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Table 16. Estimates of resident population, by race/ethnicity and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2004
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           |                       Number in thousands                |                    Percentage  distribution
           |__________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
           |       |        |        |        |        |American| More|     |        |        |        |        |American|More
           |       |  White,|  Black,|        |  Asian/| Indian/| than|     |  White,|  Black,|        |  Asian/| Indian/|than
Year and   |       |    non-|    non-|        | Pacific|  Alaska|  one|     |    non-|    non-|        | Pacific|  Alaska| one
age group  |  Total|Hispanic|Hispanic|Hispanic|Islander|  Native| race|Total|Hispanic|Hispanic|Hispanic|Islander|  Native|race
___________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_____|_____|________|________|________|________|________|____
1          |      2|       3|       4|       5|       6|       7|    8|    9|      10|      11|      12|      13|      14|  15
___________|_______|________|________|________|________|________|_____|_____|________|________|________|________|________|____
Total      |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
1980 ......|227,225| 181,140|  26,215|  14,869|   3,665|   1,336| --- |100.0|    79.7|    11.5|     6.5|     1.6|     0.6|---
1985 ......|237,924| 184,945|  27,738|  18,368|   5,315|   1,558| --- |100.0|    77.7|    11.7|     7.7|     2.2|     0.7|---
1990 ......|249,623| 188,725|  29,439|  22,573|   7,092|   1,793| --- |100.0|    75.6|    11.8|     9.0|     2.8|     0.7|---
1995 ......|266,278| 194,389|  32,500|  28,158|   9,188|   2,044| --- |100.0|    73.0|    12.2|    10.6|     3.5|     0.8|---
2000\1\ ...|282,192| 195,769|  34,413|  35,647|  10,827|   2,104|3,432|100.0|    69.4|    12.2|    12.6|     3.8|     0.7| 1.2
2001\1\ ...|285,102| 196,320|  34,813|  37,060|  11,243|   2,130|3,536|100.0|    68.9|    12.2|    13.0|     3.9|     0.7| 1.2
2002\1\ ...|287,941| 196,822|  35,196|  38,477|  11,650|   2,155|3,641|100.0|    68.4|    12.2|    13.4|     4.0|     0.7| 1.3
2003\1\ ...|290,789| 197,325|  35,577|  39,902|  12,058|   2,181|3,747|100.0|    67.9|    12.2|    13.7|     4.1|     0.7| 1.3
2004\1\ ...|293,655| 197,841|  35,964|  41,322|  12,467|   2,207|3,855|100.0|    67.4|    12.2|    14.1|     4.2|     0.8| 1.3
           |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
Under 5    |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
  1980 ....| 16,451|  11,904|   2,413|   1,677|     319|     137| --- |100.0|    72.4|    14.7|    10.2|     1.9|     0.8|---
  1985 ....| 17,842|  12,683|   2,572|   1,938|     478|     171| --- |100.0|    71.1|    14.4|    10.9|     2.7|     1.0|---
  1990 ....| 18,856|  12,757|   2,825|   2,497|     593|     184| --- |100.0|    67.7|    15.0|    13.2|     3.1|     1.0|---
  1995 ....| 19,627|  12,415|   3,050|   3,245|     734|     182| --- |100.0|    63.3|    15.5|    16.5|     3.7|     0.9|---
  2000\1\ .| 19,187|  11,268|   2,763|   3,741|     714|     172|  531|100.0|    58.7|    14.4|    19.5|     3.7|     0.9| 2.8
  2001\1\ .| 19,361|  11,241|   2,798|   3,877|     738|     171|  537|100.0|    58.1|    14.4|    20.0|     3.8|     0.9| 2.8
  2002\1\ .| 19,548|  11,216|   2,828|   4,031|     762|     171|  541|100.0|    57.4|    14.5|    20.6|     3.9|     0.9| 2.8
  2003\1\ .| 19,791|  11,215|   2,862|   4,205|     795|     171|  543|100.0|    56.7|    14.5|    21.2|     4.0|     0.9| 2.7
  2004\1\ .| 20,071|  11,246|   2,910|   4,370|     830|     172|  543|100.0|    56.0|    14.5|    21.8|     4.1|     0.9| 2.7
           |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
5 to 17    |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
  1980 ....| 47,232|  35,220|   6,840|   4,005|     790|     377| --- |100.0|    74.6|    14.5|     8.5|     1.7|     0.8|---
  1985 ....| 44,782|  32,099|   6,569|   4,609|   1,111|     393| --- |100.0|    71.7|    14.7|    10.3|     2.5|     0.9|---
  1990 ....| 45,359|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- | --- | --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |---
