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Levels of education for Virginia residents, ages 25-34

bargraph of education attainment rates for Virginia

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

Virginia education attainment by county, ages 25-34

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County	Percent w/college degree	Number w/college degree	Total population (ages 25-34)	< 9th grade	9th-12th grade, no diploma	High school grad/GED	Some college, no degree	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree
TOTAL	39.3%	404,414	1,028,034	33,391	96,957	261,107	232,165	63,744	240,056	100,614
Falls Church city	76.1%	1,084	1,425	51	20	108	162	40	616	428
Arlington	71.4%	34,246	47,939	2,657	2,631	3,944	4,461	1,210	18,483	14,553
Lexington city	68.4%	344	503	0	29	71	59	39	196	109
Alexandria city	64.3%	21,206	32,968	2,000	1,765	3,614	4,383	1,435	12,314	7,457
Charlottesville city	62.6%	4,044	6,459	102	445	1,069	799	188	2,024	1,832
Albemarle	61.0%	6,762	11,082	228	676	1,647	1,769	539	3,532	2,691
Fairfax	59.3%	88,194	148,819	7,953	8,765	18,963	24,944	7,370	54,581	26,243
Loudoun	59.1%	17,684	29,925	482	1,101	4,588	6,070	1,959	12,044	3,681
Fairfax city	55.1%	1,965	3,568	293	162	530	618	179	1,207	579
Montgomery	52.3%	6,032	11,523	122	793	2,372	2,204	748	3,137	2,147
Williamsburg city	51.1%	566	1,107	26	72	264	179	76	304	186
Henrico	47.9%	19,641	41,006	624	2,764	8,443	9,534	2,245	12,973	4,423
Roanoke	45.2%	4,418	9,776	118	563	2,480	2,197	1,022	2,671	725
James City	45.1%	2,423	5,377	65	434	1,216	1,239	332	1,396	695
Radford city	43.4%	707	1,628	20	69	252	580	115	479	113
Richmond city	43.2%	14,140	32,695	700	3,647	7,327	6,881	1,056	9,222	3,862
York	41.8%	2,607	6,230	35	298	1,244	2,046	508	1,571	528
Chesterfield	40.8%	13,588	33,265	610	2,274	8,118	8,675	2,480	8,708	2,400
Hanover	39.4%	3,957	10,042	114	704	2,771	2,496	548	2,666	743
Harrisonburg city	39.3%	1,761	4,482	489	437	821	974	271	1,173	317
Fredericksburg city	38.5%	1,044	2,712	50	413	751	454	167	685	192
Stafford	36.5%	4,561	12,483	110	924	3,568	3,320	1,037	2,772	752
Bedford	35.5%	2,564	7,224	73	706	2,482	1,399	676	1,453	435
Chesapeake city	35.5%	9,467	26,695	309	2,181	6,880	7,858	1,877	5,474	2,116
Prince William	35.0%	15,834	45,271	1,961	3,196	11,497	12,783	3,012	10,021	2,801
Virginia Beach city	33.9%	23,541	69,392	621	3,528	18,129	23,573	5,574	14,046	3,921
Lynchburg city	33.6%	2,673	7,953	93	841	2,483	1,863	474	1,726	473
Clarke	33.5%	467	1,392	35	82	540	268	117	280	70
Botetourt	33.4%	1,110	3,326	70	330	1,118	698	362	615	133
Poquoson city	33.1%	358	1,081	0	49	355	319	101	202	55
Hampton city	33.0%	7,065	21,406	200	1,368	5,649	7,124	1,873	3,930	1,262
Goochland	31.3%	590	1,883	134	251	659	249	77	388	125
Isle of Wight	31.2%	960	3,079	79	400	909	731	333	467	160
