Educational Attainment of Washington Population by Age, Race/Ethnicity/, and PUMA Region

They do not represent the actual population counts or totals. Beginning in 2019, the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) has measured educational attainment for the Roadmap Progress Report using one-year American Community Survey (ACS) data from the United States Census Bureau.

These public microdata represents the most current data, but it is limited to areas with larger populations leading to some multi-county regions**. *The American Community Survey is not the official source of population counts. It is designed to show the characteristics of the nation's population and should not be used as actual population counts or housing totals for the nation, states or counties. The official population count — including population by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin — comes from the once-a-decade census, supplemented by annual population estimates (which do not typically contain educational attainment variables) from the following groups and surveys: -- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM): ofm.wa.gov/washington-data-research/population-demographics -- US Census Decennial Census: census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html and Population Estimates Program: census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html **In prior years, WSAC used both the five-year and three-year (now discontinued) data.