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1970 to 2000, the number of residents in the county increased from 5,199 to 6,983 persons. This increase occurred among adults; the number of pre-school and school-age children actually decreased.
It is likely that the increasing education levels in Rappahannock County during this time period occurred because adults with high school and college degrees moved into the county to live and work.
According to the 2000 U. S. Census data on educational levels in the county, some 11.2 percent of county residents attained less than a ninth grade education; 12.7 attained ninth to twelfth grade, with no diploma; 30.1 percent attained high school graduate level; 18.4 percent attained some college, no degree; 4.6 percent attained associate degree; 14.4 percent attained bachelor’s degree; 8 percent attained a graduate or professional degree.
Dr. Maureen Harris is a resident of Woodville. She worked for 33 years at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., where she was a demographer and epidemiologist.
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