| Population 25 Years and Over, 1990 | Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 1990 | Persons with College Degree or Higher, 1990 | Percent Completed High School, 1990 | Percent Completed College, 1990 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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United States | 158,868,436 | 119,524,718 | 32,310,253 | 75.2% | 20.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 14,108,438 | 9,643,616 | 1,999,412 | 68.4% | 14.2% | 90.9% | 69.7% |
West Virginia | 1,171,766 | 773,239 | 144,518 | 66.0% | 12.3% | 87.7% | 60.6% |
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County |
Barbour | 10,001 | 5,976 | 1,014 | 59.8% | 10.1% | 79.4% | 49.9% |
Berkeley | 38,025 | 26,021 | 4,527 | 68.4% | 11.9% | 91.0% | 58.5% |
Boone | 16,534 | 8,943 | 1,063 | 54.1% | 6.4% | 71.9% | 31.6% |
Braxton | 8,582 | 4,874 | 697 | 56.8% | 8.1% | 75.5% | 39.9% |
Brooke | 18,004 | 12,882 | 2,201 | 71.6% | 12.2% | 95.1% | 60.1% |
Cabell | 63,333 | 45,561 | 11,950 | 71.9% | 18.9% | 95.6% | 92.8% |
Calhoun | 5,160 | 2,906 | 350 | 56.3% | 6.8% | 74.9% | 33.4% |
Clay | 6,096 | 3,009 | 377 | 49.4% | 6.2% | 65.6% | 30.4% |
Doddridge | 4,593 | 2,968 | 474 | 64.6% | 10.3% | 85.9% | 50.7% |
Fayette | 31,343 | 17,889 | 2,771 | 57.1% | 8.8% | 75.9% | 43.5% |
Gilmer | 4,720 | 2,671 | 668 | 56.6% | 14.2% | 75.2% | 69.6% |
Grant | 6,820 | 4,105 | 588 | 60.2% | 8.6% | 80.0% | 42.4% |
Greenbrier | 23,592 | 14,854 | 2,711 | 63.0% | 11.5% | 83.7% | 56.5% |
Hampshire | 10,564 | 6,526 | 949 | 61.8% | 9.0% | 82.1% | 44.2% |
Hancock | 24,218 | 17,570 | 2,156 | 72.5% | 8.9% | 96.4% | 43.8% |
Hardy | 7,381 | 4,084 | 540 | 55.3% | 7.3% | 73.5% | 36.0% |
Harrison | 46,448 | 32,783 | 6,267 | 70.6% | 13.5% | 93.8% | 66.3% |
Jackson | 17,017 | 11,133 | 1,472 | 65.4% | 8.7% | 87.0% | 42.5% |
Jefferson | 22,307 | 15,212 | 3,603 | 68.2% | 16.2% | 90.6% | 79.4% |
Kanawha | 141,944 | 102,828 | 24,950 | 72.4% | 17.6% | 96.3% | 86.4% |
Lewis | 11,547 | 7,165 | 952 | 62.1% | 8.2% | 82.5% | 40.5% |
Lincoln | 13,401 | 6,586 | 633 | 49.1% | 4.7% | 65.3% | 23.2% |
Logan | 27,192 | 14,532 | 1,715 | 53.4% | 6.3% | 71.0% | 31.0% |
Marion | 38,105 | 27,219 | 4,768 | 71.4% | 12.5% | 94.9% | 61.5% |
Marshall | 25,045 | 17,751 | 2,420 | 70.9% | 9.7% | 94.2% | 47.5% |
Mason | 16,694 | 10,196 | 1,139 | 61.1% | 6.8% | 81.2% | 33.5% |
McDowell | 22,135 | 9,369 | 1,015 | 42.3% | 4.6% | 56.3% | 22.5% |
Mercer | 42,781 | 26,998 | 4,965 | 63.1% | 11.6% | 83.9% | 57.1% |
Mineral | 17,122 | 12,461 | 1,775 | 72.8% | 10.4% | 96.7% | 51.0% |
Mingo | 20,040 | 10,095 | 1,323 | 50.4% | 6.6% | 67.0% | 32.5% |
Monongalia | 42,959 | 32,370 | 12,091 | 75.4% | 28.1% | 100.2% | 138.4% |
Monroe | 8,295 | 5,149 | 663 | 62.1% | 8.0% | 82.5% | 39.3% |
Morgan | 8,336 | 5,402 | 985 | 64.8% | 11.8% | 86.1% | 58.1% |
Nicholas | 17,099 | 10,461 | 1,368 | 61.2% | 8.0% | 81.3% | 39.3% |
Ohio | 34,472 | 25,887 | 6,358 | 75.1% | 18.4% | 99.8% | 90.7% |
Pendleton | 5,435 | 3,293 | 446 | 60.6% | 8.2% | 80.5% | 40.3% |
Pleasants | 4,950 | 3,401 | 419 | 68.7% | 8.5% | 91.3% | 41.6% |
Pocahontas | 6,241 | 3,785 | 603 | 60.6% | 9.7% | 80.6% | 47.5% |
Preston | 18,628 | 11,671 | 1,544 | 62.7% | 8.3% | 83.3% | 40.8% |
Putnam | 27,824 | 20,533 | 3,694 | 73.8% | 13.3% | 98.1% | 65.3% |
Raleigh | 50,466 | 31,883 | 5,406 | 63.2% | 10.7% | 84.0% | 52.7% |
Randolph | 18,282 | 12,054 | 2,176 | 65.9% | 11.9% | 87.6% | 58.5% |
Ritchie | 6,834 | 4,202 | 408 | 61.5% | 6.0% | 81.7% | 29.4% |
Roane | 9,853 | 5,634 | 652 | 57.2% | 6.6% | 76.0% | 32.5% |
Summers | 9,815 | 5,688 | 835 | 58.0% | 8.5% | 77.0% | 41.8% |
Taylor | 10,006 | 6,605 | 811 | 66.0% | 8.1% | 87.7% | 39.9% |
Tucker | 5,178 | 3,315 | 446 | 64.0% | 8.6% | 85.1% | 42.4% |
Tyler | 6,451 | 4,432 | 583 | 68.7% | 9.0% | 91.3% | 44.4% |
Upshur | 14,099 | 9,059 | 1,695 | 64.3% | 12.0% | 85.4% | 59.1% |
Wayne | 26,911 | 16,968 | 2,428 | 63.1% | 9.0% | 83.8% | 44.4% |
Webster | 6,894 | 3,207 | 383 | 46.5% | 5.6% | 61.8% | 27.3% |
Wetzel | 12,545 | 8,800 | 1,303 | 70.1% | 10.4% | 93.2% | 51.1% |
Wirt | 3,383 | 2,238 | 270 | 66.2% | 8.0% | 87.9% | 39.2% |
Wood | 57,988 | 42,456 | 7,804 | 73.2% | 13.5% | 97.3% | 66.2% |
Wyoming | 18,078 | 9,579 | 1,114 | 53.0% | 6.2% | 70.4% | 30.3% |