| Population 25 Years and Over, 1980 | Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 1980 | Persons with College Degree or Higher, 1980 | Percent Completed High School, 1980 | Percent Completed College, 1980 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
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United States | 132,835,687 | 88,300,490 | 21,558,480 | 66.5% | 16.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 12,675,241 | 7,284,251 | 1,410,794 | 57.5% | 11.1% | 86.5% | 68.6% |
Alabama | 2,217,315 | 1,252,475 | 270,063 | 56.5% | 12.2% | 85.0% | 75.0% |
Appalachian Alabama | 1,432,454 | 809,447 | 173,269 | 56.5% | 12.1% | 85.0% | 74.5% |
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County |
Bibb | 8,834 | 3,580 | 433 | 40.5% | 4.9% | 61.0% | 30.2% |
Blount | 21,640 | 9,974 | 1,144 | 46.1% | 5.3% | 69.3% | 32.6% |
Calhoun | 65,341 | 37,073 | 7,213 | 56.7% | 11.0% | 85.4% | 68.0% |
Chambers | 23,108 | 10,492 | 1,710 | 45.4% | 7.4% | 68.3% | 45.6% |
Cherokee | 11,227 | 4,855 | 712 | 43.2% | 6.3% | 65.1% | 39.1% |
Chilton | 17,932 | 8,254 | 1,158 | 46.0% | 6.5% | 69.2% | 39.8% |
Clay | 8,053 | 3,752 | 479 | 46.6% | 5.9% | 70.1% | 36.7% |
Cleburne | 7,425 | 2,847 | 431 | 38.3% | 5.8% | 57.7% | 35.8% |
Colbert | 32,231 | 18,000 | 3,034 | 55.8% | 9.4% | 84.0% | 58.0% |
Coosa | 6,646 | 2,866 | 237 | 43.1% | 3.6% | 64.9% | 22.0% |
Cullman | 36,781 | 17,146 | 2,671 | 46.6% | 7.3% | 70.1% | 44.7% |
DeKalb | 31,948 | 13,632 | 1,808 | 42.7% | 5.7% | 64.2% | 34.9% |
Elmore | 25,043 | 14,458 | 2,567 | 57.7% | 10.3% | 86.9% | 63.2% |
Etowah | 61,730 | 33,888 | 5,491 | 54.9% | 8.9% | 82.6% | 54.8% |
Fayette | 11,238 | 4,898 | 820 | 43.6% | 7.3% | 65.6% | 45.0% |
Franklin | 17,173 | 7,742 | 1,029 | 45.1% | 6.0% | 67.8% | 36.9% |
Hale | 8,424 | 3,217 | 564 | 38.2% | 6.7% | 57.4% | 41.3% |
Jackson | 29,555 | 14,132 | 1,996 | 47.8% | 6.8% | 71.9% | 41.6% |
Jefferson | 401,023 | 259,492 | 63,229 | 64.7% | 15.8% | 97.3% | 97.2% |
Lamar | 9,791 | 4,208 | 580 | 43.0% | 5.9% | 64.7% | 36.5% |
Lauderdale | 46,380 | 26,714 | 6,044 | 57.6% | 13.0% | 86.6% | 80.3% |
Lawrence | 16,676 | 7,162 | 665 | 42.9% | 4.0% | 64.6% | 24.6% |
Limestone | 26,034 | 13,197 | 2,277 | 50.7% | 8.7% | 76.3% | 53.9% |
Macon | 13,949 | 7,569 | 2,526 | 54.3% | 18.1% | 81.6% | 111.6% |
Madison | 110,053 | 77,154 | 23,506 | 70.1% | 21.4% | 105.5% | 131.6% |
Marion | 17,924 | 7,577 | 1,085 | 42.3% | 6.1% | 63.6% | 37.3% |
Marshall | 39,097 | 19,584 | 3,377 | 50.1% | 8.6% | 75.4% | 53.2% |
Morgan | 52,269 | 31,318 | 6,164 | 59.9% | 11.8% | 90.1% | 72.7% |
Pickens | 12,110 | 5,310 | 844 | 43.8% | 7.0% | 66.0% | 42.9% |
Randolph | 11,847 | 4,882 | 858 | 41.2% | 7.2% | 62.0% | 44.6% |
Shelby | 36,976 | 23,503 | 6,564 | 63.6% | 17.8% | 95.6% | 109.4% |
St. Clair | 23,642 | 11,801 | 1,519 | 49.9% | 6.4% | 75.1% | 39.6% |
Talladega | 40,547 | 19,923 | 3,154 | 49.1% | 7.8% | 73.9% | 47.9% |
Tallapoosa | 22,959 | 11,092 | 1,904 | 48.3% | 8.3% | 72.7% | 51.1% |
Tuscaloosa | 73,683 | 44,250 | 12,237 | 60.1% | 16.6% | 90.3% | 102.3% |
Walker | 40,222 | 18,352 | 2,564 | 45.6% | 6.4% | 68.6% | 39.3% |
Winston | 12,943 | 5,553 | 675 | 42.9% | 5.2% | 64.5% | 32.1% |