| | 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% |
| Georgia | 5,185,965 | 4,074,616 | 1,260,178 | 78.6% | 24.3% | 97.7% | 99.6% |
| Appalachian Georgia | 1,419,530 | 1,088,114 | 297,870 | 76.7% | 21.0% | 95.3% | 86.0% |
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| County |
| Banks | 9,401 | 6,146 | 810 | 65.4% | 8.6% | 81.3% | 35.3% |
| Barrow | 29,317 | 21,493 | 3,196 | 73.3% | 10.9% | 91.2% | 44.7% |
| Bartow | 48,709 | 34,987 | 6,881 | 71.8% | 14.1% | 89.3% | 57.9% |
| Carroll | 53,464 | 37,990 | 8,828 | 71.1% | 16.5% | 88.4% | 67.7% |
| Catoosa | 35,231 | 26,786 | 4,857 | 76.0% | 13.8% | 94.6% | 56.5% |
| Chattooga | 17,054 | 10,301 | 1,310 | 60.4% | 7.7% | 75.1% | 31.5% |
| Cherokee | 91,141 | 76,956 | 24,590 | 84.4% | 27.0% | 105.0% | 110.6% |
| Dade | 9,728 | 6,521 | 1,059 | 67.0% | 10.9% | 83.4% | 44.6% |
| Dawson | 10,752 | 8,545 | 1,943 | 79.5% | 18.1% | 98.8% | 74.1% |
| Douglas | 58,687 | 47,621 | 11,285 | 81.1% | 19.2% | 100.9% | 78.8% |
| Elbert | 13,617 | 9,154 | 1,341 | 67.2% | 9.8% | 83.6% | 40.4% |
| Fannin | 14,291 | 10,139 | 1,491 | 70.9% | 10.4% | 88.2% | 42.8% |
| Floyd | 58,651 | 41,915 | 9,267 | 71.5% | 15.8% | 88.9% | 64.8% |
| Forsyth | 65,027 | 55,741 | 22,490 | 85.7% | 34.6% | 106.6% | 141.7% |
| Franklin | 13,448 | 9,014 | 1,390 | 67.0% | 10.3% | 83.4% | 42.4% |
| Gilmer | 15,718 | 10,370 | 2,028 | 66.0% | 12.9% | 82.1% | 52.9% |
| Gordon | 28,490 | 18,777 | 3,020 | 65.9% | 10.6% | 82.0% | 43.4% |
| Gwinnett | 372,628 | 325,256 | 126,907 | 87.3% | 34.1% | 108.6% | 139.6% |
| Habersham | 23,501 | 16,655 | 3,718 | 70.9% | 15.8% | 88.1% | 64.8% |
| Hall | 86,821 | 61,217 | 16,261 | 70.5% | 18.7% | 87.7% | 76.8% |
| Haralson | 16,814 | 10,595 | 1,518 | 63.0% | 9.0% | 78.4% | 37.0% |
| Hart | 15,838 | 11,258 | 2,146 | 71.1% | 13.5% | 88.4% | 55.5% |
| Heard | 7,020 | 4,632 | 513 | 66.0% | 7.3% | 82.1% | 29.9% |
| Jackson | 26,849 | 18,279 | 3,153 | 68.1% | 11.7% | 84.7% | 48.1% |
| Lumpkin | 12,665 | 9,114 | 2,234 | 72.0% | 17.6% | 89.5% | 72.3% |
| Madison | 16,881 | 11,949 | 1,839 | 70.8% | 10.9% | 88.0% | 44.6% |
| Murray | 22,803 | 13,922 | 1,640 | 61.1% | 7.2% | 75.9% | 29.5% |
| Paulding | 50,422 | 40,737 | 7,668 | 80.8% | 15.2% | 100.5% | 62.3% |
| Pickens | 15,868 | 11,140 | 2,479 | 70.2% | 15.6% | 87.3% | 64.0% |
| Polk | 24,703 | 15,633 | 1,976 | 63.3% | 8.0% | 78.7% | 32.8% |
| Rabun | 10,675 | 8,046 | 1,882 | 75.4% | 17.6% | 93.7% | 72.2% |
| Stephens | 16,771 | 11,928 | 2,362 | 71.1% | 14.1% | 88.5% | 57.7% |
| Towns | 6,935 | 5,205 | 1,210 | 75.1% | 17.4% | 93.4% | 71.5% |
| Union | 12,730 | 9,445 | 1,597 | 74.2% | 12.5% | 92.3% | 51.4% |
| Walker | 40,837 | 27,297 | 4,152 | 66.8% | 10.2% | 83.1% | 41.7% |
| White | 13,473 | 10,236 | 2,081 | 76.0% | 15.4% | 94.5% | 63.3% |
| Whitfield | 52,570 | 33,114 | 6,748 | 63.0% | 12.8% | 78.3% | 52.6% |
