| | 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% |
| Mississippi | 1,757,517 | 1,280,487 | 297,091 | 72.9% | 16.9% | 90.6% | 69.3% |
| Appalachian Mississippi | 384,948 | 262,036 | 53,855 | 68.1% | 14.0% | 84.7% | 57.3% |
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| County |
| Alcorn | 23,159 | 15,760 | 2,708 | 68.1% | 11.7% | 84.6% | 47.9% |
| Benton | 5,073 | 2,984 | 396 | 58.8% | 7.8% | 73.2% | 32.0% |
| Calhoun | 10,021 | 6,457 | 1,022 | 64.4% | 10.2% | 80.1% | 41.8% |
| Chickasaw | 12,159 | 7,223 | 1,151 | 59.4% | 9.5% | 73.9% | 38.8% |
| Choctaw | 6,171 | 4,015 | 692 | 65.1% | 11.2% | 80.9% | 46.0% |
| Clay | 13,441 | 9,216 | 1,962 | 68.6% | 14.6% | 85.3% | 59.8% |
| Itawamba | 14,833 | 9,778 | 1,308 | 65.9% | 8.8% | 82.0% | 36.1% |
| Kemper | 6,498 | 3,929 | 670 | 60.5% | 10.3% | 75.2% | 42.3% |
| Lee | 48,382 | 36,151 | 8,777 | 74.7% | 18.1% | 92.9% | 74.3% |
| Lowndes | 37,520 | 28,330 | 7,691 | 75.5% | 20.5% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Marshall | 21,519 | 13,124 | 1,941 | 61.0% | 9.0% | 75.9% | 37.0% |
| Monroe | 24,288 | 15,912 | 2,641 | 65.5% | 10.9% | 81.5% | 44.6% |
| Montgomery | 7,830 | 4,863 | 859 | 62.1% | 11.0% | 77.2% | 45.0% |
| Noxubee | 7,456 | 4,354 | 814 | 58.4% | 10.9% | 72.6% | 44.7% |
| Oktibbeha | 21,250 | 16,991 | 7,402 | 80.0% | 34.8% | 99.5% | 142.7% |
| Panola | 20,668 | 13,118 | 2,233 | 63.5% | 10.8% | 78.9% | 44.3% |
| Pontotoc | 17,082 | 11,391 | 1,950 | 66.7% | 11.4% | 82.9% | 46.8% |
| Prentiss | 16,114 | 10,460 | 1,602 | 64.9% | 9.9% | 80.7% | 40.7% |
| Tippah | 13,557 | 8,883 | 1,223 | 65.5% | 9.0% | 81.5% | 37.0% |
| Tishomingo | 13,276 | 8,578 | 1,156 | 64.6% | 8.7% | 80.4% | 35.7% |
| Union | 16,499 | 11,294 | 2,178 | 68.5% | 13.2% | 85.1% | 54.1% |
| Webster | 6,717 | 4,546 | 876 | 67.7% | 13.0% | 84.2% | 53.4% |
| Winston | 12,896 | 8,791 | 1,786 | 68.2% | 13.8% | 84.8% | 56.8% |
| Yalobusha | 8,539 | 5,888 | 817 | 69.0% | 9.6% | 85.8% | 39.2% |
