 Oro Valley town, AZ 19898
467 Federal Way city, WA 19847
468 Santa Cruz city, CA 19841
469 Napa city, CA 19746
470 Cerritos city, CA 19690
471 Town 'n' Country CDP, FL 19670
472 Suffolk city, VA 19653
473 Aliso Viejo city, CA 19510
474 Bridgeport city, CT 19400
475 Corvallis city, OR 19342
476 Warren city, MI 19298
476 Germantown city, TN 19298
477 Killeen city, TX 19264
478 Culver City city, CA 19258
479 Downey city, CA 19175
480 Wesley Chapel CDP, FL 19108
481 Mount Prospect village, IL 19086
482 Casas Adobes CDP, AZ 19054
483 Manhattan Beach city, CA 19033
484 Carmichael CDP, CA 19015
485 Springfield city, MA 19014
486 South San Francisco city, CA 19011
487 Wellington village, FL 19009
488 South Bend city, IN 18994
489 Bozeman city, MT 18988
490 Burke CDP, VA 18971
491 Bayonne city, NJ 18944
492 Elgin city, IL 18943
493 Tuckahoe CDP, VA 18933
494 Lakewood city, OH 18925
495 Parker town, CO 18906
496 Bismarck city, ND 18873