Educational Attainment for Persons 25 Years and Over on April 1, 2000
| County | With Less Than a 9th Grade Education | % 9th - 12th Grade, No Diploma | % High School Graduates or Higher | % With Four or More Years of College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | |
| Abbeville | 11.9 | 14 | 18.0 | 25 | 70.1 | 23 | 12.7 | 26 |
| Aiken | 7.8 | 37 | 14.5 | 38 | 77.7 | 9 | 19.9 | 9 |
| Allendale | 13.7 | 5 | 26.3 | 1 | 60.0 | 46 | 9.3 | 42 |
| Anderson | 9.5 | 33 | 17.1 | 27 | 73.3 | 16 | 15.9 | 19 |
| Bamberg | 13.2 | 8 | 22.2 | 7 | 64.7 | 42 | 15.4 | 21 |
| Barnwell | 11.6 | 18 | 20.9 | 13 | 67.5 | 31 | 11.6 | 32 |
| Beaufort | 4.1 | 46 | 8.0 | 46 | 87.8 | 1 | 33.2 | 1 |
| Berkeley | 6.3 | 40 | 13.5 | 40 | 80.2 | 7 | 14.4 | 23 |
| Calhoun | 10.1 | 27 | 17.1 | 28 | 72.8 | 20 | 14.2 | 24 |
| Charleston | 5.9 | 42 | 12.6 | 42 | 81.5 | 5 | 30.7 | 3 |
| Cherokee | 13.6 | 6 | 19.6 | 19 | 66.7 | 36 | 11.8 | 29 |
| Chester | 11.0 | 24 | 21.8 | 8 | 67.1 | 32 | 9.6 | 40 |
| Chesterfield | 13.2 | 9 | 21.6 | 9 | 65.2 | 40 | 9.6 | 41 |
| Clarendon | 13.1 | 10 | 21.6 | 10 | 65.3 | 39 | 11.4 | 35 |
| Colleton | 10.2 | 26 | 20.2 | 14 | 69.6 | 25 | 11.5 | 33 |
| Darlington | 11.5 | 21 | 19.1 | 22 | 69.3 | 26 | 13.5 | 25 |
| Dillon | 15.7 | 1 | 23.7 | 4 | 60.7 | 45 | 9.1 | 44 |
| Dorchester | 6.1 | 41 | 11.7 | 43 | 82.1 | 4 | 21.4 | 6 |
| Edgefield | 12.0 | 13 | 16.6 | 32 | 71.4 | 22 | 12.5 | 27 |
| Fairfield | 11.6 | 19 | 21.4 | 12 | 67.0 | 33 | 11.7 | 30 |
| Florence | 9.6 | 31 | 17.3 | 26 | 73.1 | 17 | 18.7 | 12 |
| Georgetown | 9.1 | 35 | 15.6 | 35 | 75.2 | 12 | 20.0 | 8 |
| Greenville | 6.9 | 39 | 13.6 | 39 | 79.5 | 8 | 26.2 | 4 |
| Greenwood | 10.1 | 28 | 16.8 | 31 | 73.1 | 18 | 18.9 | 11 |
| Hampton | 11.4 | 22 | 21.6 | 11 | 66.9 | 34 | 10.1 | 37 |
| Horry | 5.6 | 43 | 13.3 | 41 | 81.1 | 6 | 18.7 | 13 |
| Jasper | 12.4 | 12 | 22.5 | 6 | 65.1 | 41 | 8.7 | 45 |
| Kershaw | 7.9 | 36 | 16.6 | 33 | 75.4 | 11 | 16.3 | 16 |
| Lancaster | 10.4 | 25 | 19.7 | 17 | 69.8 | 24 | 10.2 | 36 |
| Laurens | 12.6 | 11 | 19.7 | 18 | 67.7 | 30 | 11.7 | 31 |
| Lee | 14.3 | 3 | 24.3 | 3 | 61.4 | 43 | 9.2 | 43 |
| Lexington | 5.3 | 44 | 11.7 | 44 | 83.0 | 3 | 24.6 | 5 |
| McCormick | 14.0 | 4 | 19.9 | 16 | 66.1 | 37 | 16.0 | 18 |
| Marion | 11.9 | 15 | 20.1 | 15 | 68.0 | 29 | 10.1 | 38 |
| Marlboro | 14.6 | 2 | 24.5 | 2 | 60.9 | 44 | 8.3 | 46 |
| Newberry | 11.7 | 17 | 19.2 | 21 | 69.1 | 28 | 14.8 | 22 |
| Oconee | 11.1 | 23 | 15.0 | 36 | 73.9 | 14 | 18.1 | 15 |
| Orangeburg | 10.1 | 29 | 18.4 | 24 | 71.5 | 21 | 16.3 | 17 |
| Pickens | 9.5 | 34 | 16.9 | 30 | 73.6 | 15 | 19.1 | 10 |
| Richland | 4.6 | 45 | 10.2 | 45 | 85.1 | 2 | 32.5 | 2 |
| Saluda | 11.6 | 20 | 19.1 | 23 | 69.3 | 27 | 11.9 | 28 |
| Spartanburg | 9.8 | 30 | 17.1 | 29 | 73.1 | 19 | 18.2 | 14 |
| Sumter | 9.6 | 32 | 16.2 | 34 | 74.3 | 13 | 15.8 | 20 |
| Union | 13.5 | 7 | 19.6 | 20 | 66.9 | 35 | 9.8 | 39 |
| Williamsburg | 11.8 | 16 | 22.6 | 5 | 65.5 | 38 | 11.5 | 34 |
| York | 7.7 | 38 | 15.0 | 37 | 77.2 | 10 | 20.9 | 7 |
| South Carolina | 8.3 | x | 15.3 | x | 76.3 | x | 20.4 | x |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing.