| | Total Population Ages 25 and Over, 2009-2013 | Persons with High School Diploma or More, 2009-2013 | Persons with Bachelor's Degree or More, 2009-2013 | Percent Completed High School Diploma or More, 2009-2013 | Percent Completed Bachelor's Degree or More, 2009-2013 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009-2013 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009-2013 |
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| United States | 206,587,852 | 177,700,131 | 59,583,138 | 86.0% | 28.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 17,227,705 | 14,567,486 | 3,735,689 | 84.6% | 21.7% | 98.3% | 75.2% |
| Alabama | 3,193,338 | 2,654,138 | 722,692 | 83.1% | 22.6% | 96.6% | 78.5% |
| Appalachian Alabama | 2,062,954 | 1,715,091 | 478,174 | 83.1% | 23.2% | 96.7% | 80.4% |
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| County |
| Bibb | 15,340 | 11,881 | 1,851 | 77.5% | 12.1% | 90.0% | 41.8% |
| Blount | 38,846 | 29,909 | 4,697 | 77.0% | 12.1% | 89.5% | 41.9% |
| Calhoun | 78,545 | 61,745 | 12,626 | 78.6% | 16.1% | 91.4% | 55.7% |
| Chambers | 23,756 | 17,851 | 2,804 | 75.1% | 11.8% | 87.4% | 40.9% |
| Cherokee | 18,777 | 14,709 | 2,412 | 78.3% | 12.8% | 91.1% | 44.5% |
| Chilton | 29,302 | 22,255 | 3,786 | 76.0% | 12.9% | 88.3% | 44.8% |
| Clay | 9,631 | 7,369 | 887 | 76.5% | 9.2% | 89.0% | 31.9% |
| Cleburne | 10,215 | 7,767 | 922 | 76.0% | 9.0% | 88.4% | 31.3% |
| Colbert | 37,893 | 31,624 | 6,706 | 83.5% | 17.7% | 97.0% | 61.4% |
| Coosa | 8,136 | 6,105 | 797 | 75.0% | 9.8% | 87.2% | 34.0% |
| Cullman | 55,151 | 43,985 | 8,136 | 79.8% | 14.8% | 92.7% | 51.1% |
| DeKalb | 46,996 | 33,178 | 5,033 | 70.6% | 10.7% | 82.1% | 37.1% |
| Elmore | 53,571 | 46,367 | 11,274 | 86.6% | 21.0% | 100.6% | 73.0% |
| Etowah | 71,477 | 58,451 | 10,547 | 81.8% | 14.8% | 95.1% | 51.2% |
| Fayette | 11,974 | 8,965 | 1,576 | 74.9% | 13.2% | 87.0% | 45.6% |
| Franklin | 21,058 | 15,275 | 2,325 | 72.5% | 11.0% | 84.3% | 38.3% |
| Hale | 10,492 | 8,116 | 1,339 | 77.4% | 12.8% | 89.9% | 44.2% |
| Jackson | 37,111 | 27,693 | 4,839 | 74.6% | 13.0% | 86.8% | 45.2% |
| Jefferson | 441,488 | 385,914 | 132,512 | 87.4% | 30.0% | 101.6% | 104.1% |
| Lamar | 10,164 | 7,730 | 970 | 76.1% | 9.5% | 88.4% | 33.1% |
| Lauderdale | 62,721 | 52,562 | 13,248 | 83.8% | 21.1% | 97.4% | 73.2% |
| Lawrence | 23,299 | 17,973 | 2,783 | 77.1% | 11.9% | 89.7% | 41.4% |
| Limestone | 58,244 | 47,481 | 13,218 | 81.5% | 22.7% | 94.8% | 78.7% |
| Macon | 12,719 | 10,173 | 2,489 | 80.0% | 19.6% | 93.0% | 67.9% |
| Madison | 225,696 | 203,233 | 86,821 | 90.0% | 38.5% | 104.7% | 133.4% |
| Marion | 21,751 | 16,224 | 2,059 | 74.6% | 9.5% | 86.7% | 32.8% |
| Marshall | 62,130 | 47,327 | 9,434 | 76.2% | 15.2% | 88.6% | 52.6% |
| Morgan | 81,263 | 66,176 | 16,178 | 81.4% | 19.9% | 94.7% | 69.0% |
| Pickens | 13,326 | 10,624 | 1,469 | 79.7% | 11.0% | 92.7% | 38.2% |
| Randolph | 15,495 | 11,255 | 1,716 | 72.6% | 11.1% | 84.4% | 38.4% |
| Shelby | 132,782 | 121,141 | 53,458 | 91.2% | 40.3% | 106.1% | 139.6% |
| St. Clair | 57,946 | 47,493 | 8,971 | 82.0% | 15.5% | 95.3% | 53.7% |
| Talladega | 55,967 | 44,157 | 7,290 | 78.9% | 13.0% | 91.7% | 45.2% |
| Tallapoosa | 29,019 | 22,991 | 4,717 | 79.2% | 16.3% | 92.1% | 56.4% |
| Tuscaloosa | 117,196 | 101,537 | 31,652 | 86.6% | 27.0% | 100.7% | 93.6% |
| Walker | 46,142 | 35,248 | 4,837 | 76.4% | 10.5% | 88.8% | 36.3% |
| Winston | 17,335 | 12,607 | 1,795 | 72.7% | 10.4% | 84.5% | 35.9% |
