Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Higher Education in Rappahannock County, Virginia

Rappahannock County, Virginia has a highly-educated population of the working age, with 23 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Rappahannock was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Rappahannock County, Virginia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 30.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Rappahannock have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 22 percent (Men) versus 24 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 29.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Rappahannock County, Virginia according the 2000 Decennial Census, 23.4 percent of the White Alone, 7 percent of Black or African American, 46.6 percent of the Asian alone and 8.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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

 

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