Educational Attainment

Population 18 to 24 years:

Less than high school graduate: 11.8%

High school graduate (includes equivalency): 33.0%

Some college or Associate’s degree: 46.9%

Bachelor’s degree or higher: 8.3%

Population 25 years and over:

Less than 9th grade: 2.3%

9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5.9%

High school graduate (includes equivalency): 28.3%

Some college, no degree: 22.6%

Associate’s degree: 6.8%

Bachelor’s degree: 22.5%

Graduate or professional degree: 11.6%

On-time graduation rate:

Class of 2008 – 91.8%

Class of 2010 – 95.0%

Class of 2012 – 93.9%

Sources: Census Fact Finder and Virginia Department of Education

Death rate per 1,000 population:

Hanover: 8.5

Virginia: 7.5

US: 8

Teen pregnancy rate (per 1,000 females) ages 10-17:

2000 – 7.0

2005 – 5.7

2011 – 3.5

Percent of low-weight births (less than 5.5 pounds): 

2000 – 7.5%

2005 – 7.7%

2011 – 8.0%

Percent of women who received prenatal care in the first 13 weeks:

2000 – 91.4%

2005 – 91.2%

2011 – 89.1%

Percent of births to single mothers:

2000 – 15.7%

2005 – 19.7%

2011 – 27.0%

Percent of births to mothers with less than a 12th grade education:

2000 – 6.8%

2005 – 5.5%

2011 – 6.4%

Health Snapshot

Source: All data from The Division of Health Statistics at the Virginia Department of Health