The March 2026 monthly data and the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
Codes and Frequencies
Description
Educational attainment - 1992-2025
Unicon Corporation made the following notes about this variable:
A user from PPIC who has compared education distributions over time between the CPS and the Census, has concluded that people with grdhi=13 and grdcom=2 (did not complete grade) should be coded as "with some college" when trying to match grdatn codes with earlier years.
Universe
- All persons.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 – 2025 | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
