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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 - (Percent)
County
Value
Aitkin
91.0
Anoka
93.9
Becker
92.6
Beltrami
91.3
Benton
92.4
Big Stone
90.2
Blue Earth
94.1
Brown
92.6
Carlton
94.1
Carver
96.4
Cass
91.7
Chippewa
90.7
Chisago
94.3
Clay
94.9
Clearwater
85.7
Cook
96.6
Cottonwood
90.4
Crow Wing
93.7
Dakota
94.9
Dodge
94.8
Douglas
95.0
Faribault
91.6
Fillmore
91.3
Freeborn
89.9
Goodhue
94.3
Grant
93.6
Hennepin
93.2
Houston
94.6
Hubbard
92.9
Isanti
91.7
Itasca
93.6
Jackson
93.1
Kanabec
90.4
Kandiyohi
88.5
Kittson
94.0
Koochiching
92.3
Lac qui Parle
92.7
Lake
96.0
Lake of the Woods
91.6
Le Sueur
92.8
Lincoln
91.3
Lyon
92.0
Mahnomen
86.9
Marshall
88.6
Martin
92.7
McLeod
93.0
Meeker
92.6
Mille Lacs
89.8
Morrison
90.1
Mower
86.9
Murray
90.4
Nicollet
94.2
Nobles
77.8
Norman
91.3
Olmsted
94.4
Otter Tail
92.3
Pennington
92.5
Pine
89.6
Pipestone
87.6
Polk
91.9
Pope
93.5
Ramsey
90.1
Red Lake
93.4
Redwood
90.8
Renville
89.2
Rice
90.5
Rock
91.8
Roseau
92.7
Scott
94.8
Sherburne
94.5
Sibley
90.9
St. Louis
94.2
Stearns
92.0
Steele
91.6
Stevens
93.2
Swift
89.7
Todd
87.0
Traverse
92.0
Wabasha
92.2
Wadena
90.4
Waseca
93.1
Washington
96.0
Watonwan
83.4
Wilkin
93.9
Winona
93.0
Wright
94.5
Yellow Medicine
91.3
Value for Minnesota (Percent): 93.0%
Data item: High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), 5-Year Estimates. The PRCS is part of the Census Bureau's ACS, customized for Puerto Rico. Both Surveys are updated every year.
Definition
High School Graduates include people whose highest degree was a high school diploma or its equivalent, people who attended college but did not receive a degree, and people who received an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or professional or doctorate degree. People who reported completing the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma are not included. Persons with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher are those who have received a bachelor's degree from a college or university, or a master's, professional, or doctorate degree. For the complete definition, go to ACS subject definitions "Educational Attainment."
These data include only persons 25 years old and over. The percentages are obtained by dividing the counts of graduates by the total number of persons 25 years old and over.
Source and Accuracy
This Fact is based on data collected in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. A sample of over 3.5 million housing unit addresses is interviewed each year over a 12 month period. This Fact (estimate) is based on five years of ACS and PRCS sample data and describes the average value of person, household and housing unit characteristics over this period of collection.
Statistics from all surveys are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error is the uncertainty between an estimate based on a sample and the corresponding value that would be obtained if the estimate were based on the entire population (as from a census). Measures of sampling error are provided in the form of margins of error for all estimates included with ACS and PRCS published products. The Census Bureau recommends that data users incorporate this information into their analyses, as sampling error in survey estimates could impact the conclusions drawn from the results. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at Using margins of errors. A more detailed explanation of margins of error and a demonstration of how to use them is provided below.
For more information on sampling and estimation methodology, confidentiality, and sampling and nonsampling errors, please see the Multiyear Accuracy (US) and the Multiyear Accuracy (Puerto Rico) documents at "Documentation - Accuracy of the data."
Margin of Error
As mentioned above, ACS estimates are based on a sample and are subject to sampling error. The margin of error measures the degree of uncertainty caused by sampling error. The margin of error is used with an ACS estimate to construct a confidence interval about the estimate. The interval is formed by adding the margin of error to the estimate (the upper bound) and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate (the lower bound). It is expected with 90 percent confidence that the interval will contain the full population value of the estimate. The following example is for demonstrating purposes only. Suppose the ACS reported that the percentage of people in a state who were 25 years and older with a bachelor's degree was 21.3 percent and that the margin of error associated with this estimate was 0.7 percent. By adding and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate, we calculate the 90-percent confidence interval for this estimate:
Therefore, we can be 90 percent confident that the percent of the population 25 years and older having a bachelor's degree in a state falls somewhere between 20.6 percent and 22.0 percent.