Fauquier	30.9%	1,986	6,429	198	549	2,078	1,618	311	1,354	321
Norton city	30.4%	160	526	16	58	134	158	60	76	24
Greene	30.3%	713	2,351	92	219	828	499	119	406	188
Manassas Park city	30.1%	639	2,122	175	266	456	586	149	386	104
Suffolk city	29.8%	2,531	8,495	128	845	2,605	2,386	753	1,450	328
Bristol city	29.6%	626	2,112	39	323	623	501	180	382	64
Washington	29.5%	1,870	6,349	172	717	2,125	1,465	628	959	283
Bedford city	29.4%	237	806	7	93	242	227	20	171	46
Winchester city	29.2%	974	3,332	222	471	951	714	206	594	174
Franklin city	29.2%	273	935	28	166	262	206	76	153	44
Salem city	29.2%	829	2,842	60	270	915	768	260	457	112
Spotsylvania	29.1%	3,547	12,188	248	1,368	4,043	2,982	554	2,416	577
Manassas city	28.9%	1,697	5,875	508	882	1,294	1,494	379	995	323
Staunton city	28.4%	836	2,942	37	368	950	751	146	564	126
Fluvanna	28.2%	797	2,827	129	341	967	593	159	424	214
Roanoke city	27.9%	3,873	13,906	407	1,971	4,414	3,241	952	2,216	705
Alleghany	27.4%	404	1,473	39	160	549	321	114	252	38
Norfolk city	27.2%	9,789	35,973	514	3,979	11,163	10,528	2,265	5,506	2,018
Giles	27.2%	591	2,174	33	182	917	451	248	276	67
Newport News city	27.1%	7,605	28,074	259	2,615	8,096	9,499	2,189	4,054	1,362
Campbell	27.0%	1,853	6,852	156	827	2,551	1,465	567	1,109	177
Frederick	26.6%	2,082	7,839	238	949	2,880	1,690	483	1,187	412
King George	26.4%	608	2,300	17	268	735	672	119	365	124
Madison	26.3%	351	1,334	32	157	567	227	60	237	54
Rockbridge	26.2%	629	2,399	54	316	950	450	106	323	200
Wythe	26.1%	1,021	3,919	26	445	1,478	949	428	445	148
Tazewell	26.1%	1,368	5,251	77	818	1,777	1,211	533	613	222
Rappahannock	25.9%	203	785	15	160	264	143	30	132	41
Emporia city	25.8%	170	659	49	119	236	85	53	91	26
Prince George	25.4%	1,320	5,194	169	683	1,720	1,302	389	764	167
Northumberland	25.0%	244	976	32	164	335	201	68	138	38
Essex	24.7%	307	1,244	11	222	412	292	68	178	61
Mathews	24.3%	227	933	10	202	290	204	85	94	48
Gloucester	24.2%	987	4,077	59	483	1,377	1,171	278	477	232
Colonial Heights city	23.9%	468	1,956	29	228	647	584	178	215	75
Orange	23.7%	709	2,986	68	401	1,278	530	169	418	122
Augusta	23.7%	1,909	8,052	216	1,056	3,418	1,453	554	1,125	230
Prince Edward	23.7%	416	1,756	13	278	649	400	75	266	75
Rockingham	23.3%	2,007	8,607	670	1,159	3,305	1,466	502	1,204	301
Clifton Forge city	22.9%	107	468	23	63	152	123	50	52	5
King William	22.7%	429	1,890	3	98	857	503	100	267	62
Powhatan	22.5%	765	3,399	40	681	1,275	638	224	480	61
New Kent	22.5%	365	1,622	23	198	613	423	116	184	65
Portsmouth city	22.4%	3,116	13,904	305	1,905	4,168	4,410	1,010	1,662	444
Martinsville city	22.1%	385	1,742	46	292	676	343	138	208	39
Middlesex	22.0%	178	809	82	85	281	183	53	78	47
Lancaster	21.9%	188	860	6	204	312	150	58	95	35
Warren	21.6%	895	4,135	107	570	1,723	840	288	471	136
Amherst	21.6%	839	3,884	148	384	1,509	1,004	257	478	104
Pittsylvania	20.9%	1,555	7,445	301	1,095	2,820	1,674	708	612	235
