The proportion of the Wisconsin workforce that has less than a high school education has fallen by just under 2%, from 6.2% to 4.6%, over the 2010 to 2022 period.
Burnett County moved from having a higher than state average proportion of its workforce without a high school diploma (7.6% in 2010) to below the state average (4.9% in 2019), but since 2021 has surpassed the state average again (5.1% as of 2022).
Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties have consistently had lower proportions of their workforces without a high school degree relative to the Wisconsin average.
Minnesota has seen very little change in the percent of its workforce without a high school diploma; from 5.0% in 2010 to 4.5% in 2022.
Until 2020, Chisago County observed a substantial decline in the proportion of its workforce without a high school degree, but since then the proportion has trended upwards.
While still well below the state average, Washington County has seen an increase in the proportion of its workforce without a high school diploma; from 2.3% in 2010 to 2.9% in 2022.
Besides Burnett County, all other St. Croix River Valley counties have lower proportions of their 2022 workforce without a high school diploma than their respective state averages.
Relative to the other counties in this region, Polk and Burnett have substantially higher proportions of their workforce without a high school degree.