Editor's Blog: State's newest residents are more educated than the average Virginian

35 percent of Virginians have a bachelor degree or higher. When looking at residents who have recently moved to the state, that number jumps to 51 percent (graph courtesy of Virginia Performs).

According to census reports, residents who have moved to Virginia from out-of-state or abroad have higher educational attainment than the state’s current residents.

As of 2012, about 51 percent of new residents moving to Virginia have a bachelor’s degree or higher. The state’s current average is 35 percent.

The data set, first published by Governing.com, described a number of characteristics of Virginia’s newest residents.

Of the state's new residents, 20 percent are foreign born and the median age is 27.

The original article notes that the figures do not account for those moving within a state, births, deaths or not migration totals. These data figures only focus on the combined totals for individuals moving domestically and abroad.