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Table 15.Estimates of school-age\1\ resident population, by race and sex: July 1, 1960 to July 1, 1995

                                               [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
----------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
1960 .....|44,176 |22,437 |21,739 |38,366 |19,532 |18,832 | 5,366 | 2,677 | 2,690 |   446 |   228 |   217
1961 .....|45,263 |22,995 |22,269 |39,220 |19,975 |19,246 | 5,575 | 2,782 | 2,792 |   469 |   238 |   232
1962 .....|46,648 |23,706 |22,941 |40,352 |20,560 |19,791 | 5,802 | 2,897 | 2,906 |   496 |   251 |   244
1963 .....|48,070 |24,438 |23,633 |41,524 |21,164 |20,361 | 6,025 | 3,009 | 3,016 |   520 |   264 |   257
1964 .....|49,509 |25,174 |24,336 |42,692 |21,765 |20,929 | 6,272 | 3,135 | 3,137 |   545 |   275 |   270
          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1965 .....|49,900 |25,377 |24,522 |42,891 |21,872 |21,019 | 6,440 | 3,220 | 3,221 |   567 |   285 |   281
1966 .....|50,681 |25,784 |24,898 |43,469 |22,176 |21,293 | 6,619 | 3,308 | 3,311 |   594 |   300 |   295
1967 .....|51,357 |26,135 |25,224 |43,969 |22,438 |21,529 | 6,768 | 3,383 | 3,384 |   622 |   314 |   310
1968 .....|51,974 |26,456 |25,517 |44,422 |22,677 |21,744 | 6,903 | 3,453 | 3,450 |   649 |   325 |   323
1969 .....|52,386 |26,675 |25,711 |44,697 |22,826 |21,871 | 7,016 | 3,511 | 3,505 |   673 |   338 |   336
          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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 .....|48,291 |24,751 |23,539 |38,406 |19,732 |18,674 | 7,474 | 3,794 | 3,680 | 2,411 | 1,226 | 1,185
1995 .....|49,149 |25,191 |23,957 |39,013 |20,042 |18,969 | 7,631 | 3,876 | 3,756 | 2,505 | 1,273 | 1,230
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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. 519, 917, 1000, 1022, 1045, 1057, 1092, and U.S. Population Estimates, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990-1995, PPL-41; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 1996.)


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