ZIP Educational Attainment Data

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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 2011 to the most recent year of data in the ACS API. Data for the nation, states, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are available. The data presented includes the population aged 25 years and above.

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 ZIP code 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, ZIP)
Race
Gender
Education level
Year

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.EducationalAttainmentZip`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.EducationalAttainmentZip/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

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

Metrics

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   {
      "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"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2024"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2025"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2026"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2027"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2028"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2029"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2030"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2031"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2032"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2033"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2034"
   },
   {
      "name": "Population.2035"
   }
]

Dimensions

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

Attributes

{
   "minYearInclusive": "2011",
   "name": "EducationalAttainmentZip",
   "type": "dataset",
   "path": "EducationalAttainmentZip",
   "maxYearInclusive": "2035",
   "description": "# Description\n\nThis 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 2011 to the most recent year of data in the ACS API. Data for the nation, states, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are available. The data presented includes the population aged 25 years and above.\n\n# Use Cases\n\n#### Questions answered by this dataset:\n\n* What is the educational attainment breakout for the Asian population in Seattle?\n* Has the percentage of people living in our ZIP code who hold at least a bachelor's degree changed?\n* What percentage of the population of Chicago has less than a high school diploma?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Population: The number of people living in the area who match the designated dimensions.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Area (Nation, State, ZIP)\n* Race\n* Gender\n* Education level\n* Year\n",
   "countryCode": "us",
   "displayName": "US ZIP Educational Attainment",
   "currentYear": "2024",
   "releaseDate": "2025-09-11 21:01:39.1239213Z",
   "datarun": "2025.4",
   "numAggPaths_AreaID": "1",
   "levelsStored_AreaID": "[1:[1,2,3]]"
}

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