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Table 15. -  Estimates of resident population, by age group: July 1, 1970 to July 1, 1997
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       | Total, | Total, |       |       |       |        |         |         |        |        |
 Year  |  all   |3 to 34 |3 and 4|5 and 6|7 to 13|14 to 17|18 and 19|20 and 21|22 to 24|25 to 29|30 to 34
       |  ages  | years  | years | years | years | years  |  years  |  years  | years  | years  | years
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   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
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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
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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 ..|249,440 |122,645 | 7,355 | 7,238 |24,754 | 13,319 |   7,700 |   7,886 | 11,251 | 21,233 | 21,909
1991 ..|252,124 |122,553 | 7,425 | 7,368 |25,076 | 13,439 |   7,201 |   8,028 | 11,149 | 20,715 | 22,152
1992 ..|255,002 |122,571 | 7,577 | 7,403 |25,503 | 13,679 |   6,934 |   7,793 | 11,293 | 20,152 | 22,237
1993 ..|257,753 |122,740 | 7,830 | 7,484 |25,857 | 13,952 |   6,958 |   7,326 | 11,511 | 19,593 | 22,229
1994 ..|260,292 |122,856 | 8,008 | 7,639 |26,028 | 14,443 |   7,005 |   7,057 | 11,394 | 19,142 | 22,141
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1995 ..|262,761 |122,881 | 8,006 | 7,886 |26,256 | 14,770 |   7,122 |   7,079 | 10,967 | 18,954 | 21,839
1996 ..|265,179 |122,809 | 7,905 | 8,063 |26,487 | 15,149 |   7,320 |   7,120 | 10,442 | 18,993 | 21,328
1997 ..|267,636 |122,753 | 7,785 | 8,065 |26,883 | 15,429 |   7,468 |   7,248 | 10,263 | 18,869 | 20,741
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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, 1059, 1092, 1095; U.S. Population Estimates, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 1997, PPL-91R; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 1998.)


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