| Population 25 Years and Over, 1980 | Persons with High School Diploma or Higher, 1980 | Persons with College Degree or Higher, 1980 | Percent Completed High School, 1980 | Percent Completed College, 1980 | High School Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 | College Completion, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
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United States | 132,835,687 | 88,300,490 | 21,558,480 | 66.5% | 16.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 12,675,241 | 7,284,251 | 1,410,794 | 57.5% | 11.1% | 86.5% | 68.6% |
West Virginia | 1,147,042 | 642,188 | 119,488 | 56.0% | 10.4% | 84.2% | 64.2% |
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County |
Barbour | 9,595 | 4,727 | 795 | 49.3% | 8.3% | 74.1% | 51.1% |
Berkeley | 27,810 | 15,559 | 2,937 | 55.9% | 10.6% | 84.2% | 65.1% |
Boone | 16,917 | 6,999 | 748 | 41.4% | 4.4% | 62.2% | 27.2% |
Braxton | 8,452 | 3,814 | 686 | 45.1% | 8.1% | 67.9% | 50.0% |
Brooke | 18,375 | 11,526 | 1,768 | 62.7% | 9.6% | 94.4% | 59.3% |
Cabell | 64,908 | 39,981 | 9,051 | 61.6% | 13.9% | 92.7% | 85.9% |
Calhoun | 4,945 | 2,120 | 261 | 42.9% | 5.3% | 64.5% | 32.5% |
Clay | 6,160 | 2,258 | 320 | 36.7% | 5.2% | 55.1% | 32.0% |
Doddridge | 4,356 | 2,257 | 417 | 51.8% | 9.6% | 77.9% | 59.0% |
Fayette | 33,403 | 15,612 | 2,471 | 46.7% | 7.4% | 70.3% | 45.6% |
Gilmer | 4,572 | 2,124 | 519 | 46.5% | 11.4% | 69.9% | 69.9% |
Grant | 6,054 | 2,722 | 466 | 45.0% | 7.7% | 67.6% | 47.4% |
Greenbrier | 22,858 | 12,184 | 2,410 | 53.3% | 10.5% | 80.2% | 65.0% |
Hampshire | 8,749 | 4,649 | 895 | 53.1% | 10.2% | 79.9% | 63.0% |
Hancock | 24,350 | 15,112 | 1,860 | 62.1% | 7.6% | 93.4% | 47.1% |
Hardy | 6,130 | 2,685 | 341 | 43.8% | 5.6% | 65.9% | 34.3% |
Harrison | 47,755 | 29,005 | 5,185 | 60.7% | 10.9% | 91.4% | 66.9% |
Jackson | 14,967 | 8,659 | 1,304 | 57.9% | 8.7% | 87.0% | 53.7% |
Jefferson | 17,217 | 9,769 | 2,801 | 56.7% | 16.3% | 85.4% | 100.2% |
Kanawha | 143,432 | 93,237 | 21,942 | 65.0% | 15.3% | 97.8% | 94.3% |
Lewis | 11,712 | 5,948 | 884 | 50.8% | 7.5% | 76.4% | 46.5% |
Lincoln | 13,039 | 5,327 | 632 | 40.9% | 4.8% | 61.5% | 29.9% |
Logan | 27,848 | 12,558 | 1,549 | 45.1% | 5.6% | 67.8% | 34.3% |
Marion | 40,196 | 24,844 | 4,459 | 61.8% | 11.1% | 93.0% | 68.4% |
Marshall | 25,034 | 15,199 | 1,857 | 60.7% | 7.4% | 91.3% | 45.7% |
Mason | 15,866 | 8,361 | 1,103 | 52.7% | 7.0% | 79.3% | 42.8% |
McDowell | 26,665 | 9,576 | 1,381 | 35.9% | 5.2% | 54.0% | 31.9% |
Mercer | 43,933 | 23,371 | 4,449 | 53.2% | 10.1% | 80.0% | 62.4% |
Mineral | 16,034 | 9,613 | 1,136 | 60.0% | 7.1% | 90.2% | 43.7% |
Mingo | 19,501 | 7,676 | 1,246 | 39.4% | 6.4% | 59.2% | 39.4% |
Monongalia | 38,999 | 25,805 | 9,329 | 66.2% | 23.9% | 99.5% | 147.4% |
Monroe | 7,820 | 4,097 | 614 | 52.4% | 7.9% | 78.8% | 48.4% |
Morgan | 6,542 | 3,532 | 628 | 54.0% | 9.6% | 81.2% | 59.1% |
Nicholas | 15,882 | 7,600 | 947 | 47.9% | 6.0% | 72.0% | 36.7% |
Ohio | 38,010 | 24,844 | 5,031 | 65.4% | 13.2% | 98.3% | 81.6% |
Pendleton | 4,853 | 2,288 | 388 | 47.1% | 8.0% | 70.9% | 49.3% |
Pleasants | 4,656 | 2,680 | 360 | 57.6% | 7.7% | 86.6% | 47.6% |
Pocahontas | 6,124 | 2,863 | 582 | 46.8% | 9.5% | 70.3% | 58.6% |
Preston | 17,606 | 8,881 | 1,210 | 50.4% | 6.9% | 75.9% | 42.3% |
Putnam | 22,459 | 14,053 | 2,382 | 62.6% | 10.6% | 94.1% | 65.4% |
Raleigh | 51,219 | 27,474 | 4,667 | 53.6% | 9.1% | 80.7% | 56.1% |
Randolph | 16,753 | 8,840 | 1,707 | 52.8% | 10.2% | 79.4% | 62.8% |
Ritchie | 6,952 | 3,514 | 396 | 50.5% | 5.7% | 76.0% | 35.1% |
Roane | 9,701 | 4,638 | 650 | 47.8% | 6.7% | 71.9% | 41.3% |
Summers | 9,785 | 4,711 | 622 | 48.1% | 6.4% | 72.4% | 39.2% |
Taylor | 9,959 | 5,589 | 748 | 56.1% | 7.5% | 84.4% | 46.3% |
Tucker | 5,273 | 2,823 | 410 | 53.5% | 7.8% | 80.5% | 47.9% |
Tyler | 6,638 | 3,827 | 481 | 57.7% | 7.2% | 86.7% | 44.6% |
Upshur | 12,937 | 7,381 | 1,501 | 57.1% | 11.6% | 85.8% | 71.5% |
Wayne | 26,556 | 13,432 | 1,843 | 50.6% | 6.9% | 76.1% | 42.8% |
Webster | 6,941 | 2,428 | 389 | 35.0% | 5.6% | 52.6% | 34.5% |
Wetzel | 12,799 | 7,572 | 1,179 | 59.2% | 9.2% | 89.0% | 56.8% |
Wirt | 2,848 | 1,471 | 197 | 51.7% | 6.9% | 77.7% | 42.6% |
Wood | 55,917 | 36,377 | 6,389 | 65.1% | 11.4% | 97.9% | 70.4% |
Wyoming | 18,980 | 7,996 | 965 | 42.1% | 5.1% | 63.4% | 31.3% |