Louisa	20.7%	643	3,100	62	492	1,202	701	194	349	100
Southampton	20.6%	451	2,186	51	611	569	504	139	252	60
Appomattox	20.6%	343	1,664	44	211	744	322	149	166	28
Craig	20.6%	123	598	6	66	257	146	33	87	3
Waynesboro city	20.5%	499	2,438	93	231	991	624	116	269	114
Petersburg city	20.4%	895	4,381	172	742	1,600	972	185	562	148
Danville city	19.8%	1,039	5,238	171	932	1,802	1,294	389	517	133
Wise	19.6%	1,013	5,163	181	929	1,836	1,204	432	445	136
Floyd	19.6%	346	1,765	87	286	777	269	146	162	38
Accomack	19.6%	832	4,251	574	730	1,423	692	138	434	260
Pulaski	19.4%	980	5,054	185	608	2,022	1,259	414	436	130
Franklin	19.2%	1,097	5,719	230	832	2,130	1,430	303	670	124
Halifax	19.2%	816	4,257	151	706	1,682	902	402	271	143
Henry	19.1%	1,419	7,424	359	1,489	2,494	1,663	557	629	233
Patrick	19.0%	460	2,419	131	509	918	401	185	248	27
Carroll	18.9%	717	3,801	121	764	1,592	607	359	276	82
Charles City	18.8%	132	703	14	106	306	145	46	67	19
Shenandoah	18.7%	790	4,231	249	575	1,798	819	230	454	106
Amelia	18.6%	258	1,389	33	226	591	281	102	132	24
Dinwiddie	18.4%	603	3,271	224	432	1,340	672	202	296	105
Buena Vista city	18.3%	147	803	7	112	368	169	38	96	13
Scott	18.1%	537	2,961	147	452	1,189	636	227	275	35
Highland	17.9%	39	218	4	12	100	63	17	20	2
Bath	17.8%	106	595	21	95	234	139	31	46	29
Mecklenburg	17.7%	675	3,810	159	769	1,584	623	225	390	60
Westmoreland	17.7%	286	1,615	133	281	546	369	81	161	44
Bland	17.6%	170	965	10	152	467	166	99	54	17
Russell	16.8%	742	4,409	165	952	1,654	896	274	380	88
Nelson	16.7%	240	1,440	83	269	542	306	44	159	37
Smyth	16.5%	702	4,246	114	658	1,921	851	323	297	82
Culpeper	16.3%	747	4,579	313	712	1,982	825	205	334	208
Buchanan	16.1%	582	3,609	241	775	1,376	635	261	261	60
Surry	15.8%	99	628	13	106	292	118	31	45	23
Northampton	15.5%	187	1,205	137	164	492	225	60	109	18
Charlotte	15.4%	214	1,387	84	241	651	197	74	103	37
Covington city	15.4%	131	851	18	122	277	303	48	78	5
Lee	15.4%	445	2,898	160	581	1,153	559	147	198	100
Lunenburg	14.6%	230	1,576	57	319	550	420	58	155	17
Nottoway	14.3%	295	2,060	57	574	749	385	109	116	70
Cumberland	13.6%	160	1,177	54	248	466	249	29	104	27
Richmond	13.5%	175	1,297	35	608	316	163	60	93	22
Caroline	13.5%	401	2,973	63	598	1,305	606	89	286	26
Hopewell city	12.7%	382	3,002	98	536	1,200	786	171	176	35
King and Queen	12.5%	93	745	54	74	323	201	32	53	8
Dickenson	12.5%	242	1,940	106	325	854	413	142	85	15
Page	11.9%	354	2,968	134	528	1,476	476	94	200	60
Sussex	11.9%	247	2,075	34	821	752	221	62	135	50
Grayson	11.9%	307	2,584	201	504	1,167	405	143	151	13
Galax city	11.8%	108	917	119	231	268	191	55	37	16
Brunswick	11.6%	298	2,568	209	475	1,098	488	102	160	36
Buckingham	9.4%	191	2,030	86	453	978	322	93	73	25
Greensville	6.8%	145	2,127	377	462	974	169	44	89	12

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