State Stats

 

High School Graduates

(Rural Virginia counties, ranked by percentage of population

 over 25 with high school diplomas, 2000)

1 Fauquier 84.5
2 Clarke 82.1
3 Gloucester 81.7
4 Prince George 81.6
5 Virginia 81.5
6 Mathews 80.8
7 New Kent 80.6
8 King George 80.4
9 Bedford (county) 80.1
10 Fluvanna 80.0
11 King William 79.1
12 Frederick 78.6
13 Greene 78.4
14 Augusta 78.2
15 Alleghany 77.5
16 Craig 76.6
17 Isle of Wight 76.2
18 Rappahannock 76.0
19 Giles 75.9
20 Northumberland 75.9
21 Warren 75.5
22 Winchester 75.4
23 Shenandoah 75.3
24 Orange 75.2
25 Madison 75.0
26 Lancaster 74.4
27 Pulaski 74.2
28 Bath 74.0
29 Culpeper 73.7
30 Middlesex 73.7
31 Essex 73.5
32 Campbell 73.4
33 Highland 72.8
34 Rockingham 72.4
35 Washington 72.3
36 Franklin 72.2
37 Hopewell 71.8
38 Louisa 71.7
39 Caroline 71.3
40 Rockbridge 71.0
41 Bedford  70.9
42 Bland 70.9
43 Appomattox 70.7
44 Amherst 70.6
45 Surry 70.4
46 Wythe 70.2
47 Floyd 70.1
48 Dinwiddie 70.0
49 Prince Edward 69.9
50 Westmoreland 69.3
51 Nelson 69.0
52 Amelia 68.3
53 King and Queen 68.2
54 Accomack 67.9
55 Mecklenburg 67.8
56 Smyth 67.5
57 Tazewell 67.5
58 Northampton 67.4
59 Pittsylvania 67.3
60 Henry 64.9
61 Page 64.8
62 Nottoway 64.4
63 Scott 64.4
64 Carroll 64.3
65 Grayson 64.1
66 Halifax 63.9
67 Cumberland 63.8
68 Lunenburg 63.4
69 Brunswick 63.2
70 Charlotte 63.2
71 Southampton 63.2
72 Buckingham 62.8
73 Russell 62.5
74 Wise  62.5
75 Patrick 62.2
76 Greensville 62.1
77 Lee 60.6
78 Richmond (county) 60.0
79 Dickenson 58.9
80 Sussex 57.6
81 Buchanan 52.9

Note: This list excludes all counties in metropolitan regions and others with largely urbanized populations.
Source: U.S. Census, 2000;  http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51000.html
 
 
 
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