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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 - (Percent)
County
Value
Alcona
88.6
Alger
89.2
Allegan
90.7
Alpena
91.6
Antrim
91.5
Arenac
87.4
Baraga
88.8
Barry
92.7
Bay
89.6
Benzie
93.5
Berrien
89.6
Branch
89.1
Calhoun
91.1
Cass
87.9
Charlevoix
93.6
Cheboygan
90.6
Chippewa
89.8
Clare
84.7
Clinton
94.2
Crawford
89.0
Delta
93.9
Dickinson
94.8
Eaton
93.9
Emmet
93.8
Genesee
90.4
Gladwin
86.7
Gogebic
93.3
Grand Traverse
95.2
Gratiot
90.6
Hillsdale
88.3
Houghton
92.8
Huron
88.9
Ingham
92.7
Ionia
90.1
Iosco
88.9
Iron
92.0
Isabella
91.6
Jackson
90.6
Kalamazoo
93.6
Kalkaska
86.7
Kent
90.3
Keweenaw
96.1
Lake
83.0
Lapeer
90.7
Leelanau
95.2
Lenawee
90.8
Livingston
95.4
Luce
88.0
Mackinac
90.2
Macomb
89.7
Manistee
90.6
Marquette
95.3
Mason
92.4
Mecosta
89.5
Menominee
92.4
Midland
94.3
Missaukee
88.8
Monroe
91.2
Montcalm
87.9
Montmorency
86.8
Muskegon
90.8
Newaygo
86.8
Oakland
93.9
Oceana
85.9
Ogemaw
85.5
Ontonagon
92.6
Osceola
88.2
Oscoda
83.3
Otsego
92.1
Ottawa
92.6
Presque Isle
89.1
Roscommon
89.9
Saginaw
89.5
Sanilac
87.9
Schoolcraft
90.1
Shiawassee
92.4
St. Clair
90.5
St. Joseph
87.1
Tuscola
89.3
Van Buren
87.2
Washtenaw
95.2
Wayne
85.9
Wexford
89.5
Value for Michigan (Percent): 90.5%
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.
