| 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% |
Tennessee | 2,692,256 | 1,511,917 | 339,173 | 56.2% | 12.6% | 84.5% | 77.6% |
Appalachian Tennessee | 1,260,605 | 668,267 | 146,960 | 53.0% | 11.7% | 79.7% | 71.8% |
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County |
Anderson | 41,575 | 25,860 | 7,555 | 62.2% | 18.2% | 93.6% | 112.0% |
Bledsoe | 5,174 | 2,050 | 306 | 39.6% | 5.9% | 59.6% | 36.4% |
Blount | 47,762 | 27,276 | 5,413 | 57.1% | 11.3% | 85.9% | 69.8% |
Bradley | 38,062 | 20,155 | 3,979 | 53.0% | 10.5% | 79.7% | 64.4% |
Campbell | 20,576 | 7,706 | 1,258 | 37.5% | 6.1% | 56.3% | 37.7% |
Cannon | 6,298 | 2,810 | 384 | 44.6% | 6.1% | 67.1% | 37.6% |
Carter | 30,473 | 14,329 | 2,492 | 47.0% | 8.2% | 70.7% | 50.4% |
Claiborne | 14,138 | 5,487 | 976 | 38.8% | 6.9% | 58.4% | 42.5% |
Clay | 4,689 | 1,606 | 248 | 34.3% | 5.3% | 51.5% | 32.6% |
Cocke | 17,035 | 6,829 | 898 | 40.1% | 5.3% | 60.3% | 32.5% |
Coffee | 22,953 | 12,876 | 3,063 | 56.1% | 13.3% | 84.4% | 82.2% |
Cumberland | 16,977 | 7,541 | 1,465 | 44.4% | 8.6% | 66.8% | 53.2% |
DeKalb | 8,417 | 3,387 | 510 | 40.2% | 6.1% | 60.5% | 37.3% |
Fentress | 8,584 | 2,885 | 562 | 33.6% | 6.5% | 50.6% | 40.3% |
Franklin | 18,740 | 9,601 | 1,889 | 51.2% | 10.1% | 77.1% | 62.1% |
Grainger | 9,845 | 3,387 | 401 | 34.4% | 4.1% | 51.8% | 25.1% |
Greene | 33,342 | 15,839 | 2,974 | 47.5% | 8.9% | 71.5% | 55.0% |
Grundy | 7,632 | 2,512 | 369 | 32.9% | 4.8% | 49.5% | 29.8% |
Hamblen | 29,078 | 14,820 | 2,678 | 51.0% | 9.2% | 76.7% | 56.7% |
Hamilton | 171,244 | 109,151 | 26,539 | 63.7% | 15.5% | 95.9% | 95.5% |
Hancock | 4,067 | 1,162 | 170 | 28.6% | 4.2% | 43.0% | 25.8% |
Hawkins | 26,269 | 12,360 | 1,757 | 47.1% | 6.7% | 70.8% | 41.2% |
Jackson | 5,849 | 1,901 | 326 | 32.5% | 5.6% | 48.9% | 34.3% |
Jefferson | 18,346 | 8,860 | 1,486 | 48.3% | 8.1% | 72.7% | 49.9% |
Johnson | 8,292 | 3,024 | 344 | 36.5% | 4.1% | 54.9% | 25.6% |
Knox | 189,378 | 121,948 | 35,550 | 64.4% | 18.8% | 96.9% | 115.7% |
Lawrence | 19,962 | 8,567 | 1,213 | 42.9% | 6.1% | 64.6% | 37.4% |
Lewis | 5,520 | 2,730 | 449 | 49.5% | 8.1% | 74.4% | 50.1% |
Loudon | 17,879 | 8,710 | 1,202 | 48.7% | 6.7% | 73.3% | 41.4% |
Macon | 9,577 | 3,328 | 430 | 34.7% | 4.5% | 52.3% | 27.7% |
Marion | 14,179 | 5,968 | 797 | 42.1% | 5.6% | 63.3% | 34.6% |
McMinn | 24,994 | 11,822 | 1,962 | 47.3% | 7.8% | 71.2% | 48.4% |
Meigs | 4,305 | 1,867 | 249 | 43.4% | 5.8% | 65.2% | 35.6% |
Monroe | 16,584 | 6,501 | 990 | 39.2% | 6.0% | 59.0% | 36.8% |
Morgan | 9,529 | 3,861 | 370 | 40.5% | 3.9% | 61.0% | 23.9% |
Overton | 10,672 | 3,751 | 632 | 35.1% | 5.9% | 52.9% | 36.5% |
Pickett | 2,689 | 977 | 155 | 36.3% | 5.8% | 54.7% | 35.5% |
Polk | 7,944 | 3,230 | 482 | 40.7% | 6.1% | 61.2% | 37.4% |
Putnam | 26,547 | 13,276 | 3,743 | 50.0% | 14.1% | 75.2% | 86.9% |
Rhea | 13,752 | 6,497 | 1,109 | 47.2% | 8.1% | 71.1% | 49.7% |
Roane | 29,496 | 15,958 | 3,121 | 54.1% | 10.6% | 81.4% | 65.2% |
Scott | 10,468 | 3,946 | 531 | 37.7% | 5.1% | 56.7% | 31.3% |
Sequatchie | 4,906 | 1,923 | 279 | 39.2% | 5.7% | 59.0% | 35.0% |
Sevier | 25,130 | 12,794 | 2,327 | 50.9% | 9.3% | 76.6% | 57.1% |
Smith | 9,160 | 3,943 | 560 | 43.0% | 6.1% | 64.8% | 37.7% |
Sullivan | 88,842 | 50,670 | 11,700 | 57.0% | 13.2% | 85.8% | 81.1% |
Unicoi | 10,237 | 4,628 | 792 | 45.2% | 7.7% | 68.0% | 47.7% |
Union | 6,677 | 2,416 | 187 | 36.2% | 2.8% | 54.4% | 17.3% |
Van Buren | 2,723 | 1,064 | 135 | 39.1% | 5.0% | 58.8% | 30.5% |
Warren | 19,509 | 9,463 | 1,307 | 48.5% | 6.7% | 73.0% | 41.3% |
Washington | 52,387 | 29,936 | 7,857 | 57.1% | 15.0% | 86.0% | 92.4% |
White | 12,142 | 5,079 | 789 | 41.8% | 6.5% | 62.9% | 40.0% |