print email comment close A Half-Century of Learning: Historical Census Statistics on Educational Attainment in the United States, 1940 to 2000 URL: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/introphct41.html Description: Statistics on educational attainment in the U.S., which "has been collected in every decennial census since 1940." Statistical tables show rates of attainment of a high school diploma and bachelor's degree or higher by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Also includes graphs for each state. From the U.S. Census Bureau. Author: Stoops, Nicole S. Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau Extra Keywords college university graduate LII Database Information: Record 21189 created by Jennifer English on 04/10/2006 Last modification on 04/12/2006 Published: 04/13/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21189