When I came to Delaware a decade ago, several people told me that the state -- or maybe it was New Castle County -- had the nation's highest percentage of people with advanced academic degrees.
It sounded plausible. Delaware has a reputation of being a home to scientists, inventors, bankers and lawyers.
Alas, it isn't true. The latest numbers from the American Community Survey show Delaware ranks 11th, with 11.4% of adults holding advanced degrees. Massachusetts ranks first, with 16.4%. If you really want to be around a bunch of educated people, go to Washington, D.C., where 28% of adults have advanced degrees.
The claim isn't true for New Castle County, either; about 13.7 percent of its adults have advanced degrees. That's still higher than the national figure of 10.3% but far below the 23.8% in Middlesex County, Mass., home of Harvard and MIT.
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