| | 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% |
| Tennessee | 3,744,928 | 2,843,244 | 732,688 | 75.9% | 19.6% | 94.4% | 80.2% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 1,714,595 | 1,256,274 | 292,570 | 73.3% | 17.1% | 91.1% | 69.9% |
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| County |
| Anderson | 49,499 | 39,036 | 10,283 | 78.9% | 20.8% | 98.1% | 85.1% |
| Bledsoe | 8,455 | 5,583 | 604 | 66.0% | 7.1% | 82.1% | 29.3% |
| Blount | 72,938 | 57,214 | 13,092 | 78.4% | 17.9% | 97.6% | 73.6% |
| Bradley | 57,163 | 41,908 | 9,097 | 73.3% | 15.9% | 91.2% | 65.2% |
| Campbell | 27,359 | 16,061 | 1,924 | 58.7% | 7.0% | 73.0% | 28.8% |
| Cannon | 8,486 | 5,702 | 716 | 67.2% | 8.4% | 83.6% | 34.6% |
| Carter | 39,450 | 27,258 | 5,054 | 69.1% | 12.8% | 85.9% | 52.5% |
| Claiborne | 20,200 | 12,171 | 1,801 | 60.3% | 8.9% | 74.9% | 36.5% |
| Clay | 5,623 | 3,284 | 381 | 58.4% | 6.8% | 72.6% | 27.8% |
| Cocke | 23,070 | 14,124 | 1,432 | 61.2% | 6.2% | 76.1% | 25.4% |
| Coffee | 32,079 | 23,628 | 5,607 | 73.7% | 17.5% | 91.6% | 71.6% |
| Cumberland | 33,595 | 24,353 | 4,586 | 72.5% | 13.7% | 90.2% | 55.9% |
| DeKalb | 11,870 | 7,666 | 1,338 | 64.6% | 11.3% | 80.3% | 46.2% |
| Fentress | 11,275 | 6,456 | 941 | 57.3% | 8.3% | 71.2% | 34.2% |
| Franklin | 25,963 | 19,169 | 3,981 | 73.8% | 15.3% | 91.8% | 62.8% |
| Grainger | 14,210 | 8,536 | 1,110 | 60.1% | 7.8% | 74.7% | 32.0% |
| Greene | 43,752 | 30,460 | 5,586 | 69.6% | 12.8% | 86.6% | 52.3% |
| Grundy | 9,441 | 5,207 | 668 | 55.2% | 7.1% | 68.6% | 29.0% |
| Hamblen | 39,340 | 27,278 | 5,234 | 69.3% | 13.3% | 86.2% | 54.5% |
| Hamilton | 207,180 | 167,216 | 49,488 | 80.7% | 23.9% | 100.4% | 97.9% |
| Hancock | 4,617 | 2,583 | 469 | 55.9% | 10.2% | 69.6% | 41.6% |
| Hawkins | 37,146 | 26,136 | 3,729 | 70.4% | 10.0% | 87.5% | 41.1% |
| Jackson | 7,671 | 4,728 | 648 | 61.6% | 8.4% | 76.7% | 34.6% |
| Jefferson | 29,455 | 20,926 | 3,771 | 71.0% | 12.8% | 88.4% | 52.5% |
| Johnson | 12,755 | 7,445 | 880 | 58.4% | 6.9% | 72.6% | 28.3% |
| Knox | 252,530 | 208,456 | 73,348 | 82.5% | 29.0% | 102.7% | 119.0% |
| Lawrence | 26,145 | 17,128 | 2,270 | 65.5% | 8.7% | 81.5% | 35.6% |
| Lewis | 7,466 | 5,192 | 632 | 69.5% | 8.5% | 86.5% | 34.7% |
| Loudon | 27,899 | 21,090 | 4,740 | 75.6% | 17.0% | 94.0% | 69.6% |
| Macon | 13,331 | 8,022 | 747 | 60.2% | 5.6% | 74.8% | 23.0% |
| Marion | 18,815 | 12,147 | 1,785 | 64.6% | 9.5% | 80.3% | 38.9% |
| McMinn | 33,110 | 22,940 | 3,578 | 69.3% | 10.8% | 86.2% | 44.3% |
| Meigs | 7,405 | 4,705 | 515 | 63.5% | 7.0% | 79.0% | 28.5% |
| Monroe | 25,955 | 17,321 | 2,613 | 66.7% | 10.1% | 83.0% | 41.3% |
| Morgan | 13,371 | 8,526 | 804 | 63.8% | 6.0% | 79.3% | 24.6% |
| Overton | 13,751 | 8,107 | 1,142 | 59.0% | 8.3% | 73.3% | 34.0% |
| Pickett | 3,466 | 2,180 | 314 | 62.9% | 9.1% | 78.2% | 37.1% |
| Polk | 11,113 | 6,917 | 834 | 62.2% | 7.5% | 77.4% | 30.8% |
| Putnam | 39,403 | 28,590 | 7,979 | 72.6% | 20.2% | 90.2% | 83.0% |
| Rhea | 18,894 | 12,333 | 1,714 | 65.3% | 9.1% | 81.2% | 37.2% |
| Roane | 36,455 | 27,254 | 5,379 | 74.8% | 14.8% | 93.0% | 60.5% |
| Scott | 13,480 | 8,177 | 1,009 | 60.7% | 7.5% | 75.4% | 30.7% |
| Sequatchie | 7,610 | 5,075 | 776 | 66.7% | 10.2% | 82.9% | 41.8% |
| Sevier | 48,843 | 36,430 | 6,603 | 74.6% | 13.5% | 92.8% | 55.4% |
| Smith | 11,798 | 7,962 | 1,092 | 67.5% | 9.3% | 83.9% | 37.9% |
| Sullivan | 108,605 | 82,272 | 19,675 | 75.8% | 18.1% | 94.2% | 74.2% |
| Unicoi | 12,744 | 8,622 | 1,353 | 67.7% | 10.6% | 84.1% | 43.5% |
| Union | 11,632 | 6,548 | 669 | 56.3% | 5.8% | 70.0% | 23.6% |
| Van Buren | 3,738 | 2,319 | 291 | 62.0% | 7.8% | 77.2% | 31.9% |
| Warren | 25,691 | 17,275 | 2,346 | 67.2% | 9.1% | 83.6% | 37.4% |
| Washington | 72,947 | 56,322 | 16,686 | 77.2% | 22.9% | 96.0% | 93.7% |
| White | 15,806 | 10,236 | 1,256 | 64.8% | 7.9% | 80.5% | 32.6% |
