RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 133 SHOWN OF 133

Least educated, Virginia counties · 2020

Virginia counties with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

01Lee County, VAVA21,6429.6%+1%

02Russell County, VAVA25,33210.2%+9%

03Greensville County, VAVA11,18111.3%+3%

04Dickenson County, VAVA13,23611.4%+71%

05Emporia, VAVA5,44711.7%−18%

06Buchanan County, VAVA18,49211.8%+48%

07Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05812.5%+36%

08Buckingham County, VAVA17,13712.6%+48%

09Hopewell, VAVA23,26112.8%+26%

10Sussex County, VAVA10,75513.3%+33%

11Bland County, VAVA6,15113.4%+46%

12Charlotte County, VAVA11,40113.9%+35%

13Page County, VAVA23,76214.3%+47%

14Alleghany County, VAVA14,54614.6%+7%

15Carroll County, VAVA29,29914.8%+56%

16Wise County, VAVA34,82414.8%+36%

17Brunswick County, VAVA15,72714.8%+37%

18Smyth County, VAVA28,88214.9%+40%

19Patrick County, VAVA17,42414.9%+73%

20Scott County, VAVA21,20015.0%+80%

21Covington, VAVA5,68015.1%+137%

22Henry County, VAVA49,24215.1%+60%

23Tazewell County, VAVA38,63515.2%+38%

24Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49015.2%+64%

25Nottoway County, VAVA15,79615.5%+40%

26Grayson County, VAVA15,23016.0%+100%

27Halifax County, VAVA33,44716.1%+70%

28Essex County, VAVA10,65416.2%−7%

29Charles City County, VAVA6,62316.2%+54%

30Cumberland County, VAVA10,35216.5%+40%

31Galax, VAVA6,67017.1%+54%

32Bath County, VAVA4,07617.4%+56%

33Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89617.8%+62%

34Richmond County, VAVA9,29418.1%+82%

35Amelia County, VAVA13,63218.2%+86%

36Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71518.3%+37%

37Danville, VAVA41,64718.4%+33%

38Franklin, VAVA8,47819.0%+15%

39Wythe County, VAVA27,98319.0%+57%

40Buena Vista, VAVA6,67219.1%+82%

41Southampton County, VAVA18,11019.3%+64%

42Giles County, VAVA16,56419.5%+57%

43Shenandoah County, VAVA45,83919.7%+34%

44Accomack County, VAVA33,85919.7%+45%

45Pulaski County, VAVA33,58619.7%+58%

46Norton, VAVA3,47720.2%+44%

47Petersburg, VAVA33,73420.3%+37%

48Surry County, VAVA6,60320.4%+59%

49Portsmouth, VAVA96,77720.8%+50%

50Warren County, VAVA42,74020.8%+38%

51Amherst County, VAVA31,96221.3%+63%

52Appomattox County, VAVA17,17221.5%+104%

53Martinsville, VAVA13,84921.7%+30%

54Craig County, VAVA4,80021.7%+100%

55Floyd County, VAVA15,78921.7%+73%

56Bristol, VAVA16,41821.8%+28%

57Caroline County, VAVA34,41321.8%+81%

58Augusta County, VAVA78,94022.3%+45%

59Franklin County, VAVA55,52622.7%+54%

60Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74723.1%+91%

61Prince George County, VAVA43,93623.4%+21%

62Campbell County, VAVA55,62923.5%+61%

63Gloucester County, VAVA40,09724.0%+36%

64King William County, VAVA19,61724.1%+63%

65Washington County, VAVA53,89824.2%+50%

66Madison County, VAVA14,23724.5%+26%

67Roanoke, VAVA99,11124.8%+32%

68Culpeper County, VAVA57,66625.2%+60%

69Louisa County, VAVA42,92425.2%+80%

70Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39125.5%+33%

71Manassas Park, VAVA16,56025.6%+26%

72Orange County, VAVA40,08325.7%+39%

73King and Queen County, VAVA6,74325.8%+151%

74Northampton County, VAVA11,87926.1%+66%

75Colonial Heights, VAVA18,73826.6%+40%

76Hampton, VAVA137,31526.7%+23%

77Frederick County, VAVA99,95526.8%+45%

78Middlesex County, VAVA10,84126.9%+42%

79Botetourt County, VAVA34,14426.9%+37%

80Rockingham County, VAVA89,31627.0%+53%

81Rockbridge County, VAVA22,66327.6%+48%

82Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32128.0%+60%

83Newport News, VAVA183,23028.0%+41%

84Waynesboro, VAVA23,95128.9%+40%

85Mathews County, VAVA8,52929.1%+52%

86Suffolk, VAVA104,69929.6%+71%

87Greene County, VAVA21,95830.0%+51%

88Norfolk, VAVA231,01330.0%+53%

89Salem, VAVA25,81630.3%+53%

90Powhatan County, VAVA32,59130.6%+60%

91Highland County, VAVA2,31830.7%+132%

92Bedford County, VAVA83,05930.9%+48%

93Nelson County, VAVA14,92030.9%+49%

94Staunton, VAVA26,80131.1%+53%

95Manassas, VAVA44,33231.3%+11%

96New Kent County, VAVA28,02232.1%+96%

97Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,38832.1%+41%

98Northumberland County, VAVA12,55732.6%+50%

99Lancaster County, VAVA10,99533.9%+39%

100Rappahannock County, VAVA7,43934.1%+49%

101Winchester, VAVA28,27234.3%+45%

102Chesapeake, VAVA255,33234.6%+40%

103Clarke County, VAVA15,60934.7%+45%

104Harrisonburg, VAVA50,83935.2%+13%

105King George County, VAVA29,64635.5%+50%

106Fluvanna County, VAVA28,97535.6%+46%

107Lynchburg, VAVA81,34736.0%+42%

108Roanoke County, VAVA97,15036.0%+27%

109Fauquier County, VAVA76,50336.7%+36%

110Virginia Beach, VAVA453,73737.3%+33%

111Chesterfield County, VAVA397,14840.1%+23%

112Hanover County, VAVA116,42340.3%+41%

113Radford, VAVA17,24340.7%+19%

114Richmond, VAVA237,25741.2%+40%

115Stafford County, VAVA170,80341.3%+40%

116Prince William County, VAVA502,96641.9%+33%

117Fredericksburg, VAVA30,39342.4%+39%

118Poquoson, VAVA13,29242.9%+36%

119Goochland County, VAVA29,18743.8%+49%

120Henrico County, VAVA342,77544.3%+27%

121Montgomery County, VAVA98,43446.0%+28%

122York County, VAVA71,37449.5%+33%

123Lexington, VAVA7,76950.0%+17%

124Williamsburg, VAVA15,86150.6%+12%

125James City County, VAVA83,32651.0%+23%

126Charlottesville, VAVA44,38855.7%+37%

127Albemarle County, VAVA118,35658.7%+23%

128Fairfax, VAVA26,77260.3%+32%

129Loudoun County, VAVA449,74961.6%+31%

130Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,87362.1%+13%

131Alexandria, VAVA160,66265.1%+20%

132Arlington County, VAVA243,93175.8%+26%

133Falls Church, VAVA15,15979.1%+24%

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