| | Total Population Ages 25 and Over, 2017-2021 | Persons with High School Diploma or More, 2017-2021 | Persons with Bachelor's Degree or More, 2017-2021 | Percent Completed High School Diploma or More, 2017-2021 | Percent Completed Bachelor's Degree or More, 2017-2021 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017-2021 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017-2021 |
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| United States | 225,152,317 | 200,101,961 | 75,808,834 | 88.9% | 33.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 18,199,149 | 16,068,410 | 4,740,162 | 88.3% | 26.0% | 99.3% | 77.4% |
| Tennessee | 4,708,480 | 4,179,318 | 1,367,211 | 88.8% | 29.0% | 99.9% | 86.2% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 2,069,432 | 1,812,156 | 510,483 | 87.6% | 24.7% | 98.5% | 73.3% |
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| County |
| Anderson | 54,743 | 49,193 | 13,367 | 89.9% | 24.4% | 101.1% | 72.5% |
| Bledsoe | 11,704 | 8,960 | 1,299 | 76.6% | 11.1% | 86.1% | 33.0% |
| Blount | 96,415 | 86,555 | 24,469 | 89.8% | 25.4% | 101.0% | 75.4% |
| Bradley | 73,801 | 64,512 | 16,909 | 87.4% | 22.9% | 98.4% | 68.0% |
| Campbell | 28,413 | 22,750 | 3,746 | 80.1% | 13.2% | 90.1% | 39.2% |
| Cannon | 10,240 | 8,655 | 1,536 | 84.5% | 15.0% | 95.1% | 44.6% |
| Carter | 42,028 | 36,477 | 8,205 | 86.8% | 19.5% | 97.7% | 58.0% |
| Claiborne | 22,947 | 18,823 | 4,201 | 82.0% | 18.3% | 92.3% | 54.4% |
| Clay | 5,572 | 4,576 | 729 | 82.1% | 13.1% | 92.4% | 38.9% |
| Cocke | 26,035 | 21,818 | 3,213 | 83.8% | 12.3% | 94.3% | 36.7% |
| Coffee | 38,910 | 34,159 | 8,886 | 87.8% | 22.8% | 98.8% | 67.8% |
| Cumberland | 46,385 | 41,087 | 8,011 | 88.6% | 17.3% | 99.7% | 51.3% |
| DeKalb | 14,200 | 11,437 | 2,764 | 80.5% | 19.5% | 90.6% | 57.8% |
| Fentress | 13,201 | 10,594 | 2,106 | 80.3% | 16.0% | 90.3% | 47.4% |
| Franklin | 29,084 | 25,784 | 6,305 | 88.7% | 21.7% | 99.8% | 64.4% |
| Grainger | 16,952 | 13,550 | 2,375 | 79.9% | 14.0% | 89.9% | 41.6% |
| Greene | 50,635 | 43,079 | 8,587 | 85.1% | 17.0% | 95.7% | 50.4% |
| Grundy | 9,511 | 7,433 | 1,403 | 78.2% | 14.8% | 87.9% | 43.8% |
| Hamblen | 44,109 | 37,401 | 7,960 | 84.8% | 18.0% | 95.4% | 53.6% |
| Hamilton | 256,225 | 231,823 | 87,385 | 90.5% | 34.1% | 101.8% | 101.3% |
| Hancock | 4,806 | 3,907 | 533 | 81.3% | 11.1% | 91.5% | 32.9% |
| Hawkins | 41,361 | 35,813 | 6,701 | 86.6% | 16.2% | 97.4% | 48.1% |
| Jackson | 8,724 | 7,099 | 1,153 | 81.4% | 13.2% | 91.6% | 39.3% |
| Jefferson | 38,818 | 33,530 | 7,467 | 86.4% | 19.2% | 97.2% | 57.1% |
| Johnson | 13,651 | 11,063 | 1,858 | 81.0% | 13.6% | 91.2% | 40.4% |
| Knox | 319,008 | 293,918 | 123,649 | 92.1% | 38.8% | 103.7% | 115.1% |
| Lawrence | 29,583 | 25,470 | 4,706 | 86.1% | 15.9% | 96.9% | 47.2% |
| Lewis | 8,641 | 7,204 | 857 | 83.4% | 9.9% | 93.8% | 29.5% |
| Loudon | 40,184 | 35,092 | 11,345 | 87.3% | 28.2% | 98.3% | 83.9% |
| Macon | 16,610 | 13,256 | 1,486 | 79.8% | 8.9% | 89.8% | 26.6% |
| Marion | 20,505 | 16,708 | 2,870 | 81.5% | 14.0% | 91.7% | 41.6% |
| McMinn | 37,439 | 32,191 | 6,708 | 86.0% | 17.9% | 96.7% | 53.2% |
| Meigs | 9,250 | 7,697 | 999 | 83.2% | 10.8% | 93.6% | 32.1% |
| Monroe | 32,985 | 27,936 | 5,060 | 84.7% | 15.3% | 95.3% | 45.6% |
| Morgan | 15,389 | 12,493 | 1,721 | 81.2% | 11.2% | 91.3% | 33.2% |
| Overton | 15,797 | 12,852 | 2,039 | 81.4% | 12.9% | 91.5% | 38.3% |
| Pickett | 3,797 | 3,008 | 602 | 79.2% | 15.9% | 89.1% | 47.1% |
| Polk | 12,879 | 10,601 | 1,824 | 82.3% | 14.2% | 92.6% | 42.1% |
| Putnam | 51,141 | 45,452 | 13,616 | 88.9% | 26.6% | 100.0% | 79.1% |
| Rhea | 22,284 | 18,523 | 3,942 | 83.1% | 17.7% | 93.5% | 52.5% |
| Roane | 39,407 | 35,729 | 8,372 | 90.7% | 21.2% | 102.0% | 63.1% |
| Scott | 14,874 | 11,885 | 1,447 | 79.9% | 9.7% | 89.9% | 28.9% |
| Sequatchie | 11,476 | 9,419 | 1,828 | 82.1% | 15.9% | 92.4% | 47.3% |
| Sevier | 70,283 | 60,843 | 13,224 | 86.6% | 18.8% | 97.4% | 55.9% |
| Smith | 13,828 | 12,057 | 2,399 | 87.2% | 17.3% | 98.1% | 51.5% |
| Sullivan | 115,505 | 102,020 | 29,670 | 88.3% | 25.7% | 99.4% | 76.3% |
| Unicoi | 13,458 | 11,602 | 2,157 | 86.2% | 16.0% | 97.0% | 47.6% |
| Union | 13,843 | 10,957 | 1,639 | 79.2% | 11.8% | 89.1% | 35.2% |
| Van Buren | 4,485 | 3,629 | 449 | 80.9% | 10.0% | 91.0% | 29.7% |
| Warren | 27,979 | 23,282 | 3,993 | 83.2% | 14.3% | 93.6% | 42.4% |
| Washington | 91,126 | 82,604 | 30,137 | 90.6% | 33.1% | 102.0% | 98.2% |
| White | 19,206 | 15,650 | 2,576 | 81.5% | 13.4% | 91.7% | 39.8% |
