Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent high school graduate or higher, 2006-2010 - (Percent)
County
Value
Accomack
78.9
Albemarle
90.9
Alexandria city
90.9
Alleghany
81.8
Amelia
78.0
Amherst
78.3
Appomattox
79.8
Arlington
92.5
Augusta
83.7
Bath
79.2
Bedford
85.0
Bedford city
84.5
Bland
83.0
Botetourt
89.2
Bristol city
79.8
Brunswick
67.2
Buchanan
63.7
Buckingham
61.6
Buena Vista city
72.8
Campbell
82.6
Caroline
81.8
Carroll
72.4
Charles City
74.8
Charlotte
71.6
Charlottesville city
85.2
Chesapeake city
89.3
Chesterfield
89.4
Clarke
87.5
Colonial Heights city
88.1
Covington city
80.9
Craig
83.4
Culpeper
82.6
Cumberland
72.5
Danville city
75.8
Dickenson
64.2
Dinwiddie
77.1
Emporia city
71.6
Essex
80.1
Fairfax
91.9
Fairfax city
93.1
Falls Church city
95.7
Fauquier
89.7
Floyd
79.5
Fluvanna
85.5
Franklin
79.9
Franklin city
76.1
Frederick
83.0
Fredericksburg city
86.6
Galax city
73.5
Giles
80.3
Gloucester
85.3
Goochland
79.3
Grayson
73.4
Greene
79.5
Greensville
69.7
Halifax
72.9
Hampton city
88.6
Hanover
91.2
Harrisonburg city
77.5
Henrico
89.1
Henry
72.3
Highland
73.7
Hopewell city
76.1
Isle of Wight
86.2
James City
93.3
King and Queen
75.8
King George
90.2
King William
87.0
Lancaster
82.3
Lee
71.5
Lexington city
81.3
Loudoun
93.5
Louisa
80.6
Lunenburg
71.5
Lynchburg city
83.1
Madison
80.4
Manassas city
80.6
Manassas Park city
78.5
Martinsville city
78.3
Mathews
84.5
Mecklenburg
75.2
Middlesex
87.6
Montgomery
88.1
Nelson
77.7
New Kent
86.3
Newport News city
88.9
Norfolk city
83.9
Northampton
78.0
Northumberland
84.1
Norton city
77.6
Nottoway
72.8
Orange
83.5
Page
72.5
Patrick
74.1
Petersburg city
72.0
Pittsylvania
76.0
Poquoson city
93.9
Portsmouth city
81.7
Powhatan
79.3
Prince Edward
81.2
Prince George
86.1
Prince William
88.4
Pulaski
79.1
Radford city
88.9
Rappahannock
79.8
Richmond
74.6
Richmond city
80.2
Roanoke
89.7
Roanoke city
80.9
Rockbridge
79.6
Rockingham
77.9
Russell
71.4
Salem city
87.5
Scott
73.6
Shenandoah
82.7
Smyth
75.7
Southampton
73.4
Spotsylvania
88.5
Stafford
91.5
Staunton city
82.7
Suffolk city
84.7
Surry
78.8
Sussex
67.8
Tazewell
75.6
Virginia Beach city
92.5
Warren
83.3
Washington
80.4
Waynesboro city
81.2
Westmoreland
76.5
Williamsburg city
93.5
Winchester city
79.7
Wise
70.3
Wythe
77.0
York
94.5
Value for Virginia (Percent): 86.1%
Data item: Educational attainment - persons 25 years and over - percent high school graduate or higher, 2006-2010
Source: U. S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Updated every year. http://factfinder2.census.gov
Definitions:
High School Graduates include people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate�s, bachelor�s, master�s, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included.
Persons with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher are those who have received a bachelor's degree from a college or university, or a master's, professional, or doctorate degree.
These data include only persons 25 years old and over. The percentages are obtained by dividing the counts of graduates by the total number of persons 25 years old and over.
Scope and Methodology:
These data are collected in the American Community Survey (ACS). The data are estimates and are subject to sampling variability. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at factfinder2.census.gov. The data are period estimates, that is, they represent the characteristics of the population over a specific 60-month data collection period.
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