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California County Comparison - Fiscal, Economics, and Population - Table
Bachelor's Degree Recipients
Focus on Los Angeles County
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Percent of population 25 years and over who have earned a bachelor's degree, 2005 to 2009. Click on the county name to see a graph showing the trend of this data over time.| County | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| State Average | 29.5% | 29.0% | 29.5% | 29.6% | 29.9% |
| Alameda County | 39.6% | 38.6% | 40.3% | 39.3% | 40.2% |
| Butte County | 26.4% | 24.4% | 23.9% | 24.7% | 23.4% |
| Contra Costa County | 37.8% | 37.2% | 37.1% | 38.7% | 37.6% |
| El Dorado County | 31.5% | 31.6% | 31.0% | 28.4% | 31.9% |
| Fresno County | 19.7% | 19.0% | 18.6% | 18.9% | 19.8% |
| Humboldt County | 26.5% | 26.1% | 26.7% | 25.5% | 26.5% |
| Imperial County | 11.6% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 12.5% | 14.9% |
| Kern County | 15.8% | 14.4% | 14.1% | 14.7% | 13.8% |
| Kings County | 10.8% | 12.4% | 12.8% | 10.1% | 12.5% |
| Lake County | 13.0% | 16.6% | 15.3% | 15.5% | 18.6% |
| Los Angeles County | 27.6% | 27.7% | 28.3% | 28.1% | 28.7% |
| Madera County | 12.7% | 10.7% | 13.5% | 12.8% | 14.8% |
| Marin County | 59.0% | 52.2% | 52.1% | 56.9% | 54.2% |
| Mendocino County | 26.6% | 22.2% | 23.7% | 22.5% | 21.4% |
| Merced County | 13.5% | 11.6% | 12.4% | 12.9% | 11.3% |
| Monterey County | 24.1% | 23.6% | 23.6% | 23.0% | 21.5% |
| Napa County | 30.5% | 31.0% | 26.3% | 30.4% | 31.2% |
| Nevada County | 33.4% | 29.1% | 31.5% | 32.2% | 32.2% |
| Orange County | 34.9% | 34.8% | 35.4% | 35.4% | 34.8% |
| Placer County | 32.5% | 31.9% | 34.3% | 33.3% | 33.2% |
| Riverside County | 20.3% | 18.9% | 20.1% | 20.1% | 19.7% |
| Sacramento County | 28.1% | 27.8% | 27.0% | 27.7% | 27.4% |
| San Bernardino County | 17.5% | 17.4% | 18.1% | 17.9% | 18.6% |
| San Diego County | 34.0% | 33.3% | 33.5% | 34.2% | 34.6% |
| San Francisco County | 50.1% | 50.4% | 49.9% | 51.2% | 52.0% |
| San Joaquin County | 17.3% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 15.6% | 18.0% |
| San Luis Obispo County | 30.0% | 31.1% | 29.9% | 31.2% | 30.1% |
| San Mateo County | 43.6% | 44.2% | 43.5% | 42.9% | 43.7% |
| Santa Barbara County | 32.0% | 30.4% | 30.1% | 33.7% | 31.5% |
| Santa Clara County | 44.6% | 44.1% | 44.5% | 44.1% | 44.0% |
| Santa Cruz County | 38.3% | 35.9% | 39.9% | 40.7% | 38.4% |
| Shasta County | 18.8% | 16.0% | 18.8% | 18.5% | 20.2% |
| Solano County | 22.8% | 22.5% | 22.4% | 24.1% | 24.2% |
| Sonoma County | 30.9% | 30.4% | 30.7% | 31.2% | 32.6% |
| Stanislaus County | 14.6% | 15.4% | 16.4% | 15.1% | 16.3% |
| Sutter County | 17.9% | 18.5% | 17.2% | 17.3% | 19.8% |
| Tulare County | 12.5% | 12.4% | 12.7% | 13.1% | 12.1% |
| Ventura County | 29.8% | 29.8% | 31.3% | 29.9% | 31.0% |
| Yolo County | 37.5% | 37.7% | 40.7% | 40.4% | 38.0% |
| Yuba County | 12.2% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 14.1% | 13.0% |
| Not all counties are included in the data from the Census Bureau. | |||||
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