  1995 ....| 49,838|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- | --- | --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |---
  2000\1\ .| 53,174|  33,017|   7,989|   8,682|   1,910|     522|1,053|100.0|    62.1|    15.0|    16.3|     3.6|     1.0| 2.0
  2001\1\ .| 53,250|  32,795|   7,988|   8,917|   1,945|     517|1,088|100.0|    61.6|    15.0|    16.7|     3.7|     1.0| 2.0
  2002\1\ .| 53,316|  32,551|   7,980|   9,170|   1,979|     511|1,124|100.0|    61.1|    15.0|    17.2|     3.7|     1.0| 2.1
  2003\1\ .| 53,259|  32,210|   7,953|   9,419|   2,010|     505|1,162|100.0|    60.5|    14.9|    17.7|     3.8|     0.9| 2.2
  2004\1\ .| 53,207|  31,881|   7,914|   9,672|   2,040|     499|1,202|100.0|    59.9|    14.9|    18.2|     3.8|     0.9| 2.3
           |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
18 to 24   |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
  1980 ....| 30,103|  23,278|   3,872|   2,284|     468|     201| --- |100.0|    77.3|    12.9|     7.6|     1.6|     0.7|---
  1985 ....| 28,902|  21,375|   3,853|   2,805|     645|     224| --- |100.0|    74.0|    13.3|     9.7|     2.2|     0.8|---
  1990 ....| 26,853|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- | --- | --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |---
  1995 ....| 25,482|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- | --- | --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |---
  2000\1\ .| 27,310|  16,924|   3,781|   4,780|   1,199|     239|  387|100.0|    62.0|    13.8|    17.5|     4.4|     0.9| 1.4
  2001\1\ .| 27,968|  17,303|   3,889|   4,901|   1,217|     249|  410|100.0|    61.9|    13.9|    17.5|     4.4|     0.9| 1.5
  2002\1\ .| 28,442|  17,574|   3,971|   4,977|   1,233|     256|  432|100.0|    61.8|    14.0|    17.5|     4.3|     0.9| 1.5
  2003\1\ .| 28,924|  17,865|   4,056|   5,038|   1,247|     264|  453|100.0|    61.8|    14.0|    17.4|     4.3|     0.9| 1.6
  2004\1\ .| 29,245|  18,049|   4,112|   5,088|   1,253|     271|  471|100.0|    61.7|    14.1|    17.4|     4.3|     0.9| 1.6
           |       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
25 and over|       |        |        |        |        |        |     |     |        |        |        |        |        |
  1980 ....|133,438| 110,737|  13,091|   6,903|   2,088|     620| --- |100.0|    83.0|     9.8|     5.2|     1.6|     0.5|---
  1985 ....|146,398| 118,787|  14,744|   9,016|   3,081|     771| --- |100.0|    81.1|    10.1|     6.2|     2.1|     0.5|---
  1990 ....|158,555| 125,653|  16,322|  11,447|   4,190|     944| --- |100.0|    79.2|    10.3|     7.2|     2.6|     0.6|---
  1995 ....|171,332| 131,839|  18,250|  14,519|   5,628|   1,096| --- |100.0|    76.9|    10.7|     8.5|     3.3|     0.6|---
  2000\1\ .|182,521| 134,561|  19,879|  18,445|   7,004|   1,171|1,460|100.0|    73.7|    10.9|    10.1|     3.8|     0.6| 0.8
  2001\1\ .|184,524| 134,981|  20,139|  19,365|   7,344|   1,193|1,501|100.0|    73.2|    10.9|    10.5|     4.0|     0.6| 0.8
  2002\1\ .|186,635| 135,482|  20,418|  20,299|   7,676|   1,217|1,544|100.0|    72.6|    10.9|    10.9|     4.1|     0.7| 0.8
  2003\1\ .|188,815| 136,035|  20,707|  21,239|   8,005|   1,240|1,589|100.0|    72.0|    11.0|    11.2|     4.2|     0.7| 0.8
  2004\1\ .|191,132| 136,664|  21,029|  22,192|   8,343|   1,265|1,639|100.0|    71.5|    11.0|    11.6|     4.4|     0.7| 0.9
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---Not available.
\1\Data on persons of more than one race group were collected beginning in 2000. Direct comparability of the data (other than Hispanic) prior to 2000 with the data for 2000 and later years is limited by the extent to which people reporting more than one race in later years had been reported in specific race groups in earlier years.
NOTE: Resident population includes civilian population and armed forces personnel residing within the United States; it excludes armed forces personnel residing overseas. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates as of July 1.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved August 11, 2005 from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2004_nat_res.html and http://www.census.gov/popest/datasets.html. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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