Educational Attainment by Age Range and Gender 2009-2016 County Annual Education
data.pa.gov | Last Updated 17 Oct 2022County level educational attainment data on the adult working aged population (25-64) by age range and gender. Data is sourced from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates allowing for increased statistical reliability of the data for less populated areas and small population subgroups. More information here - https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html
This dataset has the following 17 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Year | census_year | calendar_date | The calendar year of the Census survey. | 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| County FIPS Code | county_fips_code | text | This is the 5-digit FIPS code for each county. Each State has its own 2-digit number and each County within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. For more technical details : Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions, and Associated Areas -- 90 Aug 31 , provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States. Counties are considered to be the "first-order subdivisions" of each State and statistically equivalent entity, regardless of their local designations (county, parish, borough, etc.). Information gathered from census data - https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html | 42069 42067 42089 42091 42131 view top 100 |
| Economic Development Region | economic_development_region | text | The PA Department of Economic Development region of the county (https://dced.pa.gov/dced-regional-offices/). | Northwest Northeast Southwest Central Lehigh Valley view top 100 |
| Workforce Development Area | workforce_development_area | text | The PA Workforce Development Area in which the county is located (https://www.pawork.org/about/ | Central WDA South Central WDA North Central WDA Northwest WDA Southern Alleghenies WDA view top 100 |
| County Name | county_name | text | The name of the county. Pennsylvania has 67 counties. | York Crawford Monroe Westmoreland Pike view top 100 |
| County Code | county_code | text | This is a 2-digit text field that aligns counties within Pennsylvania with a code that can be used to integrate other datasets with this same field. | 63 28 01 39 13 view top 100 |
| Age Range | age_range | text | The age range of adults represented in this record. | 25 to 34 Years 35 to 44 Years 45 to 64 Years view top 100 |
| Gender | gender | text | The gender of adults represented in this record | Female Male view top 100 |
| Total Population | total_population | number | The total population of the record (equal to the sum of the attainment level values). | 9122 2131 2264 2446 2167 view top 100 |
| No High School Diploma | no_high_school_diploma | number | The estimated number of adults with no high school diploma. | 242 181 303 71 214 view top 100 |
| High School Diploma Or Equivalent | high_school_diploma_or | number | The estimated number of adults with a high school diploma or equivalent credential. | 633 1115 747 798 1798 view top 100 |
| Some College No Degree | some_college_no_degree | number | The estimated number of adults with some college experience, but no degree. | 385 398 372 36 459 view top 100 |
| Associate's Degree | associate_s_degree | number | The estimated number of adults with an associate’s degree. | 232 190 416 293 345 view top 100 |
| Bachelor's Degree | bachelor_s_degree | number | The estimated number of adults with a bachelor’s degree. | 384 425 285 375 291 view top 100 |
| Graduate or Professional Degree | graduate_or_professional | number | The estimated number of adults with a graduate or professional degree. | 0 39 54 50 143 view top 100 |
| Total Post-Secondary Degrees | total_post_secondary | number | The number of adults with either an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Graduate/Professional Degree | 817 901 707 1519 862 view top 100 |
| New Georeferenced Column | geocoded_column | location | This is a geo-coded column with a centroid or Latitude and Longitude generic point for each county so that the information can be used to create a mapping visualization. | view top 100 |