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Digest of Education Statistics: 2007
Digest of Education Statistics: 2007

NCES 2008-022
March 2008


Table 15. Estimates of resident population, by age group: 1970 through 2006

[In thousands]
Year Total, all ages Total, 3 to 34 years 3 and 4 years 5 and 6 years 7 to 13 years 14 to 17 years 18 and 19 years 20 and 21 years 22 to 24 years 25 to 29 years 30 to 34 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
                       
20001  282,217 128,078 7,730 7,979 29,075 16,123 8,187 7,998 11,135 19,309 20,543
20011  285,226 128,638 7,656 7,915 29,176 16,190 8,176 8,292 11,531 18,957 20,745
20021  288,126 129,268 7,655 7,803 29,193 16,365 8,134 8,331 12,019 18,937 20,831
20031  290,796 129,742 7,721 7,725 29,064 16,514 8,180 8,291 12,418 19,113 20,717
20041  293,638 130,413 7,946 7,716 28,674 16,834 8,279 8,256 12,702 19,539 20,467
                       
20051  296,507 130,769 8,072 7,780 28,343 17,096 8,280 8,317 12,736 20,054 20,090
2006 299,398 131,264 8,076 8,007 28,070 17,240 8,344 8,421 12,690 20,709 19,706
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, and 1095; and 2000 through 2006 Population Estimates, retrieved July 19, 2007, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2006_nat_res.html. (This table was prepared July 2007.)