YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED Persons 25 Years and Older --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total Persons 25+ | Percent Completing | Percent Completing | Percent Completing | 8 Years or Less | High School | 4 or More Years of College | | | Area 1970 1980 1990 | 1970 1980 1990 | 1970 1980 1990 | 1970 1980 1990 | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kentucky 1,713,298 2,086,692 2,333,833 44.8 31.3 19.0 38.5 53.1 64.6 7.2 11.1 13.6 Adair 7,629 9,291 9,885 69.4 52.2 36.6 21.6 34.6 46.3 3.4 5.3 7.4 Allen 7,749 8,779 9,463 66.7 48.7 32.2 23.8 38.5 51.1 2.6 5.0 4.6 Anderson 5,330 7,393 9,421 47.7 33.5 18.6 38.2 50.3 66.7 5.3 7.3 9.9 Ballard 5,186 5,521 5,328 41.7 29.6 16.8 39.3 53.4 64.2 2.7 7.7 8.7 Barren 16,676 20,864 22,627 58.7 43.0 28.8 29.6 44.0 54.5 4.9 8.0 8.3 Bath 5,183 5,908 6,341 65.1 49.6 36.1 21.6 35.6 46.3 3.3 6.4 6.2 Bell 16,696 19,319 19,644 61.9 49.7 33.5 25.2 36.2 46.7 5.5 6.5 9.3 Boone 16,536 25,095 35,347 32.5 17.9 9.3 47.0 65.3 76.4 6.7 11.8 15.3 Bourbon 10,481 11,628 12,332 40.7 31.1 16.4 41.8 53.6 64.0 6.6 9.2 11.8 Boyd 29,531 33,759 34,809 34.2 24.3 13.0 48.3 59.0 68.9 7.8 9.8 11.9 Boyle 11,967 14,648 16,693 37.9 28.6 16.2 44.3 55.6 65.4 9.8 12.6 14.4 Bracken 4,225 4,627 5,016 53.1 39.7 24.4 30.1 43.7 56.0 3.1 5.4 6.5 Breathitt 6,867 8,776 9,455 69.5 48.1 34.8 21.2 37.0 47.8 6.0 8.9 8.6 Breckinridge 8,254 9,892 10,615 60.2 44.1 28.1 26.4 42.1 56.7 2.0 5.7 6.3 Bullitt 12,335 22,177 28,596 44.7 26.8 15.0 34.9 53.0 64.7 3.1 5.8 6.3 Butler 5,584 6,504 7,252 68.6 52.6 34.9 20.3 34.6 46.6 3.1 3.1 5.1 Caldwell 8,022 8,625 8,928 45.4 34.7 19.0 37.2 49.5 61.9 4.4 7.6 8.2 Calloway 14,198 16,883 18,542 40.4 26.6 15.7 43.8 59.8 69.1 11.4 18.1 19.4 Campbell 47,257 47,773 52,731 39.7 26.3 12.7 40.1 55.6 71.0 5.7 9.8 14.9 Carlisle 3,399 3,457 3,508 47.6 32.1 19.2 34.3 52.5 62.3 2.1 4.6 6.6 Carroll 4,781 5,517 5,938 49.5 33.4 18.9 32.2 46.5 59.6 5.6 7.6 10.7 Carter 10,546 13,753 15,035 62.1 45.7 29.5 23.9 38.0 51.3 4.4 5.4 7.6 Casey 7,293 8,665 9,152 71.1 55.2 38.6 19.4 33.2 43.1 4.9 5.8 6.5 Christian 25,507 32,876 38,693 42.9 25.1 14.2 41.2 60.5 72.2 6.2 8.7 10.4 Clark 13,064 16,521 19,172 43.6 28.8 17.8 40.1 55.9 65.1 6.8 9.6 