| | Population 25 Years and Over, 2000 | Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 2000 | Persons with College Degree or Higher, 2000 | Percent Completed High School, 2000 | Percent Completed College, 2000 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | 182,211,639 | 146,496,014 | 44,462,605 | 80.4% | 24.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 15,802,239 | 12,140,835 | 2,783,320 | 76.8% | 17.6% | 95.6% | 72.2% |
| Alabama | 2,887,400 | 2,173,319 | 549,608 | 75.3% | 19.0% | 93.6% | 78.0% |
| Appalachian Alabama | 1,866,878 | 1,408,475 | 360,357 | 75.4% | 19.3% | 93.8% | 79.1% |
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| County |
| Bibb | 13,540 | 8,556 | 962 | 63.2% | 7.1% | 78.6% | 29.1% |
| Blount | 33,702 | 23,742 | 3,235 | 70.4% | 9.6% | 87.6% | 39.3% |
| Calhoun | 74,015 | 54,697 | 11,265 | 73.9% | 15.2% | 91.9% | 62.4% |
| Chambers | 24,497 | 15,719 | 2,339 | 64.2% | 9.5% | 79.8% | 39.1% |
| Cherokee | 16,825 | 10,687 | 1,636 | 63.5% | 9.7% | 79.0% | 39.8% |
| Chilton | 25,902 | 17,145 | 2,574 | 66.2% | 9.9% | 82.3% | 40.7% |
| Clay | 9,767 | 6,445 | 763 | 66.0% | 7.8% | 82.1% | 32.0% |
| Cleburne | 9,533 | 5,997 | 879 | 62.9% | 9.2% | 78.2% | 37.8% |
| Colbert | 37,384 | 27,412 | 5,273 | 73.3% | 14.1% | 91.2% | 57.8% |
| Coosa | 8,255 | 5,424 | 663 | 65.7% | 8.0% | 81.7% | 32.9% |
| Cullman | 51,787 | 36,465 | 6,162 | 70.4% | 11.9% | 87.6% | 48.8% |
| DeKalb | 42,740 | 27,271 | 3,528 | 63.8% | 8.3% | 79.4% | 33.8% |
| Elmore | 43,177 | 33,498 | 7,173 | 77.6% | 16.6% | 96.5% | 68.1% |
| Etowah | 69,829 | 51,714 | 9,372 | 74.1% | 13.4% | 92.1% | 55.0% |
| Fayette | 12,579 | 8,314 | 1,157 | 66.1% | 9.2% | 82.2% | 37.7% |
| Franklin | 20,860 | 12,956 | 2,021 | 62.1% | 9.7% | 77.3% | 39.7% |
| Hale | 10,591 | 6,908 | 858 | 65.2% | 8.1% | 81.1% | 33.2% |
| Jackson | 36,435 | 24,429 | 3,798 | 67.0% | 10.4% | 83.4% | 42.7% |
| Jefferson | 434,158 | 351,208 | 106,833 | 80.9% | 24.6% | 100.6% | 100.8% |
| Lamar | 10,758 | 6,999 | 838 | 65.1% | 7.8% | 80.9% | 31.9% |
| Lauderdale | 58,894 | 44,979 | 10,881 | 76.4% | 18.5% | 95.0% | 75.7% |
| Lawrence | 22,894 | 15,022 | 1,723 | 65.6% | 7.5% | 81.6% | 30.8% |
| Limestone | 43,456 | 32,375 | 7,349 | 74.5% | 16.9% | 92.7% | 69.3% |
| Macon | 13,955 | 9,767 | 2,617 | 70.0% | 18.8% | 87.1% | 76.9% |
| Madison | 180,389 | 154,081 | 61,814 | 85.4% | 34.3% | 106.2% | 140.4% |
| Marion | 21,611 | 13,649 | 1,719 | 63.2% | 8.0% | 78.6% | 32.6% |
| Marshall | 54,961 | 38,116 | 7,639 | 69.4% | 13.9% | 86.3% | 57.0% |
| Morgan | 73,331 | 55,984 | 13,490 | 76.3% | 18.4% | 95.0% | 75.4% |
| Pickens | 13,536 | 9,428 | 1,323 | 69.7% | 9.8% | 86.6% | 40.1% |
| Randolph | 14,762 | 9,144 | 1,479 | 61.9% | 10.0% | 77.0% | 41.1% |
| Shelby | 94,185 | 81,799 | 34,649 | 86.8% | 36.8% | 108.0% | 150.8% |
| St. Clair | 43,101 | 30,748 | 4,791 | 71.3% | 11.1% | 88.7% | 45.6% |
| Talladega | 53,060 | 36,958 | 5,951 | 69.7% | 11.2% | 86.6% | 46.0% |
| Tallapoosa | 28,373 | 19,884 | 4,012 | 70.1% | 14.1% | 87.2% | 57.9% |
| Tuscaloosa | 99,039 | 78,058 | 23,804 | 78.8% | 24.0% | 98.0% | 98.5% |
| Walker | 47,919 | 32,206 | 4,376 | 67.2% | 9.1% | 83.6% | 37.4% |
| Winston | 17,078 | 10,691 | 1,411 | 62.6% | 8.3% | 77.9% | 33.9% |
