If you are interested in further information on population and demographics go to this Population Pyramid of the US . If you would like to know more about education and the best colleges and universities in the US check this Univiersity Ranking graph .

This is a Graduated symbol map of the United States of America. It displays the estimated educational attainment in each county of the US, for people 25 years or older in 2017. Bigger circles or bubbles, represent a larger population. The tooltip displays the exact population number in every county. The color of each circle, represents the percentage of the population that achieved a specific educational attainment in that county. The buttons will toggle between different degrees of educational attainment. Each button selects and displays the minimum degree obtained. The exact percentage is also in the tooltip.

Resources and Inspiration

To create this map I used the tutorials for Let's make a Map and Let's make a Bubble Map. The population and educational attainment data were gathered from US Census. Oglala Lakota, South Dakota and Kusilvak, Alaska counties had no School attainment data, therefore their information is not present.

Since the "Rates of educational attainment within a population often serve as an important indicator of economic well-being"(Sorenson Impact, 2017). I wanted to know more about where the most educated people in the US live. Therefore, I also wanted to know, how educated is my community? Are most educated people in the East or West Coast? I found previously made maps that focused in one level. I wanted to see each level and the differences between them. I wanted to differentiate communities with higher rates of Associate degrees from communities with higher rates of Bachelor's degrees. Therefore, I made an ineractive graduated map. I also wanted to see if larger populations had a concentration of low skilled or high skilled individuals.

Once the map was created, I found the presence of highly educated people in Los Alamos and Denver was quite eye-opening. Zoom in to find other surprises. Enjoy!

For more information on educational attainment and property values, check this map on Education and Realestate prices.