Bachelor's Degree or Higher (% of Over 25) by Zip Code (ZCTA5) — Missouri

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The Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan areas exhibit the highest concentrations of bachelor's degree attainment, with select zip codes in both regions exceeding 50%, while surrounding suburban zip codes generally fall in the 30–40% range. Central Missouri around Columbia also stands out as a notable education cluster, likely driven by the University of Missouri, contrasting sharply with the rural southern and southeastern portions of the state where attainment rates frequently drop below 10–15%. The Ozarks region and the Bootheel in the southeast represent the most persistently low-education corridors, with broad swaths of zip codes in the lowest quintiles of the color scale.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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