** Data sources: **

Tidycensus package (K. Walker and Herman 2021), R package designed to facilitate the process of acquiring and working with US Census Bureau population data in the R environment. The package has two distinct goals: * Data retrieval from Census * Data manipulation and wrangling for analysis

FredR: R Interface package to the Federal Reserve Economic Data API. This package provides an interface to the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) API. FRED covers 240,000 US and international macroeconomic time series from 77 sources (including the World Bank, OECD, and BIS)

B15003 Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years+

## Getting data from the 2019-2023 5-year ACS
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## Loading ACS5 variables for 2023 from table B15003. To cache this dataset for faster access to ACS tables in the future, run this function with `cache_table = TRUE`. You only need to do this once per ACS dataset.
## Getting data from the 2019-2023 5-year ACS
## Loading ACS5 variables for 2023 from table B15003. To cache this dataset for faster access to ACS tables in the future, run this function with `cache_table = TRUE`. You only need to do this once per ACS dataset.
## Warning: Domain not specified, defaulting to observed range within each
## specified column.
Education Attainment for 25 Years and Over Populations
Riverside county, CA _ 2023 Census
label estimate
12th grade, no diploma 54155
Regular high school diploma 379036
GED or alternative credential 48278
Some college, less than 1 year 121590
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree 258398
Associate's degree 137295
Bachelor's degree 259990
Master's degree 105656
Professional school degree 25186
Doctorate degree 16175
## Warning: Domain not specified, defaulting to observed range within each
## specified column.
Education Attainment for 25 Years and Over Populations
Orange county, CA _ 2023 Census
label estimate
12th grade, no diploma 59669
Regular high school diploma 338576
GED or alternative credential 40810
Some college, less than 1 year 124620
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree 287217
Associate's degree 168956
Bachelor's degree 601466
Master's degree 243974
Professional school degree 71511
Doctorate degree 40097
## Warning: Domain not specified, defaulting to observed range within each
## specified column.
Education Attainment for 25 Years and Over Populations
San Diego County, CA _ 2023 Census
label estimate
12th grade, no diploma 51863
Regular high school diploma 352202
GED or alternative credential 55030
Some college, less than 1 year 146419
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree 321875
Associate's degree 189330
Bachelor's degree 580152
Master's degree 250414
Professional school degree 66576
Doctorate degree 57934
## Warning: Domain not specified, defaulting to observed range within each
## specified column.
Education Attainment for 25 Years and Over Populations
San Bernardino County, CA _ 2023 Census
label estimate
12th grade, no diploma 50634
Regular high school diploma 346298
GED or alternative credential 45335
Some college, less than 1 year 103731
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree 219189
Associate's degree 118432
Bachelor's degree 207111
Master's degree 84594
Professional school degree 17503
Doctorate degree 13070
## Warning: Since gt v0.9.0, the `colors` argument has been deprecated.
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Education Attainment for 25 Years and Over Populations
Four Southern Counties _ 2023 Census
label Riverside Orange San_Diego San_Bernardino
12th grade, no diploma 54155 59669 51863 50634
Regular high school diploma 379036 338576 352202 346298
GED or alternative credential 48278 40810 55030 45335
Some college, less than 1 year 121590 124620 146419 103731
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree 258398 287217 321875 219189
Associate's degree 137295 168956 189330 118432
Bachelor's degree 259990 601466 580152 207111
Master's degree 105656 243974 250414 84594
Professional school degree 25186 71511 66576 17503
Doctorate degree 16175 40097 57934 13070
U.S. Census data 2023 ...... Illustration by JOE LONG