EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT - Key U.S. Education Levels (1967) - Consumer Data

Sep 21, 2026

Monthly consumer and economic indicators summarize mid-20th-century U.S. trends across education, household expectations, and major finance metrics. Educational attainment highlights how many adults completed high school or at least one year of college, while consumer optimism and state-by-state household projections describe shifting demand expectations and geographic growth. Subsequent sections cover business expectations, consumer credit dynamics, personal income changes, industrial production, and discretionary spending, emphasizing measured changes around early 1968.

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

CONSUMER OPTIMISM

HOUSEHOLDS BY STATES

FINANCE FACTS

BUSINESSMEN'S EXPECTATIONS

CONSUMER CREDIT

PERSONAL INCOME

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

Any or all the material in this publication may he quoted or reproduced. # EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Over half of the aduls in the United States have completed at least 4years of high school and 21%have completed at least a year of college,as reported by Bureau of the Census.The results show that 64million of the 118 million persons 20 years old and over had completed4 years of high school or more and 25 million had completed 1 yearof college or more in March 1967. Steady increases in educational atainment have occurred over the last20 years.Since 1947,the number of persons with at least 4 years ofhigh school increased by 30 million,while the adult population wasincreasing 24 million.The percentage increase in educational attain-ment was greatest for persons completing 4 years of college or more,with the number more than doubling from 4.8 million to 11.6 millionbetween 1947 and 1967.At the same time the number of persons whohad completed less than 5 years of elementary school declined from 9.1million to 6.5million. # CONSUMER OPTIMISM Households were more optimistic about likelihood of increases in theirincomes in January 1968 than they had been in October 1967,buttheir expected purchases of new and used cars and expected expendi-tures on houses and household durables did not show correspondinggains.These results are reported in latest Consumer Buying Indica-tors released by Bureau of the Census. ## HOUSEHOLDS BY STATES California leads all states in projected number of households,with about 6.8 or 6.9 million in 1970 and 7.9 to 8.1 million in 1975.These esti-mates are based on Census Bureau projections which for first timeprojected number of households by states.Average of two projec-tions made by Census Bureau shows households in U.S.increasingfrom 57,300,000 in 1965 to 62,862,000 in 1970 for increase of nearly 10%. Division of country with fastest growing number of households is Pacificwith 16%growth between 1965 and 1970.This is followed by Mountaindivision with 14%and South Atlantic with 12%.West North Central isprojected to have slowest growth in number of households at 5%be-tween 1965 and 1970. # FINANCE FACTS A Monthly Publication on Consumer Financial Behaoior APRIL 1968 Growth in Number ofHouseholds,by Divisions To hoohoh lo 1965+ yow1968101970M系-7,200+10% 3.560+熟 FINANCE FACTS APRIL 1968 ## BUSINESSMEN'S EXPECTATIONS Businessmen interviewed in latest Dun &Bradstreet,Inc.,quarterly sur-vey were exceedingly optimistic about business prospects for secondquarter,based on performance of several significant indicators-near-peak corporate profits in 1967,mounting industrial production andrising capital outlays.These executives boosted their sales and profitsexpectations to the highest levels in six surveys,despite inflationarypressures at home,unstable international money market,and disquiet-ing intermational incidents.However,they held even stronger opinionsthan in the previous study that prices would continue to rise.Majorityof the 1,552 corporate leaders interviewed foresaw no change in theiremployee rolls and their inventories Sales Optimism Index advanced seven points in this survey to the strong-est level since late 1966.Slightly over three-fourths of all the manu-facturers,wholesalers and retailers foresaw sales increases in secondthree-month period this year over the three-month period last year.Durable goods makers and retailing businessmen lifted their sales pre-dictions the most from previous survey. ## CONSUMER CREDIT Consumer instalment credit outstanding continued to increase in Januaryat the slightly accelerated rate of the two preceding months.All majortypes of credit except home repair and modernization contributed tothe January expansion of $398 million,seasonally adjusted. New borrowing for automobiles,which had leveled off in the closingmonths of 1967,showed greater strength in January,while the amountextended for other consumer goods purchases was off somewh

FAQs

How is educational attainment described for U.S. adults in the document?

It reports that over half of U.S. adults completed at least four years of high school and gives figures for those who completed at least a year of college, based on Census Bureau reporting and a March 1967 snapshot.

What does the document say about household growth by states?

It states that California leads with projected household counts for 1970 and 1975, using Census projections and comparing growth rates across divisions between 1965 and 1970.

Which finance and economy topics are covered after consumer optimism?

The document includes business expectations, consumer credit expansion and breakdown, personal income increases, industrial production changes, and discretionary spending trends during the period around early 1968.

Sep 21, 2026

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