13.0 Clay 8,765 11,718 12,818 75.1 59.9 43.5 17.2 27.6 38.9 5.0 7.3 7.4 Clinton 4,738 5,588 5,987 74.4 55.3 38.1 17.5 30.5 44.4 3.1 4.7 6.6 Crittenden 5,264 5,776 6,102 53.6 40.0 24.4 33.5 45.4 59.6 3.6 5.9 5.1 Cumberland 4,106 4,551 4,583 73.1 61.3 43.6 18.4 29.0 39.5 4.3 6.7 6.1 Daviess 41,289 48,965 55,048 32.7 22.6 12.6 48.9 61.3 72.3 8.7 11.0 14.1 Edmonson 4,769 5,772 6,570 65.2 47.8 32.1 19.7 35.5 48.6 2.2 5.3 5.4 Elliott 3,095 3,742 3,912 74.5 55.0 37.0 18.8 31.3 44.0 3.4 7.1 5.6 Estill 6,964 8,301 9,170 65.5 50.5 35.5 23.1 38.4 46.5 2.9 6.5 5.4 Fayette 89,217 115,055 142,116 24.2 15.9 8.3 60.1 71.6 80.2 17.2 25.6 30.6 Fleming 6,583 7,326 7,946 60.2 48.3 31.1 27.9 40.2 53.8 3.3 6.3 8.7 Floyd 18,863 29,961 26,566 63.8 45.9 31.3 24.5 39.9 50.8 4.2 6.0 7.4 Franklin 19,347 25,064 28,819 35.1 22.7 12.0 51.0 64.0 76.0 11.9 18.0 21.3 Fulton 6,067 5,495 5,512 46.9 33.8 25.0 37.8 45.2 54.4 4.9 6.6 10.3 Gallatin 2,296 2,761 3,349 51.6 36.9 21.2 32.1 43.2 59.8 2.2 5.5 5.0 Garrard 5,592 6,741 7,776 51.3 36.8 26.0 31.9 44.5 54.3 4.7 7.2 6.3 Grant 5,756 7,630 9,635 48.1 34.0 19.8 33.5 49.0 61.6 3.7 5.6 7.2 Graves 18,967 21,686 22,682 43.9 32.2 18.7 36.3 50.0 62.0 3.6 7.9 8.8 Grayson 9,200 12,203 13,615 66.4 49.1 32.0 21.7 37.2 48.3 4.0 5.6 6.1 Green 6,154 6,918 7,093 70.6 55.2 38.6 21.1 35.6 49.0 3.1 3.9 6.8 Greenup 17,403 22,402 24,051 43.4 27.1 18.6 38.9 57.1 64.7 4.3 9.1 11.1 Hancock 3,747 4,253 4,844 45.8 29.0 17.3 38.9 57.2 69.3 3.9 6.3 6.9 Hardin 28,263 39,986 49,643 32.7 20.9 12.1 51.7 66.5 75.3 7.5 10.9 12.9 Harlan 19,821 22,992 22,506 61.2 45.1 31.7 23.9 38.2 49.5 4.3 5.7 6.4 Harrison 8,408 9,271 10,490 46.1 34.8 19.5 37.2 46.9 62.4 6.2 7.3 8.6 Hart 8,005 9,123 9,659 63.6 47.8 34.6 23.0 37.2 45.3 3.2 6.4 5.2 Henderson 19,705 23,811 27,643 37.7 25.2 14.3 44.2 57.2 68.5 5.5 10.2 11.1 Henry 6,492 7,776 8,389 49.0 34.0 21.4 36.0 50.9 60.9 4.6 7.4 8.2 Hickman 3,741 3,830 3,852 45.1 30.3 23.0 34.6 53.2 56.8 2.6 7.5 7.6 Hopkins 22,200 27,410 29,896 47.1 34.3 20.9 35.5 49.7 62.5 5.0 7.5 9.6 Jackson 5,294 6,693 7,324 76.4 62.5 43.6 13.6 25.3 38.3 3.5 4.2 4.9 Jefferson 370,404 406,868 439,055 31.9 19.1 9.7 47.3 63.6 74.1 9.7 15.3 19.3 Jessamine 9,594 14,032 18,458 41.5 26.3 14.2 41.5 59.7 69.0 11.8 17.3 