Identification Information

Abstract A broad and generalized selection of 2012-2016 US Census Bureau 2016 5-year American Community Survey education data estimates, obtained via Census API and joined to the appropriate geometry (in this case, New Mexico counties). The selection is not comprehensive, but allows a first-level characterization of educational attaiment by grade level and sex (for all persons 25 years and older), plus enrollment estimates at key educational levels (for the universe of all persons 3+ years old). The determination of which estimates to include was based upon level of interest and providing a manageable dataset for users. The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide, continuous survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely demographic, housing, social, and economic data every year. The ACS collects long-form-type information throughout the decade rather than only once every 10 years. As in the decennial census, strict confidentiality laws protect all information that could be used to identify individuals or households.The ACS combines population or housing data from multiple years to produce reliable numbers for small counties, neighborhoods, and other local areas. To provide information for communities each year, the ACS provides 1-, 3-, and 5-year estimates. ACS 5-year estimates (multiyear estimates) are “period” estimates that represent data collected over a 60-month period of time (as opposed to “point-in-time” estimates, such as the decennial census, that approximate the characteristics of an area on a specific date). ACS data are released in the year immediately following the year in which they are collected. ACS estimates based on data collected from 2009–2014 should not be called “2009” or “2014” estimates. Multiyear estimates should be labeled to indicate clearly the full period of time. The primary advantage of using multiyear estimates is the increased statistical reliability of the data for less populated areas and small population subgroups. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. While each full Data Profile contains margin of error (MOE) information, this dataset does not. Those individuals requiring more complete data are directed to download the more detailed datasets from the ACS American FactFinder website. This dataset is organized by New Mexico county boundaries.
Purpose Provide general users with a selection of education data available from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates from 2012-2016.
Supplemental Information This work was influenced by the work of Todd Bleess at the Colorado State Demography Office, especially his renaming of the source (ACS) attributes into more human-readable names.

Time Period of Content

Single Date/Time

Calendar Date 2016

Currentness Reference Temporal extent is twofold: 1. the underlying data derives from the 2012-2016 ACS 5-year estimates, as well as the time period during which the county boundaries are considered still valid. 2. the dataset itself is valid as a means of comparison for similar data from other time periods (such as different 5-year ACS publications). As ACS 5-year datasets are not released until subsequent years (2013-2017 was released in December of 2018, 2014-2018 should be released in December of 2019, and so on).

Status

Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency Annually

Spatial Domain

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate -109.05017
East Bounding Coordinate -103.00196
North Bounding Coordinate 37.000293
South Bounding Coordinate 31.33217

Keywords

Theme

Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword society

Place

Thesaurus GNIS
Keyword New Mexico
Keyword United States

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None from RGIS. The source geometry for this dataset is a TIGER/Line shapefile. TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau.The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.

Point of Contact

Browse Graphic

File Name education_byco2016.zip
File Type application/zip
Description Select Education Data from USCB ACS 2016, by NM County

Data Set Credit U.S. Census Bureau; RGIS; Todd Bleess, Colorado State Demography Office

Native Data Set Environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333

Data Quality Information

Logical Consistency Report All 33 counties are present

Completeness Report All 33 counties are present

Lineage

Source Information

Source Citation

Citation Information

Originator Census Bureau

Publication Date 2016-12

Publication Time

Title American Community Survey

Geospatial Data Presentation Form

Publication Information

Publication Place
Publisher

Other Citation Details

Source Scale Denominator

Type of Source Media onLine

Source Time Period of Content

Source Currentness Reference Publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation Census Data

Source Contribution Derived from US Bureau of Census API

Process Step

Process Description Develop script to automate the entire process described below, from obtaining data to producing and validating metadata, for a group of datasets. The slightly more detailed steps given following this step.
Process Date 2020-01-14
Process Time
Process Contact

Process Step

Process Description Obtain a select group of Bureau of Census data from latest availalble ACS 5-year estimate using Census API. Census API calls are limited to 50 fields/attributes per call, and are typically run as an URL, using a browser, the curl command line too, or from within a script. The data from the Census API is serialized into a dataframe.
Process Date 2020-01-14
Process Time
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Process Step

Process Description Format data as needed for usefulness and attribute label readability and deserialize for the next step.
Process Date 2020-01-14
Process Time
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Process Step

Process Description Joined Census dataset to appropriate geometry (like Census TIGER/Line file for New Mexico counties), performed via scripting, based on common key field.
Process Date 2020-01-14
Process Time
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Process Step

Process Description Edit metadata for completeness and for compatibility with FGDC standards for distribution via NM RGIS Clearinghouse.
Process Date 2020-01-14
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Spatial Data Organization Information

Indirect Spatial Reference Method New Mexico

Direct Spatial Reference Method Vector

Point and Vector Object Information

SDTS Terms Description

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count 33

Spatial Reference Information

Entity and Attribute Information

Detailed Description

Entity Type

Entity Type Labeleducation_byco2016
Entity Type Definition TIGER counties
Entity Type Definition Source Bureau of the Census

Attribute

Attribute Label FID

Attribute Definition Internal feature number.

Attribute Definition Source Esri

Attribute Domain Values

Unrepresentable Domain Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute

Attribute Label Shape

Attribute Definition Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source Esri

Attribute Domain Values

Unrepresentable Domain Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute

Attribute Label NAME10

Attribute Definition 2010 Census county name

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Unrepresentable Domain County name as per the Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label INTPTLAT10

Attribute Definition 2010 Census latitude of the internal point

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value 00
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Blank
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label COUNTYFP10

Attribute Definition 2010 Census county Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification of the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 6-4)
Codeset Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label GEOID10

Attribute Definition County identifier; a concatenation of 2010 Census state FIPS code and county FIPS code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2), INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification of the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 6-4)
Codeset Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label INTPTLON10

Attribute Definition 2010 Census longitude of the internal point

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value 00
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Blank
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label CoFIP

Attribute Definition Combination field of FIPS Code for State (New Mexico) and County, as in 35002, used for joining dataset attributes to geometry

Attribute Definition Source EDAC

Attribute Domain Values

Unrepresentable Domain FIPS Codes used to represent states and counties within those states, in the U.S. Unique numbers.

Attribute

Attribute Label Shape_Leng

Attribute Definition Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute Definition Source Esri

Attribute Domain Values

Unrepresentable Domain Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute

Attribute Label Shape_Area

Attribute Definition Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute Definition Source Esri

Attribute Domain Values

Unrepresentable Domain Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute

Attribute Label POP_EST2016

Attribute Definition Population Estimate from ACS 2012-2016 for $calyear, from ACS5 attribute: B03002_001E