Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Fauquier County, Virginia

In Fauquier County, Virginia as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 29.2 percent of the White Alone, 6.4 percent of Black or African American, 35 percent of the Asian alone and 25.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Fauquier County, Virginia, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 28.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Fauquier have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 28.6 percent (Men) versus 25.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Fauquier County, Virginia may to understood as having a highly-educated population, with 27 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Fauquier has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

 

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