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Meta Data Name: Demographic Variables
Last Modified: October 22, 2020
Author: Moksha Menghaney

Data Location:

DS01 at 4 spatial scales. Files can be found here.

  • DS01_T
  • DS01_Z
  • DS01_C
  • DS01_S

Data Source(s) Description:

Variables were obtained from the 2014 - 2018 American Community Survey (ACS), Table B06009, DP02, at State, County, Tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) levels. Raw data and more details can be found at https://data.census.gov.

Description of Data Source Tables:

B06009 : Place of birth by Educational Attainment
DP02 : Selected Social Characteristics, provides the percentage of disabled population

Description of Data Processing:

The following variables were included from B06009:

  • Estimate; Total Population 25 years and over
  • Estimate; Educational Attainment – Less than high school graduate (for population 25 years and over)

The following variables were included from DP02:

  • Percent Estimate; Disability Status of the Civilan NonInstitutionalized Population

Percentage of population with less than a high school degree was calculated as: total population with less than high school degree, age 25+ / total population of age 25+

Key Variable and Definitions:

Variable Variable ID in .csv Description
% Less than High School degree noHSP Percentage of population 25 years and over, less than a high school degree
% Population Disabled disbP Percentage of civilian non institutionalized population with a disability

Data Limitations:

This data represents estimates as of the ACS 2018 5-year average.

Comments/Notes:

Note on missing data: Missing and/or unavailable data are coded as -999.