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College educated poverty

 

Percentage of adults with bachelor's or higher
Percentage of adults with bachelor's who are in poverty
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro

29.3

10.0

Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro

42.2

19.2

Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro

34.9

9.9

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro

43.6

19.7

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metro

27.3

10.3

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metro

30.9

9.8

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro

34.1

11.2

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro

27.8

10.0

Columbus, OH Metro

33.1

11.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro

32.4

9.6

Dayton, OH Metro

28.0

6.0

Denver-Aurora, CO Metro

36.7

14.2

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro

28.8

7.3

El Paso, TX Metro

21.2

4.0

Fresno, CA Metro

22.7

4.7

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro

28.6

6.8

Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro

26.2

5.9

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro

33.9

10.3

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro

29.6

7.8

Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metro

31.2

8.7

Jacksonville, FL Metro

26.2

7.9

Kansas City, MO-KS Metro

31.9

10.6

Knoxville, TN Metro

29.0

6.3

Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metro

18.5

10.4

Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Metro

25.2

9.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro

30.9

12.9

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro

24.2

6.8

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro

26.3

4.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL Metro

30.0

12.0

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro

30.0

10.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro

37.4

15.6

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN Metro

30.4

7.9

New Haven-Milford, CT Metro

32.5

20.0

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metro

29.3

6.0

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro

36.1

13.2

Oklahoma City, OK Metro

27.9

8.8

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro

31.4

14.3

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro

30.5

8.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro

33.0

11.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro

26.9

9.9

Pittsburgh, PA Metro

26.3

8.5

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro

35.0

15.2

Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro

45.6

13.3

Richmond, VA Metro

32.4

9.7

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro

19.1

8.4

Rochester, NY Metro

29.3

8.0

Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metro

31.8

14.1

Salt Lake City, UT Metro

29.3

15.5

San Antonio, TX Metro

25.3

6.1

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metro

34.9

15.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro

44.8

22.1

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL Metro

29.4

19.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro

39.2

17.0

Springfield, MA Metro

28.5

13.3

St. Louis, MO-IL Metro

30.1

10.4

Syracuse, NY Metro

26.6

10.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro

27.0

9.4

Toledo, OH Metro

22.7

9.7

Tucson, AZ Metro

29.9

15.4

Tulsa, OK Metro

25.8

8.0

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro

28.3

12.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro

48.0

17.8

Worcester, MA Metro

36.5

11.8

Source: American Community Survey