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Fewest graduate degrees, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a graduate or professional degree (2023 ACS). This list covers the 133 counties in Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGRADUATE DEGREEVS 2000

01Lee County, VAVA21,6422.4%−39%

02Dickenson County, VAVA13,2362.9%+71%

03Emporia, VAVA5,4473.1%−28%

04Russell County, VAVA25,3323.3%+3%

05Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0583.5%+26%

06Hopewell, VAVA23,2613.9%+8%

07Greensville County, VAVA11,1814.0%−13%

08Sussex County, VAVA10,7554.0%+16%

09Essex County, VAVA10,6544.1%−24%

10Bland County, VAVA6,1514.1%+32%

11Carroll County, VAVA29,2994.1%+12%

12Bath County, VAVA4,0764.3%−23%

13Grayson County, VAVA15,2304.4%+74%

14Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,4904.8%+45%

15Charles City County, VAVA6,6234.8%+72%

16Covington, VAVA5,6804.8%+267%

17Smyth County, VAVA28,8825.0%+53%

18Charlotte County, VAVA11,4015.1%+28%

19Scott County, VAVA21,2005.2%+121%

20Patrick County, VAVA17,4245.3%+125%

21Tazewell County, VAVA38,6355.4%+45%

22Nottoway County, VAVA15,7965.4%+37%

23Craig County, VAVA4,8005.4%+84%

24Appomattox County, VAVA17,1725.5%+43%

25Henry County, VAVA49,2425.6%+81%

26Buckingham County, VAVA17,1375.6%+98%

27Franklin, VAVA8,4785.7%+10%

28Surry County, VAVA6,6035.8%+61%

29Halifax County, VAVA33,4475.8%+69%

30Page County, VAVA23,7625.9%+53%

31Southampton County, VAVA18,1106.1%+89%

32Alleghany County, VAVA14,5466.1%+53%

33Buchanan County, VAVA18,4926.2%+101%

34Wise County, VAVA34,8246.4%+57%

35Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8966.4%+85%

36Richmond County, VAVA9,2946.6%+179%

37Brunswick County, VAVA15,7276.6%+117%

38Prince George County, VAVA43,9366.7%+16%

39King and Queen County, VAVA6,7436.8%+128%

40Amelia County, VAVA13,6326.9%+109%

41Shenandoah County, VAVA45,8396.9%+43%

42Warren County, VAVA42,7407.1%+51%

43Manassas Park, VAVA16,5607.2%+20%

44Martinsville, VAVA13,8497.2%+17%

45King William County, VAVA19,6177.2%+49%

46Pulaski County, VAVA33,5867.2%+60%

47Mathews County, VAVA8,5297.2%−11%

48Danville, VAVA41,6477.3%+38%

49Caroline County, VAVA34,4137.4%+88%

50Galax, VAVA6,6707.4%+106%

51Augusta County, VAVA78,9407.5%+67%

52Petersburg, VAVA33,7347.5%+45%

53Amherst County, VAVA31,9627.7%+80%

54Portsmouth, VAVA96,7777.7%+62%

55Wythe County, VAVA27,9837.8%+108%

56Floyd County, VAVA15,7897.9%+78%

57Giles County, VAVA16,5648.0%+60%

58Campbell County, VAVA55,6298.1%+83%

59Gloucester County, VAVA40,0978.3%+19%

60Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7478.3%+116%

61Accomack County, VAVA33,8598.4%+56%

62Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7158.4%+66%

63Franklin County, VAVA55,5268.8%+72%

64Madison County, VAVA14,2379.0%+31%

65Buena Vista, VAVA6,6729.0%+132%

66Washington County, VAVA53,8989.2%+48%

67Cumberland County, VAVA10,3529.2%+197%

68Culpeper County, VAVA57,6669.3%+59%

69Middlesex County, VAVA10,8419.3%+47%

70Powhatan County, VAVA32,5919.3%+120%

71Norton, VAVA3,4779.4%+158%

72Orange County, VAVA40,0839.5%+42%

73Louisa County, VAVA42,9249.8%+114%

74Roanoke, VAVA99,1119.9%+50%

75Botetourt County, VAVA34,14410.3%+64%

76Newport News, VAVA183,23010.4%+60%

77Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39110.6%+26%

78Hampton, VAVA137,31510.6%+29%

79Northampton County, VAVA11,87910.8%+108%

80Colonial Heights, VAVA18,73810.9%+67%

81Rockingham County, VAVA89,31611.0%+72%

82Highland County, VAVA2,31811.1%+91%

83Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32111.3%+119%

84Bristol, VAVA16,41811.4%+154%

85Frederick County, VAVA99,95511.4%+88%

86New Kent County, VAVA28,02211.6%+123%

87Norfolk, VAVA231,01311.7%+52%

88Manassas, VAVA44,33211.7%+14%

89Suffolk, VAVA104,69912.1%+115%

90Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,38812.1%+77%

91Roanoke County, VAVA97,15012.3%+31%

92Bedford County, VAVA83,05912.4%+71%

93Salem, VAVA25,81612.4%+85%

94Rockbridge County, VAVA22,66312.5%+48%

95Chesapeake, VAVA255,33212.8%+46%

96Waynesboro, VAVA23,95112.9%+89%

97Nelson County, VAVA14,92013.1%+43%

98Fluvanna County, VAVA28,97513.2%+43%

99King George County, VAVA29,64613.6%+69%

100Virginia Beach, VAVA453,73713.7%+54%

101Fauquier County, VAVA76,50313.9%+57%

102Winchester, VAVA28,27214.1%+46%

103Staunton, VAVA26,80114.2%+76%

104Greene County, VAVA21,95814.3%+130%

105Hanover County, VAVA116,42314.5%+63%

106Northumberland County, VAVA12,55714.8%+64%

107Clarke County, VAVA15,60914.8%+91%

108Rappahannock County, VAVA7,43914.8%+73%

109Lynchburg, VAVA81,34715.0%+58%

110Chesterfield County, VAVA397,14815.2%+45%

111Harrisonburg, VAVA50,83915.2%+29%

112Lancaster County, VAVA10,99516.6%+80%

113Stafford County, VAVA170,80316.7%+55%

114Prince William County, VAVA502,96617.0%+52%

115Richmond, VAVA237,25717.3%+60%

116Henrico County, VAVA342,77517.4%+48%

117Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39319.0%+51%

118Goochland County, VAVA29,18720.1%+74%

119Poquoson, VAVA13,29220.2%+46%

120Radford, VAVA17,24322.2%+43%

121York County, VAVA71,37422.8%+39%

122Lexington, VAVA7,76924.2%+12%

123James City County, VAVA83,32624.2%+45%

124Montgomery County, VAVA98,43424.5%+32%

125Williamsburg, VAVA15,86124.9%+17%

126Loudoun County, VAVA449,74926.4%+74%

127Albemarle County, VAVA118,35628.3%+23%

128Charlottesville, VAVA44,38828.6%+34%

129Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,87331.1%+28%

130Fairfax, VAVA26,77231.2%+50%

131Alexandria, VAVA160,66233.8%+37%

132Arlington County, VAVA243,93140.5%+33%

133Falls Church, VAVA15,15947.6%+41%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES