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Title: How the spatial distribution of education levels in the region has changed since 1970

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: In November, I found that the spatial distribution of wealth in the D.C. area has remained relatively constant over the past 40 years. The spatial distribution of education levels among adults over the past 50 years has been similar to the distribution of wealth, but there have been some notable changes over the past half-century. Using data from the 1970 through 2010 Censuses provided by the IPUMS National Historical GIS project at the University of Minnesota and 2017 data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, I created maps of the distribution of adults ages 25 and up with each census tract within 50 kilometers of the US Capitol. Every ten adults at a given education level—no high school diploma, high school graduates without a college degree, and college graduates with at least a bachelor’s degree—are represented with a color-coded dot randomly located within the census tract where they reside.

Url: https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/regional-education-shifts/

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Authors: Rowlands, D.W.

Publication Name: D.C. Policy Center

Publisher Location: Washington, D.C.

Publication Date: January 14, 2020

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Education, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography

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