B23006. Educational Attainment by Employment Status for the Population 25 to 64 Years from the American Community Survey Summary File: 5-Year Estimates, 2014-2018 database shown in # Persons Date Type: Year; Country: USA; Demographic Indicator: High School Graduate: In Labor Force: In Armed Forces Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd Sage Data [electronic resource]

Corporate Author: United States Census Bureau
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, Inc. 2025

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Presents an estimate of the size of the United States population ages 25-64, segmented by level of educational attainment and by employment status (in vs not in the labor force). For those in the labor force, estimates are broken down by whether the respondent was in the Armed Services or a civilian and employed vs unemployed. Results are reported for specified geographic areas. Those not in the labor force include primarily students, homemakers, retired workers, seasonal workers interviewed in an off season who were not looking for work, institutionalized people, and people doing only incidental unpaid family work (less than 15 hours during the reference week). The category "high school graduate" includes those who received the equivalent of a high school diploma (for example, passed the test of General Educational Development [GED] or alternative credential) and did not attend college. The American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the US Census Bureau provides estimates of the characteristics of the population over a specific time period. The ACS collects data from the 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, where it is called the Puerto Rico Community Survey. It is a continuous survey, in which each month a sample of housing unit addresses receives a questionnaire, with approximately 3.5 million addresses surveyed each year. Each year the survey produces data pooled to produce 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year estimates for geographic areas in the US and Puerto Rico, ranging from neighborhoods to congressional districts to the entire nation. Data for each release of the 5-year estimates were collected over a 5-year period ending December 31 of the reference year (eg, data in the 2018 5-year estimates were collected January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2018). The statistics reported represent the characteristics of the population for the entire period vs a specific year within that period. The 5-year estimates are published for areas with populations of all sizes and are the most reliable and precise of the ACS period estimates as well as the most comprehensive, albeit the least current. (The 1-year and 3-year estimates provide data on areas with populations of 65,000+ and 20,000+, respectively. Note that the ACS 3-year estimates were discontinued with the 2011-2013 release.) The ACS estimates provide information about the social and economic needs of communities and are used to help determine how billions in federal and state funds are distributed each year. It is conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193.

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9781071842270 Sage Data Foundations

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Statistical data with bibliographic citation and abstract.

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