Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Polk County, IA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Bachelor's Degree or Higher
40.3% +19.5% vs nat'l
Rank #273 of 3,222
92th percentile

How Polk County Compares

Polk County
40.3%
Iowa Average
40.3%
Rank #5 of 99 in state
National
33.7%
19.5% above

National Distribution

Where Polk County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for bachelor's degree or higher.

0.0% 80.5%

■ Polk County: 40.3%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#270 Harford County, MD 40.3%
#271 Collier County, FL 40.3%
#272 Sussex County, NJ 40.3%
#273 Polk County, IA 40.3%
#274 Lincoln County, ME 40.2%
#275 Suffolk County, NY 40.2%
#276 Livingston County, MI 40.2%
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Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Polk County, Iowa

Polk County, Iowa has a bachelor's degree or higher of 40.3%, which ranks #273 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 19.5% above the national value of 33.7%.

Within Iowa, Polk County ranks #5 of 99 out of 99 counties. This places it in the 92th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the population aged 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.