| 2000 Educational Attainment by County | |||||||
| (PERSONS 25 OR OLDER) | |||||||
| Chatham | Durham | Franklin | Granville | Harnett | Johnston | Lee | |
| Less Than 9th Grade | 3,063 | 9,365 | 3,031 | 3,342 | 4,693 | 7,793 | 2,997 |
| 9th-12th, No Diploma | 4,642 | 15,142 | 5,270 | 5,465 | 9,578 | 11,530 | 4,587 |
| High School | 9,337 | 27,605 | 10,853 | 11,143 | 18,653 | 25,557 | 9,588 |
| Some College | 6,089 | 25,558 | 6,188 | 6,008 | 12,589 | 16,200 | 6,378 |
| Associate Degree | 2,158 | 8,406 | 1,968 | 2,435 | 4,327 | 6,437 | 2,976 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 5,583 | 32,700 | 3,094 | 3,048 | 5,347 | 9,841 | 3,647 |
| Graduate Or Professional Degree | 4,048 | 25,028 | 1,063 | 1,200 | 1,951 | 2,910 | 1,870 |
| Total | 34,920 | 143,804 | 31,467 | 32,641 | 57,138 | 80,268 | 32,043 |
| Moore | Orange | Person | Vance | Wake | Warren | Research Triangle Region | |
| Less Than 9th Grade | 3,233 | 3,070 | 2,296 | 3,367 | 15,158 | 1,729 | 63,137 |
| 9th-12th, No Diploma | 6,038 | 5,545 | 3,856 | 5,374 | 27,928 | 2,697 | 107,652 |
| High School | 13,809 | 11,031 | 9,318 | 9,367 | 71,648 | 4,343 | 232,252 |
| Some College | 11,515 | 10,298 | 4,594 | 4,726 | 80,950 | 2,508 | 193,601 |
| Associate Degree | 4,430 | 3,787 | 1,884 | 1,591 | 30,768 | 747 | 71,914 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 9,302 | 16,945 | 1,896 | 2,039 | 119,389 | 969 | 213,800 |
| Graduate Or Professional Degree | 5,020 | 18,854 | 629 | 896 | 57,640 | 606 | 121,715 |
| Total | 53,347 | 69,530 | 24,473 | 27,360 | 403,481 | 13,599 | 1,004,071 |
| Source: 2000 Census | |||||||