Federal Reserve Economic Data

Educational Attainment, Annual

High School Graduate or Higher by State


Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf


   

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Percent
Name 2023 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Alabama
89.1 88.8 88.8
Alaska
93.2 93.3 93.3
Arizona
89.4 89.2 89.2
Arkansas
89.3 89.1 89.1
California
84.8 84.7 84.7
Colorado
93.3 93.0 93.0
Connecticut
91.8 91.5 91.5
Delaware
91.4 92.0 92.0
District of Columbia
92.7 93.7 93.7
Florida
90.2 89.9 89.9
Georgia
89.3 89.5 89.5
Hawaii
93.0 92.9 92.9
Idaho
92.2 92.0 92.0
Illinois
90.6 90.4 90.4
Indiana
90.4 90.2 90.2
Iowa
93.3 93.5 93.5
Kansas
91.7 92.1 92.1
Kentucky
89.5 89.0 89.0
Louisiana
87.8 87.3 87.3
Maine
94.9 94.6 94.6
Maryland
91.2 91.4 91.4
Massachusetts
91.4 91.3 91.3
Michigan
92.0 91.8 91.8
Minnesota
94.3 94.0 94.0
Mississippi
87.8 87.6 87.6
Missouri
92.0 91.6 91.6
Montana
94.4 94.0 94.0
Nebraska
92.7 92.8 92.8
Nevada
87.7 87.4 87.4
New Hampshire
94.4 94.5 94.5
New Jersey
90.7 90.7 90.7
New Mexico
87.5 88.0 88.0
New York
88.3 87.9 87.9
North Carolina
90.6 90.2 90.2
North Dakota
94.5 93.9 93.9
Ohio
91.9 91.8 91.8
Oklahoma
89.7 89.6 89.6
Oregon
92.0 91.6 91.6
Pennsylvania
92.2 92.2 92.2
Rhode Island
89.6 90.5 90.5
South Carolina
90.2 90.5 90.5
South Dakota
93.5 93.2 93.2
Tennessee
90.1 90.4 90.4
Texas
86.3 86.1 86.1
Utah
93.1 93.0 93.0
Vermont
95.5 95.0 95.0
Virginia
91.4 91.5 91.5
Washington
92.4 92.2 92.2
West Virginia
89.0 89.1 89.1
Wisconsin
93.7 93.5 93.5
Wyoming
93.9 93.7 93.7
   

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