Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity from 2020 Census Data
Two interactive data visualizations illustrate changes in the age and racial makeup of the nation, states, counties and other local areas between 2000, 2010, and 2020:
- How Has Our Nation’s Population Changed?
- Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census
- This 6-minute video tutorial shows you how to get a view of interest
- Also checkout WICHE’s analysis of the U.S. West youth demographics
Presentations and Recordings
RMACAC 2024
U.S. high school graduate and college demand, the pandemic’s impact on the pipeline, and altered college enrollment patterns depict challenges and opportunities regarding the changing demographics in higher education. Get the Slides
National Association of Schools of Music 2022
U.S. high school graduate and college demand, the pandemic’s impact on the pipeline, and altered college enrollment patterns depict challenges and opportunities regarding the changing demographics in higher education. Get the Slides
Alliance Annual Meeting 2022: Changing Demographics in Higher Ed
National and U.S. West high school graduate and college demand, the pandemic’s impact on the pipeline, and altered college enrollment patterns depict challenges and opportunities regarding the changing demographics in higher education. Get the Slides
A Look into the Future: Changing Demographics and Numbers of the People Who Become DVM Applicants
A high-level overview of the national and U.S. West high school graduate and college demand projections, and emerging information about the pandemic's impact on the pipeline. Get the Slides
Bentley University Teaching Colloquium
A high-level overview of the national and Northeast region high school graduate and college demand projections, and emerging information about the pandemic's impact on the pipeline, to set the stage for discussion of instructional impacts by Bentley University's teaching...
National Association of Agricultural Economic Administrators
A high-level overview of the trends from the 10th edition of Knocking at the College Door, including state-level projections and trends by Census division presented to the National Association of Agricultural Economic Administrators (NAAEA) . The presentation is accompanied by a...
National Association of Schools of Theater
WICHE's Patrick Lane presented "Trends in Higher Education: Addressing Anticipated Realities Through Proactive Planning", about the demographic realities of reducing numbers of U.S. youth and high school graduates related to birth rate declines; the increasing share of which are...
What Does the Changing Mix of High School Graduates Mean for the West?
View the recorded webinar or get the slides. WICHE staff were joined by Renay Scott, Vice President & Professor of Education at New Mexico State University and Adriana Rodriguez, Vice President of Programs at Excelencia in Education, to discuss...
New England’s Declining Number of High School Graduates
View the recorded webinar or get the slides. In this webinar hosted by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), WICHE shared key findings from the 10th edition of Knocking at the College Door report, NEBHE detailed the...
Presentation: National Panhellenic Conference Knocking at the College Door
View the recording or get the slides. WICHE's 10th edition of Knocking at the College Door, which projects the number of high school graduates out to 2037, was released on a webcast on December 15th, 2020. Incorporating reported data...
A Planner’s Discussion of Enrollment and Admission Trends
Reliable data are essential for planning as the nation, states and educational institutions respond to the challenges and opportunities brought about by major demographic changes and other current events. View this session hosted by the College Board Higher Education...
Announcing: Knocking at the College Door 10th Ed. High School Graduate Projections
View the recorded webinar or get the slides. WICHE's 10th edition of Knocking at the College Door, which projects the number of high school graduates out to 2037, was released on a webcast on December 15th, 2020. Incorporating reported...
Knocking at the College Door: 10th Edition
The latest edition of Knocking at the College Door includes projections of high school graduates through the Class of 2037. These...
National Panhellenic Conference – Knocking at the College Door
WICHE staff presented the most recent trends from the 10th edition of Knocking at the College Door to leaders from leaders across National Panhellenic Conference organizations in January 2021. The presentation includes high-level national trends as well a deeper view...