19.1 Johnson 9,923 13,944 14,571 62.8 44.7 28.1 25.2 42.8 54.7 4.5 7.4 9.3 Kenton 68,985 78,036 88,454 35.9 22.9 10.7 42.4 59.0 74.4 7.1 12.2 17.0 Knott 7,181 9,283 10,619 70.4 50.7 35.9 18.8 36.2 45.1 4.9 6.1 8.2 Knox 12,441 16,552 17,934 66.5 50.9 35.2 21.9 36.0 46.6 4.3 7.3 8.0 Larue 6,042 7,232 7,814 57.5 40.4 24.3 29.3 43.9 59.0 4.6 5.0 8.1 Laurel 14,566 21,732 27,037 61.4 43.5 27.6 26.8 42.5 52.7 5.3 6.7 8.2 Lawrence 6,080 7,982 8,677 64.2 48.9 36.0 23.2 36.0 46.4 3.8 5.5 6.2 Lee 3,562 4,544 4,654 70.3 49.8 37.7 16.6 34.6 43.4 2.8 5.7 5.8 Leslie 5,313 7,448 8,048 72.9 55.0 38.0 16.0 30.6 40.4 4.5 7.0 6.6 Letcher 12,154 16,618 16,645 66.5 46.5 33.6 19.3 37.9 45.6 3.1 6.7 6.7 Lewis 6,336 7,805 8,127 66.2 54.7 38.8 22.0 33.0 45.4 3.5 5.3 6.7 Lincoln 9,339 11,159 12,759 58.9 45.5 30.1 26.1 37.0 50.4 4.0 4.7 6.2 Livingston 4,565 5,723 6,200 56.3 33.0 21.2 29.8 50.9 63.1 3.0 5.4 5.4 Logan 12,653 14,495 15,856 52.3 38.9 24.9 31.7 45.1 57.7 4.7 6.6 8.1 Lyon 3,720 4,373 4,959 52.8 30.6 18.7 33.7 54.1 61.0 3.3 6.4 9.1 McCracken 34,129 38,193 42,531 32.7 22.1 11.7 47.8 62.9 73.1 7.4 11.5 14.3 McCreary 6,194 8,145 9,118 74.0 56.0 39.4 14.8 28.8 40.2 4.1 5.2 4.6 McLean 5,346 6,149 6,316 51.9 36.3 23.5 32.1 47.1 58.6 2.8 5.6 6.6 Madison 19,544 26,152 32,274 44.3 30.4 19.2 40.6 54.9 64.8 12.0 17.8 19.1 Magoffin 5,087 6,841 7,567 71.4 55.0 40.4 17.5 30.1 38.2 2.5 5.5 4.6 Marion 8,010 9,606 10,339 54.1 38.7 23.3 31.1 44.9 58.9 4.9 6.7 6.4 Marshall 12,120 16,184 18,824 42.9 28.5 16.2 39.5 56.4 67.6 4.1 8.4 9.6 Martin 4,389 6,874 7,208 75.5 50.4 35.3 13.9 34.5 44.4 3.8 5.9 6.0 Mason 9,947 10,708 10,895 35.2 33.8 19.0 37.4 49.2 60.7 4.8 9.7 10.2 Meade 8,481 11,623 13,790 34.0 22.4 13.7 51.6 64.2 74.3 14.0 12.2 11.0 Menifee 2,075 2,761 3,122 73.6 54.8 34.8 15.8 31.8 46.0 2.9 4.2 4.9 Mercer 9,361 11,520 12,757 43.1 30.9 20.5 39.9 52.3 62.8 6.3 9.2 8.9 Metcalfe 2,075 5,370 5,873 72.8 55.5 39.8 17.3 33.1 45.2 3.3 5.2 5.0 Monroe 6,683 7,454 7,553 71.3 57.0 38.3 20.4 32.4 47.1 4.0 5.2 6.9 Montgomery 8,241 11,405 12,460 50.4 37.4 25.7 34.1 46.8 56.1 6.5 8.0 9.2 Morgan 5,454 6,680 7,325 70.4 55.5 39.1 20.5 30.5 44.1 4.8 6.3 6.7 Muhlenberg 16,062 18,947 20,133 51.9 37.1 24.9 30.8 44.8 54.9 3.2 6.5 6.2 Nelson 11,095 