S1501: Educational Attainment

Data Set: 2004 American Community Survey

Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Subject	Percent of total	MOE	Percent of male	MOE	Percent of female	MOE
Population 18 to 24 years	995,403	+/-9657	504,854	+/-7239	490,549	+/-5994
Less than high school graduate	17.6	+/-1.2	18.9	+/-1.7	16.2	+/-1.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	36.2	+/-1.7	38.7	+/-2.0	33.7	+/-2.2
Some college or associate's degree	33.9	+/-1.5	32.7	+/-1.7	35.0	+/-2.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3	+/-1.0	9.6	+/-1.1	15.0	+/-1.7
Population 25 years and over	8,137,533	+/-11769	3,829,908	+/-9870	4,307,625	+/-8078
No schooling completed	0.4	+/-0.1	0.4	+/-0.1	0.5	+/-0.1
Nursery to 4th grade	0.2	+/-0.1	0.2	+/-0.1	0.2	+/-0.1
5th and 6th grade	0.6	+/-0.1	0.5	+/-0.1	0.6	+/-0.1
7th and 8th grade	2.8	+/-0.2	2.6	+/-0.3	3.0	+/-0.3
9th grade	2.0	+/-0.1	2.0	+/-0.2	2.0	+/-0.2
10th grade	2.9	+/-0.2	3.1	+/-0.3	2.8	+/-0.2
11th grade	3.1	+/-0.2	3.2	+/-0.3	3.1	+/-0.2
12th grade, no diploma	2.2	+/-0.2	2.1	+/-0.2	2.2	+/-0.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	38.9	+/-0.5	37.7	+/-0.6	40.0	+/-0.7
Some college credit, less than 1 year	5.6	+/-0.3	5.3	+/-0.4	5.9	+/-0.3
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree	9.8	+/-0.3	10.3	+/-0.4	9.5	+/-0.4
Associate's degree	6.7	+/-0.2	6.0	+/-0.3	7.3	+/-0.3
Bachelor's degree	15.6	+/-0.4	16.7	+/-0.6	14.6	+/-0.5
Master's degree	6.1	+/-0.2	6.1	+/-0.3	6.2	+/-0.3
Professional degree	2.0	+/-0.2	2.5	+/-0.3	1.6	+/-0.2
Doctorate degree	1.0	+/-0.1	1.4	+/-0.1	0.6	+/-0.1
Population 25 to 34 years	1,416,501	+/-12710	693,071	+/-7945	723,430	+/-8278
High school graduate or higher	90.8	+/-0.9	90.5	+/-1.0	91.1	+/-1.3
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4	+/-1.2	29.3	+/-1.7	35.4	+/-1.5
Population 35 to 44 years	1,797,903	+/-10877	875,862	+/-7690	922,041	+/-7975
High school graduate or higher	91.0	+/-0.8	89.5	+/-0.9	92.4	+/-1.0
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9	+/-1.0	27.2	+/-1.1	26.6	+/-1.4
Population 45 to 64 years	3,160,116	+/-11471	1,532,612	+/-8798	1,627,504	+/-7781
High school graduate or higher	89.5	+/-0.6	89.2	+/-0.8	89.8	+/-0.8
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3	+/-0.8	28.7	+/-1.1	24.0	+/-0.9
Population 65 years and over	1,763,013	+/-6214	728,363	+/-3646	1,034,650	+/-4730
High school graduate or higher	69.6	+/-1.1	69.9	+/-1.7	69.5	+/-1.3
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4	+/-0.7	18.9	+/-1.1	9.6	+/-0.8
POVERTY RATE FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER FOR WHOM POVERTY STATUS IS DETERMINED BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVEL
Less than high school graduate	21.0	+/-1.1	17.4	+/-1.7	24.3	+/-1.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9.8	+/-0.7	7.9	+/-1.0	11.4	+/-0.8
Some college or associate's degree	6.5	+/-0.6	4.6	+/-0.7	8.2	+/-1.0
Bachelor's degree	3.5	+/-0.6	3.5	+/-0.8	3.6	+/-0.6
Graduate or professional degree	2.7	+/-0.7	2.8	+/-0.9	2.7	+/-0.8
MEDIAN EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2004 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Population 25 years and over with earnings	30,971	+/-291	37,738	+/-741	24,415	+/-587
Less than high school graduate	18,583	+/-1225	22,742	+/-1446	12,455	+/-1123
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	25,605	+/-509	31,742	+/-421	19,304	+/-1032
Some college or associate's degree	30,884	+/-504	37,648	+/-1340	24,855	+/-719
Bachelor's degree	42,956	+/-921	53,750	+/-2543	33,281	+/-1473
Graduate or professional degree	56,645	+/-1926	71,340	+/-2362	46,022	+/-1541
PERCENT IMPUTED
Educational attainment	2.4	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Explanation of Symbols:

1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.

5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

6. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.

7. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.

8. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

9. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

Prepared By: The Pennsylvania State Data Center 02/1/2006