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Table 16.Estimates of school-age\1\ resident population, by race andsex: July 1, 1970 to July 1, 1996 [In thousands]

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          |          Total           |         White\2\         |        Black\2\       |   Other races\2\
   Year   |__________________________|__________________________|_______________________|_______________________
          | Total  |  Male  | Female | Total  |  Male  | Female | Total | Male  |Female | Total | Male  |Female
__________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
    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
          |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |
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
          |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |
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
          |        |        |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |
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 .....| 45,306 | 23,224 | 22,082 | 36,320 | 18,667 | 17,653 | 6,916 | 3,501 | 3,415 | 2,070 | 1,056 | 1,014
1991 .....| 45,917 | 23,536 | 22,381 | 36,759 | 18,892 | 17,867 | 7,012 | 3,552 | 3,460 | 2,143 | 1,090 | 1,053
1992 .....| 46,662 | 23,918 | 22,744 | 37,288 | 19,162 | 18,126 | 7,147 | 3,624 | 3,523 | 2,226 | 1,133 | 1,093
1993 .....| 47,419 | 24,303 | 23,116 | 37,802 | 19,422 | 18,380 | 7,297 | 3,702 | 3,595 | 2,319 | 1,178 | 1,141
1994 .....| 48,155 | 24,706 | 23,449 | 38,318 | 19,705 | 18,611 | 7,468 | 3,793 | 3,676 | 2,369 | 1,209 | 1,161
1995 .....| 48,974 | 25,130 | 23,844 | 38,891 | 20,001 | 18,890 | 7,621 | 3,873 | 3,751 | 2,464 | 1,256 | 1,207
1996 .....| 49,762 | 25,534 | 24,229 | 39,431 | 20,276 | 19,154 | 7,770 | 3,949 | 3,820 | 2,562 | 1,308 | 1,253
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\1\Includes persons 5 to 17 years of age.

\2\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Nos. 1000, 1022, 1045, 1057, 1092, and U.S. Population Estimates, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990-1996, PPL-41, PPL-57; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 1997.)



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