Educational Attainment and Per Capita Income

Data sources:

Educational Attainment: U.S. Census Bureau, Educational Attainment, 2015-19 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, retrieved November 12, 2021 using the tidycensus R package.

Per capita income: U.S. Census Bureau, Per Capita Income, 2015-19 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, retrieved November 12, 2021 using the tidycensus R package.

Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Total Population, 2015-19 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, retrieved November 12, 2021 using the tidycensus R package.

Methods:

Population over 25 with at least a bachelor’s degree is calculated as the sum of:

• Total Bachelor’s degree
• Total Master’s degree
• Total Professional degree
• Total Doctorate degree

Proportion of population ove3r 25 with at least a bachelor’s degree is calculated as Population over 25 with at least a bachelor’s degree divided by Total population over 25