| | 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% |
| Kentucky | 2,086,692 | 1,108,557 | 231,139 | 53.1% | 11.1% | 79.9% | 68.3% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | 625,256 | 252,042 | 45,795 | 40.3% | 7.3% | 60.6% | 45.1% |
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| County |
| Adair | 9,291 | 3,213 | 497 | 34.6% | 5.3% | 52.0% | 33.0% |
| Bath | 5,908 | 2,101 | 377 | 35.6% | 6.4% | 53.5% | 39.3% |
| Bell | 19,319 | 6,992 | 1,256 | 36.2% | 6.5% | 54.4% | 40.1% |
| Boyd | 33,759 | 19,903 | 3,318 | 59.0% | 9.8% | 88.7% | 60.6% |
| Breathitt | 8,776 | 3,248 | 785 | 37.0% | 8.9% | 55.7% | 55.1% |
| Carter | 13,753 | 5,223 | 737 | 38.0% | 5.4% | 57.1% | 33.0% |
| Casey | 8,665 | 2,879 | 500 | 33.2% | 5.8% | 50.0% | 35.6% |
| Clark | 16,521 | 9,234 | 1,592 | 55.9% | 9.6% | 84.1% | 59.4% |
| Clay | 11,718 | 3,232 | 851 | 27.6% | 7.3% | 41.5% | 44.7% |
| Clinton | 5,588 | 1,704 | 263 | 30.5% | 4.7% | 45.9% | 29.0% |
| Cumberland | 4,551 | 1,322 | 305 | 29.0% | 6.7% | 43.7% | 41.3% |
| Edmonson | 5,772 | 2,050 | 307 | 35.5% | 5.3% | 53.4% | 32.8% |
| Elliott | 3,742 | 1,171 | 264 | 31.3% | 7.1% | 47.1% | 43.5% |
| Estill | 8,301 | 3,185 | 542 | 38.4% | 6.5% | 57.7% | 40.2% |
| Fleming | 7,326 | 2,944 | 458 | 40.2% | 6.3% | 60.5% | 38.5% |
| Floyd | 26,961 | 10,750 | 1,623 | 39.9% | 6.0% | 60.0% | 37.1% |
| Garrard | 6,741 | 3,000 | 485 | 44.5% | 7.2% | 66.9% | 44.3% |
| Green | 6,918 | 2,461 | 272 | 35.6% | 3.9% | 53.5% | 24.2% |
| Greenup | 22,402 | 12,795 | 2,036 | 57.1% | 9.1% | 85.9% | 56.0% |
| Harlan | 22,992 | 8,777 | 1,321 | 38.2% | 5.7% | 57.4% | 35.4% |
| Hart | 9,123 | 3,391 | 585 | 37.2% | 6.4% | 55.9% | 39.5% |
| Jackson | 6,693 | 1,690 | 281 | 25.3% | 4.2% | 38.0% | 25.9% |
| Johnson | 13,944 | 5,969 | 1,026 | 42.8% | 7.4% | 64.4% | 45.3% |
| Knott | 9,283 | 3,356 | 562 | 36.2% | 6.1% | 54.4% | 37.3% |
| Knox | 16,552 | 5,963 | 1,215 | 36.0% | 7.3% | 54.2% | 45.2% |
| Laurel | 21,732 | 9,233 | 1,464 | 42.5% | 6.7% | 63.9% | 41.5% |
| Lawrence | 7,982 | 2,876 | 437 | 36.0% | 5.5% | 54.2% | 33.7% |
| Lee | 4,544 | 1,570 | 257 | 34.6% | 5.7% | 52.0% | 34.8% |
| Leslie | 7,448 | 2,280 | 523 | 30.6% | 7.0% | 46.1% | 43.3% |
| Letcher | 16,618 | 6,292 | 1,118 | 37.9% | 6.7% | 57.0% | 41.5% |
| Lewis | 7,805 | 2,576 | 417 | 33.0% | 5.3% | 49.7% | 32.9% |
| Lincoln | 11,159 | 4,125 | 528 | 37.0% | 4.7% | 55.6% | 29.2% |
| Madison | 26,152 | 14,356 | 4,656 | 54.9% | 17.8% | 82.6% | 109.7% |
| Magoffin | 6,841 | 2,058 | 377 | 30.1% | 5.5% | 45.3% | 34.0% |
| Martin | 6,874 | 2,369 | 404 | 34.5% | 5.9% | 51.8% | 36.2% |
| McCreary | 8,145 | 2,342 | 425 | 28.8% | 5.2% | 43.3% | 32.2% |
| Menifee | 2,761 | 879 | 115 | 31.8% | 4.2% | 47.9% | 25.7% |
| Metcalfe | 5,730 | 1,894 | 298 | 33.1% | 5.2% | 49.7% | 32.0% |
| Monroe | 7,454 | 2,417 | 390 | 32.4% | 5.2% | 48.8% | 32.2% |
| Montgomery | 11,405 | 5,343 | 916 | 46.8% | 8.0% | 70.5% | 49.5% |
| Morgan | 6,680 | 2,036 | 422 | 30.5% | 6.3% | 45.9% | 38.9% |
| Nicholas | 4,329 | 1,819 | 274 | 42.0% | 6.3% | 63.2% | 39.0% |
| Owsley | 3,237 | 949 | 222 | 29.3% | 6.9% | 44.1% | 42.3% |
| Perry | 17,943 | 6,688 | 1,085 | 37.3% | 6.0% | 56.1% | 37.3% |
| Pike | 43,648 | 16,708 | 2,702 | 38.3% | 6.2% | 57.6% | 38.1% |
| Powell | 5,973 | 2,032 | 329 | 34.0% | 5.5% | 51.2% | 33.9% |
| Pulaski | 27,175 | 12,085 | 1,940 | 44.5% | 7.1% | 66.9% | 44.0% |
| Robertson | 1,424 | 579 | 94 | 40.7% | 6.6% | 61.2% | 40.7% |
| Rockcastle | 8,008 | 2,753 | 498 | 34.4% | 6.2% | 51.7% | 38.3% |
| Rowan | 9,205 | 4,691 | 1,559 | 51.0% | 16.9% | 76.7% | 104.4% |
| Russell | 8,384 | 3,139 | 505 | 37.4% | 6.0% | 56.3% | 37.1% |
| Wayne | 9,759 | 2,890 | 520 | 29.6% | 5.3% | 44.5% | 32.8% |
| Whitley | 18,554 | 7,520 | 1,615 | 40.5% | 8.7% | 61.0% | 53.6% |
| Wolfe | 3,688 | 990 | 247 | 26.8% | 6.7% | 40.4% | 41.3% |
