US Educational Attainment by Demographic

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Description

This dataset shows the resident population who have achieved various levels of education. The data is displayed by area, race, and gender. It is available from 2001 and is projected 10 years out beyond the current calendar year. Data for the nation, states, MSAs, and counties are available. The data presented includes the population aged 25 years and above.

When requesting an MSA code as the area constraint in a query, the code must be prepended by MSA (e.g. for MSA code 10540, use 'MSA10540').

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

• What is the educational attainment breakout for the Asian population in Seattle?
• Has the percentage of people living in our town who hold at least a bachelor's degree changed?
• What percentage of the population of Chicago has less than a high school diploma?

Metrics

• Population: The number of people living in the area who match the designated dimensions.

Filters

• Area (Nation, State, MSA, County)
• Race
• Gender
• Education level
• Year

Core LMI Metadata