How does educational attainment vary by congressional district? or by city/place, school district or a range of other geographies? Educational attainment is one of several social characteristics measures. This section reviews the scope of social characteristics measures and how you can access and use these data for different types of geographies. About the data.
Visual Analysis of Educational Attainment by Congressional District
The map presented below shows percent college graduates by congressional district (yellow labels) in the vicinity of Houston, Texas (counties bold black; county names shown as labels). The thematic pattern shows item S067 shown in the DP2 interactive table and further discussed below. Click graphic for larger view and details.

Social Characteristics Measures
A selection of primary social characteristics measures available for wide ranging geographies is shown in the following scroll section. In the scroll section, subject matter items are organized into to mini-tables with related items. The number at the left of the subject matter item is also used as the short name for the subject matter item in the column header in the interactive tables and further described below.
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
S001 Total households
S002 Family households (families)
S003 With own children under 18 years
S004 Married-couple family
S005 With own children under 18 years
S006 Male householder, no wife present, family
S007 With own children under 18 years
S008 Female householder, no husband present, family
S009 With own children under 18 years
S010 Nonfamily households
S011 Householder living alone
S012 65 years and over
S013 Households with one or more people under 18 years
S014 Households with one or more people 65 years and over
S015 Average household size
S016 Average family size
RELATIONSHIP
S017 Population in households
S018 Householder
S019 Spouse
S020 Child
S021 Other relatives
S022 Nonrelatives
S023 Unmarried partner
MARITAL STATUS
S024 Males 15 years and over
S025 Never married
S026 Now married, except separated
S027 Separated
S028 Widowed
S029 Divorced
S030 Females 15 years and over
S031 Never married
S032 Now married, except separated
S033 Separated
S034 Widowed
S035 Divorced
FERTILITY
S036 Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
S037 Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
S038 Per 1,000 unmarried women
S039 Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
S040 Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
S041 Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
S042 Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
GRANDPARENTS
S043 Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years
S044 Responsible for grandchildren
Years responsible for grandchildren
S045 Less than 1 year
S046 1 or 2 years
S047 3 or 4 years
S048 5 or more years
S049 Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
S050 Who are female
S051 Who are married
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
S052 Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
S053 Nursery school, preschool
S054 Kindergarten
S055 Elementary school (grades 1-8)
S056 High school (grades 9-12)
S057 College or graduate school
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
S058 Population 25 years and over
S059 Less than 9th grade
S060 9th to 12th grade, no diploma
S061 High school graduate (includes equivalency)
S062 Some college, no degree
S063 Associate’s degree
S064 Bachelor’s degree
S065 Graduate or professional degree
S066 Percent high school graduate or higher
S067 Percent bachelor’s degree or higher
VETERAN STATUS
S068 Civilian population 18 years and over
S069 Civilian veterans
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
S070 Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population
S071 With a disability
S072 Under 18 years
S073 With a disability
S074 18 to 64 years
S075 With a disability
S076 65 years and over
S077 With a disability
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
S078 Population 1 year and over
S079 Same house
S080 Different house in the U.S.
S081 Same county
S082 Different county
S083 Same state
S084 Different state
S085 Abroad
PLACE OF BIRTH
S086 Total population
S087 Native
S088 Born in United States
S089 State of residence
S090 Different state
S091 Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
S092 Foreign born
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
S093 Foreign-born population
S094 Naturalized U.S. citizen
S095 Not a U.S. citizen
YEAR OF ENTRY
S096 Population born outside the United States
S097 Native
S098 Entered 2010 or later
S099 Entered before 2010
S100 Foreign born
S101 Entered 2010 or later
S102 Entered before 2010
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
S103 Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea
S104 Europe
S105 Asia
S106 Africa
S107 Oceania
S108 Latin America
S109 Northern America
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
S110 Population 5 years and over
S111 English only
S112 Language other than English
S113 Speak English less than “very well”
S114 Spanish
S115 Speak English less than “very well”
S116 Other Indo-European languages
S117 Speak English less than “very well”
S118 Asian and Pacific Islander languages
S119 Speak English less than “very well”
S120 Other languages
S121 Speak English less than “very well”
ANCESTRY
S122 Total population
S123 American
S124 Arab
S125 Czech
S126 Danish
S127 Dutch
S128 English
S129 French (except Basque)
S130 French Canadian
S131 German
S132 Greek
S133 Hungarian
S134 Irish
S135 Italian
S136 Lithuanian
S137 Norwegian
S138 Polish
S139 Portuguese
S140 Russian
S141 Scotch-Irish
S142 Scottish
S143 Slovak
S144 Subsaharan African
S145 Swedish
S146 Swiss
S147 Ukrainian
S148 Welsh
S149 West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
Social Characteristics Interactive Tables
The U.S. national scope interactive tables provide access to approximately 150 items, updated annually, for a range of geographic levels. Most of these tables include the the primary geography as well as related geography.
Estimates centric to 2012
• U.S.-States-Metros
• Congressional Districts
• Public Use Microdata Areas
Estimates centric to 2010
• U.S.-States-Metros-Counties
• Census Tracts
• ZIP Codes
• School Districts
• Cities/Places
Using the Interactive Tables
Use the interactive tables to view, query, rank, compare social characteristics of the population for these areas. The interactive tables listed above are structured and operate similarly. Items listed in the subject matter scroll box shown above are available for each area via the interactive table.
An example. This short tutorial illustrates use of the interactive tables to examine educational attainment patterns for the Atlanta, Georgia. See a summary of key usage notes below this example.
• Click on U.S.-States-Metros-Counties
• Each row is a summary for the U.S. or a state, metro or county.
• Educational attainment as measured by %high school graduates is item S066.
• Educational attainment as measured by %college graduates is item S067.
• Scroll right to view columns S066 and S067.
• Dbl-click S067 column header cell to rank in descending order.
• Click ShowAll button below table to reset start-up view.
• Examine educational attainment for a metro by county …
• Click the FindCBSA button below the table.
– only rows for the Atlanta metro and Atlanta metro counties appears.
• Click the ColSet1 button below the table.
– ColSet1: shows only AvgHHSize.AvgFamSize.%HSGrad.%CollGrad
– only selected columns appear (and include S066 and S067).
– you are able to examine the educational attainment for each area.
• Click the column header cell for column S067.
– the rows sort ascending on %college graduates.
– you are able to see how educational attainment ranks by area.
• Click the column header cell for column S067 again to sort in other directions.
• Click ShowAll button and repeat process for a different metro.
Related Usage Notes
• All items are estimates centric to mid-2010 or 2012 depending on the table.
• Click ShowAll button between Find/Queries.
• Use mouseover on column header to view column description.
• See ranking table below ranking table. See related ranking tables — http://proximityone.com/rankingtables.htm.
• Cells with -1 value could not be estimated.
About the Data
The American Community Survey (ACS) estimates and ProximityOne projections provide “richer” demographic-economic characteristics for national scope geography. Census 2010 provides data similar to those items in the General Demographics section. Only the ACS 2011 estimates, ACS 2012 estimates and ProximityOne projections provide details on topics such as income and poverty, labor force and employment, housing value and costs, educational participation and attainment, language spoken at home, among many related items. The approximate 600 items accessible via the dataset are supplemented by a wide range of additional subject matter.
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