The February 2026 monthly data are available via IPUMS CPS. We have not yet processed the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
An "X" indicates the variable is available for the listed sample.
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| EDUC | Educational attainment recode | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | EDUC | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| HIGRADE | Highest grade of school | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | HIGRADE | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| EDUC99 | Educational attainment, 1990 | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | EDUC99 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| EDCYC | Years of college credit completed | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | EDCYC | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| EDDIPGED | High school or GED | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | EDDIPGED | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| EDHGCGED | Highest grade completed before receiving GED | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | EDHGCGED | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| COLLEG75 | Attending college in March 1975 | P | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | COLLEG75 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |
| SCHLCOLL | School or college attendance | P | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | SCHLCOLL | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |