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Table 15. Estimates of resident population, by age group: 1970 through 2004

[In thousands]
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         |  Total,|    Total,|        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
         |     all|   3 to 34| 3 and 4| 5 and 6| 7 to 13|14 to 17|18 and 19|20 and 21| 22 to 24| 25 to 29|30 to 34
Year     |    ages|     years|   years|   years|   years|   years|    years|    years|    years|    years|   years
_________|________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________
1        |       2|         3|       4|       5|       6|       7|        8|        9|       10|       11|      12
_________|________|__________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________
1970 ....| 203,984|   108,653|   6,962|   7,703|  28,969|  15,921|    7,410|    6,850|    9,728|   13,604|  11,505
1971 ....| 206,827|   110,482|   6,805|   7,344|  28,892|  16,326|    7,644|    7,106|   10,596|   13,927|  11,842
1972 ....| 209,284|   112,287|   6,789|   7,051|  28,628|  16,637|    7,854|    7,447|   10,418|   15,142|  12,321
1973 ....| 211,357|   113,954|   6,938|   6,888|  28,159|  16,864|    8,044|    7,658|   10,615|   15,694|  13,094
1974 ....| 213,342|   115,641|   7,117|   6,864|  27,599|  17,033|    8,196|    7,893|   10,864|   16,428|  13,644
         |        |          |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
1975 ....| 215,465|   117,006|   6,912|   7,014|  26,904|  17,125|    8,418|    8,089|   11,228|   17,183|  14,131
1976 ....| 217,563|   118,073|   6,437|   7,194|  26,321|  17,117|    8,604|    8,240|   11,554|   18,177|  14,428
1977 ....| 219,760|   118,853|   6,190|   6,978|  25,878|  17,042|    8,613|    8,456|   11,856|   18,180|  15,661
1978 ....| 222,095|   119,414|   6,208|   6,499|  25,593|  16,944|    8,617|    8,628|   12,120|   18,585|  16,218
1979 ....| 224,567|   120,126|   6,252|   6,256|  25,174|  16,610|    8,698|    8,653|   12,443|   19,077|  16,961
         |        |          |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
1980 ....| 227,225|   121,132|   6,366|   6,291|  24,800|  16,143|    8,718|    8,669|   12,716|   19,686|  17,743
1981 ....| 229,466|   121,999|   6,535|   6,315|  24,396|  15,609|    8,582|    8,759|   12,903|   20,169|  18,731
1982 ....| 231,664|   121,823|   6,658|   6,407|  24,121|  15,057|    8,480|    8,768|   12,914|   20,704|  18,714
1983 ....| 233,792|   122,302|   6,877|   6,572|  23,709|  14,740|    8,290|    8,652|   12,981|   21,414|  19,067
1984 ....| 235,825|   122,254|   7,045|   6,694|  23,367|  14,725|    7,932|    8,567|   12,962|   21,459|  19,503
         |        |          |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
1985 ....| 237,924|   122,512|   7,134|   6,916|  22,976|  14,888|    7,637|    8,370|   12,895|   21,671|  20,025
1986 ....| 240,133|   122,688|   7,187|   7,086|  22,992|  14,824|    7,483|    8,024|   12,720|   21,893|  20,479
1987 ....| 242,289|   122,672|   7,132|   7,178|  23,325|  14,502|    7,502|    7,742|   12,450|   21,857|  20,984
1988 ....| 244,499|   122,713|   7,176|   7,238|  23,791|  14,023|    7,701|    7,606|   12,048|   21,739|  21,391
1989 ....| 246,819|   122,655|   7,315|   7,184|  24,228|  13,536|    7,898|    7,651|   11,607|   21,560|  21,676
         |        |          |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
1990 ....| 249,623|   122,787|   7,359|   7,244|  24,785|  13,329|    7,702|    7,886|   11,264|   21,277|  21,939
1991 ....| 252,981|   123,210|   7,444|   7,393|  25,216|  13,491|    7,208|    8,029|   11,205|   20,923|  22,301
1992 ....| 256,514|   123,722|   7,614|   7,447|  25,752|  13,775|    6,949|    7,797|   11,391|   20,503|  22,494
1993 ....| 259,919|   124,371|   7,887|   7,549|  26,212|  14,096|    6,985|    7,333|   11,657|   20,069|  22,584
1994 ....| 263,126|   124,976|   8,089|   7,725|  26,492|  14,637|    7,047|    7,071|   11,585|   19,740|  22,590
         |        |          |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
1995 ....| 266,278|   125,478|   8,107|   8,000|  26,825|  15,013|    7,182|    7,103|   11,197|   19,680|  22,372
1996 ....| 269,394|   125,924|   8,022|   8,206|  27,168|  15,443|    7,399|    7,161|   10,715|   19,864|  21,945
1997 ....| 272,647|   126,422|   7,915|   8,232|  27,683|  15,769|    7,569|    7,309|   10,601|   19,899|  21,446
1998 ....| 275,854|   126,939|   7,841|   8,152|  28,302|  15,829|    7,892|    7,520|   10,647|   19,804|  20,953
1999 ....| 279,040|   127,446|   7,772|   8,041|  28,763|  16,007|    8,094|    7,683|   10,908|   19,575|  20,603
         |        |          |        |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
2000 ....| 282,192|   128,047|   7,717|   7,979|  29,085|  16,111|    8,184|    7,995|   11,130|   19,306|  20,540
2001\1\ .| 285,102|   128,536|   7,653|   7,900|  29,177|  16,172|    8,169|    8,284|   11,516|   18,936|  20,730
2002\1\ .| 287,941|   129,125|   7,651|   7,784|  29,182|  16,350|    8,113|    8,322|   12,007|   18,907|  20,810
2003\1\ .| 290,789|   129,753|   7,729|   7,718|  29,039|  16,502|    8,166|    8,306|   12,452|   19,123|  20,719
2004\1\ .| 293,655|   130,442|   7,958|   7,715|  28,661|  16,831|    8,274|    8,242|   12,729|   19,561|  20,471
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\1\Revised from previously published figures.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates as of July 1.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Nos. 1000, 1022, 1045, 1057, 1059, 1092, 1095; and 2000 through 2004 Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved August 11, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2004_nat_res.html. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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