14,802 18,159 47.0 29.8 16.9 37.8 56.0 67.4 7.1 10.0 9.3 Nicholas 3,741 4,329 4,420 54.0 39.1 25.0 28.7 42.0 55.4 3.0 6.3 6.0 Ohio 10,930 12,863 13,562 55.9 38.3 25.5 28.3 44.1 53.1 3.5 5.1 6.2 Oldham 7,789 15,518 21,049 38.3 17.1 7.9 42.4 69.3 80.2 7.1 16.4 22.9 Owen 4,596 5,460 5,887 54.5 40.3 24.8 31.2 41.6 55.2 3.5 7.0 7.4 Owsley 2,680 3,237 3,187 76.8 59.5 49.1 12.6 29.3 35.5 4.4 6.9 9.8 Pendleton 5,523 6,238 7,336 49.5 36.1 20.1 34.1 47.5 60.1 3.1 6.0 6.8 Perry 12,941 17,943 18,362 62.9 47.9 32.5 24.2 37.3 47.6 5.1 6.0 6.7 Pike 31,121 43,648 44,941 64.0 45.3 31.5 23.4 38.3 50.2 4.1 6.2 7.7 Powell 3,896 5,973 7,012 66.8 50.8 33.8 21.9 34.0 50.1 3.4 5.5 5.3 Pulaski 20,038 27,175 32,512 59.3 43.1 28.5 28.8 44.5 56.2 5.2 7.1 9.2 Robertson 1,360 1,424 1,408 58.6 45.1 29.7 27.0 40.7 50.8 3.4 6.6 7.7 Rockcastle 6,490 8,008 9,249 69.9 53.1 37.9 19.7 34.4 44.9 3.6 6.2 5.9 Rowan 6,910 9,205 10,476 52.9 36.6 27.4 35.0 51.0 57.9 12.4 16.9 17.3 Russell 6,162 8,384 9,839 67.2 48.9 32.7 22.0 37.4 50.2 4.7 6.0 6.2 Scott 9,261 12,203 14,554 40.7 28.5 13.9 42.6 55.2 69.1 8.6 11.6 15.2 Shelby 10,882 13,909 16,318 42.7 28.3 14.8 40.1 55.1 69.9 6.1 11.3 12.9 Simpson 7,381 8,586 9,730 49.6 32.7 21.9 36.0 49.8 58.9 5.4 7.6 8.8 Spencer 2,923 3,455 4,343 62.2 43.9 25.9 25.1 39.7 57.5 3.9 5.4 9.9 Taylor 9,549 12,533 13,792 55.1 42.4 27.4 30.8 44.1 57.4 5.5 8.2 10.1 Todd 6,232 7,090 7,028 55.3 45.4 30.0 30.6 41.3 50.6 5.5 5.8 7.1 Trigg 4,984 5,956 7,223 56.0 36.9 22.4 28.6 49.0 58.9 3.8 9.4 11.4 Trimble 2,895 3,699 3,931 46.4 29.8 19.7 33.4 49.2 61.6 2.9 5.3 7.3 Union 7,682 8,864 9,408 36.9 24.1 12.5 43.4 56.4 68.1 5.7 6.7 8.9 Warren 28,146 38,216 46,161 40.5 25.4 15.0 45.6 63.1 70.9 10.6 16.6 19.2 Washington 5,725 6,135 6,669 52.3 38.9 26.2 34.2 45.9 57.8 5.0 8.6 7.5 Wayne 7,818 9,759 11,030 73.5 58.8 39.4 18.2 29.6 44.6 2.6 5.3 5.5 Webster 8,084 8,902 9,089 51.5 34.2 19.9 30.2 47.3 60.7 3.2 5.2 6.0 Whitley 13,472 18,554 20,195 58.7 44.0 28.8 26.9 40.5 53.0 5.5 8.7 11.3 Wolfe 2,994 3,688 4,052 75.4 57.9 38.8 16.6 26.8 42.8 3.3 6.7 7.7 Woodford 7,749 10,267 12,840 36.8 24.6 12.2 46.0 60.8 73.5 9.6 15.6 19.5 Produced by the Kentucky State Data Center Source: 1970, 1980, and 1990 Census of Population and Housing