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

The American Community Survey (ACS) is designed to estimate the characteristic distribution of populations* and estimated counts should only be used to calculate percentages. 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):
https://www.ofm.wa.gov/washington-data-research/population-demographics
-- US Census Decennial Census: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html and Population Estimates Program: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html

**In prior years, WSAC used both the five-year and three-year (now discontinued) data. While the 5-year estimates provide a larger sample, they are not recommended for year to year trends and also are released later than the one-year files.

Detailed information about the ACS at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance.html

美国社区调查（American Community Survey，简称ACS）旨在估算人口特征分布，估算的计数仅应用于计算百分比。它们不代表实际的人口计数或总数。自2019年起，华盛顿学生成就委员会（Washington Student Achievement Council，简称WSAC）开始采用美国人口普查局（United States Census Bureau）提供的一年期美国社区调查（ACS）数据，用以编制路线图进展报告，测量教育成就。这些公共微观数据代表了最新数据，但仅限于人口较多的地区，从而导致部分多县区域的数据有限。

美国社区调查并非官方的人口计数来源。其设计目的是展示国家人口的特性，不应作为国家、各州或各县的人口计数或住房总数的实际数据。官方的人口计数——包括按年龄、性别、种族和西班牙裔起源划分的人口——来自每十年一次的人口普查，并由以下机构和调查的年度人口估计（通常不包含教育成就变量）进行补充：

-- 华盛顿州财务管理办公室（Washington State Office of Financial Management，简称OFM）：
https://www.ofm.wa.gov/washington-data-research/population-demographics
-- 美国人口普查十年普查：https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html 和人口估计项目：https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html

在往年，WSAC同时使用了五年和三年（现已停用）的数据。尽管五年估计值提供了更大的样本，但不推荐用于年度趋势分析，且发布时间晚于一年期文件。

关于ACS的详细信息，请访问：https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance.html