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Digest of Education Statistics: 2010
Digest of Education Statistics: 2010

NCES 2011-015
April 2011


Table 20. Estimates of resident population, by age group: 1970 through 2010
[In thousands]
Year Total, all ages Total, 3 to 34 years old 3 and 4 years old 5 and 6 years old 7 to 13 years old 14 to 17 years old 18 and 19 years old 20 and 21 years old 22 to 24 years old 25 to 29 years old 30 to 34 years old
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1970 205,052 109,592 6,961 7,703 28,969 15,924 7,510 7,210 9,992 13,736 11,587
1971 207,661 111,202 6,805 7,344 28,892 16,328 7,715 7,350 10,809 14,041 11,917
1972 209,896 112,807 6,789 7,051 28,628 16,639 7,923 7,593 10,560 15,240 12,383
1973 211,909 114,426 6,938 6,888 28,158 16,867 8,114 7,796 10,725 15,786 13,153
1974 213,854 116,075 7,117 6,864 27,600 17,035 8,257 8,003 10,972 16,521 13,704
                       
1975 215,973 117,435 6,912 7,013 26,905 17,128 8,478 8,196 11,331 17,280 14,191
1976 218,035 118,474 6,436 7,195 26,321 17,119 8,659 8,336 11,650 18,274 14,485
1977 220,239 119,261 6,190 6,978 25,877 17,045 8,675 8,550 11,949 18,277 15,721
1978 222,585 119,833 6,208 6,500 25,594 16,946 8,677 8,730 12,216 18,683 16,280
1979 225,055 120,544 6,252 6,256 25,175 16,611 8,751 8,754 12,542 19,178 17,025
                       
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 282,172 128,056 7,732 7,979 29,073 16,131 8,191 7,997 11,129 19,295 20,530
20011 285,082 128,566 7,675 7,916 29,169 16,221 8,200 8,294 11,508 18,899 20,685
20021  287,804 129,113 7,697 7,809 29,172 16,401 8,171 8,340 11,977 18,830 20,716
20031  290,326 129,548 7,794 7,744 29,031 16,544 8,227 8,314 12,371 18,971 20,551
20041  293,046 130,207 8,040 7,758 28,638 16,854 8,327 8,292 12,666 19,372 20,260
                       
20051 295,753 130,548 8,165 7,852 28,310 17,104 8,324 8,361 12,721 19,866 19,846
20061 298,593 131,046 8,164 8,099 28,059 17,239 8,380 8,466 12,696 20,511 19,433
20071 301,580 131,796 8,272 8,227 27,953 17,239 8,517 8,453 12,764 21,018 19,353
20081 304,375 132,666 8,341 8,224 28,073 16,980 8,768 8,500 12,822 21,442 19,516
20091 307,007 133,631 8,404 8,325 28,163 16,761 8,872 8,631 12,908 21,678 19,889
2010 309,629 134,595 8,585 8,391 28,345 16,550 8,745 8,879 12,947 21,782 20,370
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 2010 Population Estimates, retrieved September 10, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2009-nat-res.html. (This table was prepared September 2010.)