Estimated Median Years of School Completed for Persons 25 Years and Over (1950-2000)
| County | Median Years Of School Completed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | |
| Abbeville | 7.7 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| Aiken | 7.3 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 12.9 |
| Allendale | 6.0 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
| Anderson | 7.7 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
| Bamberg | 7.3 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| Barnwell | 6.7 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| Beaufort | 6.5 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 14.3 |
| Berkeley | 5.7 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 12.9 |
| Calhoun | 6.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| Charleston | 8.9 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.9 |
| Cherokee | 7.0 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| Chester | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| Chesterfield | 6.6 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
| Clarendon | 5.9 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Colleton | 6.7 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| Darlington | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| Dillon | 6.5 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
| Dorchester | 7.0 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.2 |
| Edgefield | 7.4 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| Fairfield | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| Florence | 7.7 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| Georgetown | 6.5 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| Greenville | 8.5 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 13.3 |
| Greenwood | 7.9 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| Hampton | 6.4 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Horry | 7.0 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 13.0 |
| Jasper | 5.2 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
| Kershaw | 7.0 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| Lancaster | 7.5 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| Laurens | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| Lee | 6.1 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
| Lexington | 8.3 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.4 |
| McCormick | 6.5 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 |
| Marion | 6.9 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| Marlboro | 6.2 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 12.3 |
| Newberry | 8.0 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| Oconee | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
| Orangeburg | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.7 |
| Pickens | 7.5 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| Richland | 9.8 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 14.2 |
| Saluda | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| Spartanburg | 7.8 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
| Sumter | 7.9 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| Union | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| Williamsburg | 6.1 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| York | 7.7 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 |
| South Carolina | 7.6 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 12.9 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1950 to 2000.