Higher Education in Richmond County, Virginia
Richmond County, Virginia may to understood as having a less-educated population, with 10 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Richmond has a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
In Richmond County, Virginia as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 13.6 percent of the White Alone, 3 percent of Black or African American, 8.4 percent of the Asian alone and 8.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Richmond County, Virginia, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 48.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Richmond have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9.8 percent (Men) versus 10.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 36.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
In Richmond County, Virginia as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 13.6 percent of the White Alone, 3 percent of Black or African American, 8.4 percent of the Asian alone and 8.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.
In 2000, the Census reported that in Richmond County, Virginia, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 48.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Richmond have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9.8 percent (Men) versus 10.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 36.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
