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Table 16. Estimates of school-age resident population, by race and sex: July 1, 1970 to July 1, 2000 [In thousands]

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       |          Total           |          White           |         Black         |   Other races
 Year  |__________________________|__________________________|_______________________|_______________________
       | Total  |  Male  | Female | Total  |  Male  | Female | Total | Male  |Female | Total | Male  |Female
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   1   |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13
_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
1970 ..| 52,593 | 26,793 | 25,801 | 44,783 | 22,877 | 21,906 | 7,108 | 3,561 | 3,547 |   703 |   355 |   349
1971 ..| 52,562 | 26,780 | 25,782 | 44,644 | 22,809 | 21,834 | 7,182 | 3,600 | 3,583 |   737 |   371 |   365
1972 ..| 52,316 | 26,658 | 25,658 | 44,336 | 22,655 | 21,681 | 7,211 | 3,615 | 3,596 |   768 |   388 |   380
1973 ..| 51,910 | 26,456 | 25,455 | 43,898 | 22,434 | 21,464 | 7,213 | 3,617 | 3,596 |   799 |   405 |   394
1974 ..| 51,498 | 26,249 | 25,249 | 43,454 | 22,210 | 21,244 | 7,213 | 3,618 | 3,596 |   830 |   420 |   409
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1975 ..| 51,044 | 26,022 | 25,022 | 42,950 | 21,956 | 20,994 | 7,199 | 3,611 | 3,588 |   895 |   456 |   440
1976 ..| 50,633 | 25,822 | 24,811 | 42,477 | 21,721 | 20,755 | 7,208 | 3,617 | 3,591 |   948 |   483 |   465
1977 ..| 49,897 | 25,456 | 24,441 | 41,737 | 21,350 | 20,386 | 7,167 | 3,600 | 3,568 |   994 |   506 |   487
1978 ..| 49,038 | 25,024 | 24,013 | 40,883 | 20,919 | 19,964 | 7,116 | 3,576 | 3,540 | 1,039 |   530 |   509
1979 ..| 48,041 | 24,524 | 23,517 | 39,910 | 20,427 | 19,484 | 7,037 | 3,538 | 3,498 | 1,094 |   560 |   536
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1980 ..| 47,232 | 24,135 | 23,097 | 39,002 | 19,982 | 19,020 | 6,989 | 3,520 | 3,469 | 1,241 |   633 |   608
1981 ..| 46,319 | 23,676 | 22,643 | 38,105 | 19,527 | 18,578 | 6,872 | 3,474 | 3,398 | 1,342 |   675 |   667
1982 ..| 45,585 | 23,309 | 22,276 | 37,365 | 19,153 | 18,212 | 6,826 | 3,442 | 3,384 | 1,394 |   714 |   680
1983 ..| 45,020 | 23,031 | 21,989 | 36,800 | 18,873 | 17,927 | 6,762 | 3,412 | 3,350 | 1,458 |   746 |   712
1984 ..| 44,788 | 22,920 | 21,868 | 36,509 | 18,731 | 17,778 | 6,743 | 3,404 | 3,339 | 1,536 |   785 |   751
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1985 ..| 44,782 | 22,927 | 21,855 | 36,393 | 18,679 | 17,714 | 6,729 | 3,400 | 3,329 | 1,660 |   848 |   812
1986 ..| 44,903 | 22,996 | 21,907 | 36,408 | 18,701 | 17,707 | 6,802 | 3,438 | 3,364 | 1,693 |   857 |   836
1987 ..| 45,005 | 23,056 | 21,949 | 36,361 | 18,674 | 17,687 | 6,841 | 3,460 | 3,381 | 1,803 |   922 |   881
1988 ..| 45,051 | 23,086 | 21,965 | 36,279 | 18,637 | 17,642 | 6,881 | 3,482 | 3,399 | 1,891 |   967 |   924
1989 ..| 44,947 | 23,036 | 21,911 | 36,122 | 18,550 | 17,572 | 6,867 | 3,475 | 3,392 | 1,958 | 1,011 |   947
       |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |
1990 ..| 45,325 | 23,235 | 22,090 | 36,326 | 18,671 | 17,655 | 6,923 | 3,505 | 3,418 | 2,075 | 1,059 | 1,016
1991 ..| 45,922 | 23,545 | 22,377 | 36,758 | 18,895 | 17,863 | 7,018 | 3,555 | 3,463 | 2,146 | 1,095 | 1,051
1992 ..| 46,646 | 23,919 | 22,727 | 37,274 | 19,160 | 18,113 | 7,150 | 3,625 | 3,525 | 2,222 | 1,134 | 1,089
1993 ..| 47,371 | 24,290 | 23,081 | 37,768 | 19,413 | 18,356 | 7,295 | 3,700 | 3,595 | 2,308 | 1,177 | 1,131
1994 ..| 48,205 | 24,718 | 23,487 | 38,344 | 19,707 | 18,637 | 7,471 | 3,792 | 3,679 | 2,390 | 1,220 | 1,171
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1995 ..| 49,023 | 25,138 | 23,884 | 38,920 | 20,001 | 18,919 | 7,622 | 3,871 | 3,751 | 2,481 | 1,266 | 1,214
1996 ..| 49,816 | 25,544 | 24,273 | 39,468 | 20,278 | 19,189 | 7,769 | 3,947 | 3,821 | 2,580 | 1,318 | 1,262
1997 ..| 50,505 | 25,892 | 24,612 | 39,941 | 20,515 | 19,427 | 7,891 | 4,011 | 3,879 | 2,673 | 1,366 | 1,307
1998 ..| 50,915 | 26,103 | 24,812 | 40,196 | 20,643 | 19,553 | 7,970 | 4,054 | 3,916 | 2,748 | 1,406 | 1,342
1999 ..| 51,257 | 26,278 | 24,979 | 40,399 | 20,744 | 19,655 | 8,040 | 4,091 | 3,949 | 2,818 | 1,443 | 1,375
2000 ..| 51,478 | 26,390 | 25,088 | 40,522 | 20,804 | 19,717 | 8,073 | 4,109 | 3,964 | 2,884 | 1,477 | 1,407
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NOTE: School-age population includes persons 5 to 17 years of age. All columns include persons of Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Nos. 1000, 1022, 1045, 1057, 1092; U.S. Population Estimates, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 1999, PPL-91R; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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