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 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Note:
This list excludes all counties in metropolitan
regions and others with largely urbanized
populations. |
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