| | Total Population Ages 25 and Over, 2011-2015 | Persons with High School Diploma or More, 2011-2015 | Persons with Bachelor's Degree or More, 2011-2015 | Percent Completed High School Diploma or More, 2011-2015 | Percent Completed Bachelor's Degree or More, 2011-2015 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011-2015 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011-2015 |
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| United States | 211,462,522 | 183,233,428 | 62,952,272 | 86.7% | 29.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 17,406,203 | 14,880,953 | 3,933,571 | 85.5% | 22.6% | 98.7% | 75.9% |
| Georgia | 6,500,205 | 5,551,508 | 1,873,484 | 85.4% | 28.8% | 98.6% | 96.8% |
| Appalachian Georgia | 1,978,116 | 1,658,292 | 513,901 | 83.8% | 26.0% | 96.7% | 87.3% |
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| County |
| Banks | 12,394 | 9,676 | 1,382 | 78.1% | 11.2% | 90.1% | 37.5% |
| Barrow | 46,437 | 38,028 | 7,666 | 81.9% | 16.5% | 94.5% | 55.5% |
| Bartow | 66,442 | 54,273 | 11,807 | 81.7% | 17.8% | 94.3% | 59.7% |
| Carroll | 69,642 | 55,953 | 12,491 | 80.3% | 17.9% | 92.7% | 60.2% |
| Catoosa | 44,169 | 37,205 | 8,233 | 84.2% | 18.6% | 97.2% | 62.6% |
| Chattooga | 17,336 | 12,262 | 1,530 | 70.7% | 8.8% | 81.6% | 29.6% |
| Cherokee | 148,064 | 132,428 | 51,325 | 89.4% | 34.7% | 103.2% | 116.4% |
| Dade | 11,182 | 8,975 | 1,574 | 80.3% | 14.1% | 92.6% | 47.3% |
| Dawson | 15,974 | 13,710 | 4,401 | 85.8% | 27.6% | 99.0% | 92.5% |
| Douglas | 87,156 | 76,500 | 22,650 | 87.8% | 26.0% | 101.3% | 87.3% |
| Elbert | 13,539 | 10,403 | 1,438 | 76.8% | 10.6% | 88.7% | 35.7% |
| Fannin | 18,036 | 14,586 | 2,913 | 80.9% | 16.2% | 93.3% | 54.3% |
| Floyd | 63,344 | 50,037 | 11,778 | 79.0% | 18.6% | 91.2% | 62.5% |
| Forsyth | 125,848 | 115,827 | 57,413 | 92.0% | 45.6% | 106.2% | 153.2% |
| Franklin | 15,104 | 11,266 | 1,904 | 74.6% | 12.6% | 86.1% | 42.3% |
| Gilmer | 20,596 | 16,087 | 3,436 | 78.1% | 16.7% | 90.1% | 56.0% |
| Gordon | 36,477 | 27,726 | 4,992 | 76.0% | 13.7% | 87.7% | 46.0% |
| Gwinnett | 540,173 | 471,267 | 187,266 | 87.2% | 34.7% | 100.7% | 116.5% |
| Habersham | 29,403 | 22,990 | 5,148 | 78.2% | 17.5% | 90.2% | 58.8% |
| Hall | 119,969 | 93,578 | 27,212 | 78.0% | 22.7% | 90.0% | 76.2% |
| Haralson | 19,040 | 14,933 | 2,684 | 78.4% | 14.1% | 90.5% | 47.4% |
| Hart | 17,817 | 14,344 | 2,422 | 80.5% | 13.6% | 92.9% | 45.7% |
| Heard | 7,792 | 5,961 | 788 | 76.5% | 10.1% | 88.3% | 34.0% |
| Jackson | 40,623 | 33,591 | 7,804 | 82.7% | 19.2% | 95.4% | 64.5% |
| Lumpkin | 19,966 | 16,978 | 5,608 | 85.0% | 28.1% | 98.1% | 94.3% |
| Madison | 19,272 | 15,725 | 3,001 | 81.6% | 15.6% | 94.2% | 52.3% |
| Murray | 25,666 | 17,973 | 2,648 | 70.0% | 10.3% | 80.8% | 34.7% |
| Paulding | 92,676 | 83,067 | 22,062 | 89.6% | 23.8% | 103.4% | 80.0% |
| Pickens | 21,577 | 17,997 | 5,419 | 83.4% | 25.1% | 96.3% | 84.4% |
| Polk | 26,815 | 20,176 | 3,518 | 75.2% | 13.1% | 86.8% | 44.1% |
| Rabun | 12,051 | 10,379 | 3,120 | 86.1% | 25.9% | 99.4% | 87.0% |
| Stephens | 17,162 | 13,736 | 2,775 | 80.0% | 16.2% | 92.4% | 54.3% |
| Towns | 7,897 | 6,992 | 1,771 | 88.5% | 22.4% | 102.2% | 75.3% |
| Union | 16,789 | 14,739 | 3,681 | 87.8% | 21.9% | 101.3% | 73.6% |
| Walker | 47,214 | 37,771 | 6,932 | 80.0% | 14.7% | 92.3% | 49.3% |
| White | 19,365 | 16,518 | 4,009 | 85.3% | 20.7% | 98.4% | 69.5% |
| Whitfield | 65,109 | 44,635 | 9,100 | 68.6% | 14.0% | 79.1% | 46.9% |
