| | Total Population Ages 25 and Over, 2012-2016 | Persons with High School Diploma or More, 2012-2016 | Persons with Bachelor's Degree or More, 2012-2016 | Percent Completed High School Diploma or More, 2012-2016 | Percent Completed Bachelor's Degree or More, 2012-2016 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012-2016 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012-2016 |
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| United States | 213,649,147 | 185,830,767 | 64,767,787 | 87.0% | 30.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 17,493,439 | 15,029,537 | 4,050,275 | 85.9% | 23.2% | 98.8% | 76.4% |
| Alabama | 3,261,408 | 2,765,372 | 783,076 | 84.8% | 24.0% | 97.5% | 79.2% |
| Appalachian Alabama | 2,103,294 | 1,784,261 | 517,745 | 84.8% | 24.6% | 97.5% | 81.2% |
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| County |
| Bibb | 15,750 | 12,710 | 1,890 | 80.7% | 12.0% | 92.8% | 39.6% |
| Blount | 39,472 | 31,590 | 5,151 | 80.0% | 13.0% | 92.0% | 43.0% |
| Calhoun | 78,661 | 64,767 | 13,886 | 82.3% | 17.7% | 94.7% | 58.2% |
| Chambers | 23,854 | 19,146 | 2,978 | 80.3% | 12.5% | 92.3% | 41.2% |
| Cherokee | 18,694 | 15,195 | 2,610 | 81.3% | 14.0% | 93.5% | 46.1% |
| Chilton | 29,735 | 23,817 | 4,417 | 80.1% | 14.9% | 92.1% | 49.0% |
| Clay | 9,446 | 7,048 | 1,045 | 74.6% | 11.1% | 85.8% | 36.5% |
| Cleburne | 10,366 | 7,690 | 1,195 | 74.2% | 11.5% | 85.3% | 38.0% |
| Colbert | 38,271 | 31,927 | 7,069 | 83.4% | 18.5% | 95.9% | 60.9% |
| Coosa | 7,907 | 5,767 | 786 | 72.9% | 9.9% | 83.9% | 32.8% |
| Cullman | 56,323 | 46,273 | 8,431 | 82.2% | 15.0% | 94.5% | 49.4% |
| DeKalb | 47,440 | 34,459 | 5,392 | 72.6% | 11.4% | 83.5% | 37.5% |
| Elmore | 54,950 | 47,712 | 12,220 | 86.8% | 22.2% | 99.8% | 73.4% |
| Etowah | 71,696 | 59,114 | 11,824 | 82.5% | 16.5% | 94.8% | 54.4% |
| Fayette | 11,806 | 9,354 | 1,670 | 79.2% | 14.1% | 91.1% | 46.7% |
| Franklin | 20,928 | 15,836 | 2,593 | 75.7% | 12.4% | 87.0% | 40.9% |
| Hale | 10,229 | 8,326 | 1,435 | 81.4% | 14.0% | 93.6% | 46.3% |
| Jackson | 37,119 | 29,504 | 4,669 | 79.5% | 12.6% | 91.4% | 41.5% |
| Jefferson | 446,097 | 397,003 | 140,254 | 89.0% | 31.4% | 102.3% | 103.7% |
| Lamar | 9,998 | 7,740 | 1,306 | 77.4% | 13.1% | 89.0% | 43.1% |
| Lauderdale | 63,148 | 53,589 | 13,690 | 84.9% | 21.7% | 97.6% | 71.5% |
| Lawrence | 23,427 | 18,166 | 2,415 | 77.5% | 10.3% | 89.2% | 34.0% |
| Limestone | 62,036 | 51,587 | 14,430 | 83.2% | 23.3% | 95.6% | 76.7% |
| Macon | 12,414 | 9,989 | 2,488 | 80.5% | 20.0% | 92.5% | 66.1% |
| Madison | 236,871 | 215,114 | 96,340 | 90.8% | 40.7% | 104.4% | 134.2% |
| Marion | 21,538 | 17,207 | 2,685 | 79.9% | 12.5% | 91.9% | 41.1% |
| Marshall | 63,366 | 49,809 | 10,498 | 78.6% | 16.6% | 90.4% | 54.7% |
| Morgan | 82,033 | 67,670 | 17,579 | 82.5% | 21.4% | 94.8% | 70.7% |
| Pickens | 14,084 | 11,422 | 1,566 | 81.1% | 11.1% | 93.2% | 36.7% |
| Randolph | 15,599 | 12,052 | 2,399 | 77.3% | 15.4% | 88.8% | 50.7% |
| Shelby | 139,017 | 127,303 | 57,585 | 91.6% | 41.4% | 105.3% | 136.6% |
| St. Clair | 60,054 | 50,135 | 9,671 | 83.5% | 16.1% | 96.0% | 53.1% |
| Talladega | 55,993 | 44,689 | 7,330 | 79.8% | 13.1% | 91.8% | 43.2% |
| Tallapoosa | 28,910 | 23,024 | 5,006 | 79.6% | 17.3% | 91.6% | 57.1% |
| Tuscaloosa | 123,155 | 108,551 | 36,170 | 88.1% | 29.4% | 101.3% | 96.9% |
| Walker | 45,633 | 35,847 | 4,811 | 78.6% | 10.5% | 90.3% | 34.8% |
| Winston | 17,274 | 13,129 | 2,261 | 76.0% | 13.1% | 87.4% | 43.2% |
