Educational Attainment by Age Data

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Description

The educational attainment by age dataset shows American Community Survey (ACS) data for population by year, county, gender, age, and educational attainment for the most recent ACS dataset. The ACS sorts respondents into five different age categories and seven different educational attainment categories. Data comes from the ACS 5-year surveys and goes back to 2009.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

Which counties have the highest proportion of people under 35 with a college degree?
In which counties are women earning degrees earlier than men?
What is the average age for a woman to get her bachelor's degree in Pennsylvania?

Metrics

Population: population for the given category

Filters

Year (2009 - most recent data)
Area (County)
Gender
Age (five age categories)
Educational attainment (seven attainment categories)

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.us.EducationalAttainment.Age`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.EducationalAttainment.Age/{version}`

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.EducationalAttainment.Age/2025.4

Metrics

[
{
  "name": "Population.2009"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2010"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2011"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2012"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2013"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2014"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2015"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2016"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2017"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2018"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2019"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2020"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2021"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2022"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2023"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "AgeGroup",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Area",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2",
     "3"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "EducationLevel",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Gender",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2009",
"name": "EducationalAttainment.Age",
"path": "EducationalAttainment.Age",
"type": "dataset",
"maxYearInclusive": "2023",
"description": "# Description\n\nThe educational attainment by age dataset shows American Community Survey (ACS) data for population by year, county, gender, age, and educational attainment for the most recent ACS dataset. The ACS sorts respondents into five different age categories and seven different educational attainment categories. Data comes from the ACS 5-year surveys and goes back to 2009.\n\n# Use Cases\n\n#### Questions answered by this dataset:\n\n* Which counties have the highest proportion of people under 35 with a college degree?\n* In which counties are women earning degrees earlier than men?\n* What is the average age for a woman to get her bachelor's degree in Pennsylvania?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Population: population for the given category\n\n# Filters\n\n* Year (2009 - most recent data)\n* Area (County)\n* Gender\n* Age (five age categories)\n* Educational attainment (seven attainment categories)\n",
"currentYear": "2023",
"countryCode": "us",
"datarun": "2025.4",
"displayName": "US Educational Attainment by Age",
"releaseDate": "2025-09-11 21:00:02.1595167Z"
}

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