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Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

NCES 2008-078
September 2008


Table B-4.  Actual and projected numbers for college-age populations, ages 18, 18 to 24, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, and 35 to 44: 1992 through 2017

[In thousands]

Year (July 1) 18-year-olds 18- to 24-year-olds 25- to 29-year-olds 30- to 34-year-olds 35- to 44-year-olds
           
Actual          
1992 3,354 26,282 20,591 22,564 40,046
1993 3,455 26,102 20,146 22,646 40,975
1994 3,428 25,821 19,809 22,648 41,877
1995 3,601 25,585 19,742 22,425 42,765
1996 3,650 25,376 19,927 21,996 43,605
1997 3,780 25,574 19,960 21,494 44,282
1998 3,984 26,155 19,863 20,999 44,802
1999 3,993 26,780 19,632 20,647 45,130
2000 4,076 27,393 19,357 20,579 45,235
2001 4,074 28,087 19,004 20,781 45,188
2002 4,033 28,601 18,997 20,878 44,869
2003 4,131 29,094 19,213 20,789 44,484
2004 4,128 29,408 19,625 20,528 44,178
2005 4,127 29,500 20,148 20,153 43,954
2006 4,190 29,610 20,800 19,764 43,748
Projected          
2007 4,272 29,809 21,313 19,713 43,379
2008 4,401 30,173 21,672 19,865 42,782
2009 4,384 30,536 21,878 20,213 42,109
2010 4,312 30,762 21,944 20,657 41,600
2011 4,250 30,894 21,981 21,205 41,318
2012 4,170 30,947 22,057 21,652 41,217
2013 4,126 30,884 22,205 22,000 41,222
2014 4,080 30,693 22,459 22,202 41,258
2015 4,007 30,297 22,783 22,271 41,270
2016 3,990 29,901 23,059 22,313 41,421
2017 4,018 29,607 23,260 22,394 41,754
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Projections are from the U.S. Census Bureau's middle series.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved September 7, 2007, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2006_nat_af.html; and Population Projections, retrieved September 7, 2007, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/. (This table was prepared November 2007.)