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I'm going to need a citation that 20% of the US population are college-educated professionals. Any way you want to slice it: of voting-age, registered, or that

I'm going to need a citation that 20% of the US population are college-educated professionals. Any way you want to slice it: of voting-age, registered, or that actually went to vote. I'm actually curious what is the real percentage, but it's got to be way less than 20%. You surround yourself with people like you, but there's a lot of people and the world is big.

dragonwriter 8y ago
> I'm going to need a citation that 20% of the US population are college-educated professionals. Any way you want to slice it: of voting-age, registered, or that actually went to vote. Per the US Census Bureau’s 2015 American Community Survey, at least 27.24% of the voting-age (18+) population has at least a Bachelor's degree. That’s based on the number from the Over 25 population meeting that description divided by the whole over-18 population; for some reason they only report a count of over-25 with at least a bachelor's degree. [0] Turnout increases significantly with education [1], so the share of the actually voting population with such a degree must be even higher. So, you were right to suspect 20% was way off—just in the wrong direction. [0] (Description page) https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/electorate-profiles-2016.html https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-a... (Data table) https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/voting/UnitedStates.xlsx https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/voting/... [1] http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics
- marcoperaza 8y ago
  Lots of people with bachelors degrees don’t have professional jobs.