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                      | Fall 1982 | Fall 1983 | Fall 1984 | Fall 1985 | Fall 1986 | Fall 1987 | Fall 1988 | Fall 1989 | Fall 1990 | Fall 1991 | Fall 1992 | Fall 1993 |              Fall 1994             |              Fall 1995            |                    Fall 1996               |  Estimated
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   United States .....|39,565,610 |39,252,308 |39,208,252 |39,421,961 |39,753,172 |40,008,213 |40,188,690 |40,542,707 |41,216,683 |42,046,878 |42,823,312 |43,464,916 |44,111,482 |31,898,249 | 12,213,233 |44,840,481 |32,340,501 |12,499,980 |   45,592,213 |   32,758,548 |   12,833,665 |   45,953,018
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Alabama ..............|   724,037 |   721,901 |   712,586 |   730,460 |   733,735 |   729,234 |   724,751 |   723,743 |   721,806 |   722,004 |   731,634 |   734,288 |   736,531 |   535,246 |    201,285 |   746,149 |   539,309 |   206,840 |      748,156 |      540,176 |      207,980 |      738,473
Alaska\3\ ............|    89,413 |    98,206 |   104,599 |   107,345 |   107,848 |   106,869 |   106,481 |   109,280 |   113,903 |   118,680 |   122,487 |   125,948 |   127,057 |    93,719 |     33,338 |   127,618 |    93,434 |    34,184 |      129,919 |       94,362 |       35,557 |      132,258
Arizona ..............|   510,296 |   506,682 |   530,062 |   548,252 |   534,538 |   572,421 |   574,890 |   607,615 |   639,853 |   656,980 |   673,477 |   709,453 |   737,424 |   542,904 |    194,520 |   743,566 |   548,526 |   195,040 |      799,250 |      588,409 |      210,841 |\4\   859,104
Arkansas .............|   432,565 |   432,120 |   432,668 |   433,410 |   437,438 |   437,036 |   436,387 |   434,960 |   436,286 |   438,518 |   441,490 |   444,271 |   447,565 |   319,282 |    128,283 |   453,257 |   322,440 |   130,817 |      457,349 |      324,448 |      132,901 |\4\   461,478
California ...........| 4,065,486 | 4,089,017 | 4,151,110 | 4,255,554 | 4,377,989 | 4,488,398 | 4,618,120 | 4,771,978 | 4,950,474 | 5,107,145 | 5,254,844 | 5,327,231 | 5,407,475 | 3,955,868 |  1,451,607 | 5,536,406 | 4,041,224 | 1,495,182 |    5,687,901 |    4,131,084 |    1,556,817 |    5,640,269
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Colorado .............|   545,209 |   542,196 |   545,427 |   550,642 |   558,415 |   560,236 |   560,081 |   562,755 |   574,213 |   593,030 |   612,635 |   625,062 |   640,521 |   469,755 |    170,766 |   656,279 |   478,881 |   177,398 |      673,438 |      487,304 |      186,134 |      688,438
Connecticut\5\ .......|   486,470 |   477,585 |   468,145 |   462,026 |   468,847 |   465,465 |   460,637 |   461,560 |   469,123 |   481,050 |   488,476 |   496,298 |   506,824 |   375,638 |    131,186 |   517,935 |   384,274 |   133,661 |      527,129 |      389,374 |      137,755 |      535,000
Delaware .............|    92,646 |    91,406 |    91,767 |    92,901 |    94,410 |    95,659 |    96,678 |    97,808 |    99,658 |   102,196 |   104,321 |   105,547 |   106,813 |    76,819 |     29,994 |   108,461 |    77,028 |    31,433 |      110,549 |       77,981 |       32,568 |\6\   111,960
District of Columbia .|    91,105 |    88,843 |    87,397 |    87,092 |    85,612 |    86,435 |    84,792 |    81,301 |    80,694 |    80,618 |    80,937 |    80,678 |    80,450 |    62,126 |     18,324 |    79,802 |    61,836 |    17,966 |       78,648 |       61,138 |       17,510 |\4\    77,511
Florida ..............| 1,484,734 | 1,495,543 | 1,524,107 | 1,562,283 | 1,607,320 | 1,664,774 | 1,720,930 | 1,789,925 | 1,861,592 | 1,932,131 | 1,981,407 | 2,040,763 | 2,111,188 | 1,569,666 |    541,522 | 2,176,222 | 1,613,510 |   562,712 |    2,242,212 |    1,653,162 |      589,050 |\6\ 2,291,681
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Georgia ..............| 1,053,689 | 1,050,859 | 1,062,315 | 1,079,594 | 1,096,425 | 1,110,947 | 1,107,994 | 1,126,535 | 1,151,687 | 1,177,569 | 1,207,186 | 1,235,304 | 1,270,948 |   934,650 |    336,298 | 1,311,126 |   965,707 |   345,419 |    1,346,761 |      990,850 |      355,911 |    1,375,918
Hawaii ...............|   162,024 |   162,241 |   163,860 |   164,169 |   164,640 |   166,160 |   167,488 |   169,493 |   171,708 |   174,747 |   177,448 |   180,410 |   183,795 |   133,675 |     50,120 |   187,180 |   135,671 |    51,509 |      187,653 |      136,184 |       51,469 |\6\   189,281
Idaho ................|   202,973 |   206,352 |   208,080 |   208,669 |   208,391 |   212,444 |   214,615 |   214,932 |   220,840 |   225,680 |   231,668 |   236,774 |   240,448 |   168,887 |     71,561 |   243,097 |   169,556 |    73,541 |      245,252 |      169,419 |       75,833 |      250,300
Illinois .............| 1,880,289 | 1,853,316 | 1,834,355 | 1,826,478 | 1,825,185 | 1,811,446 | 1,794,916 | 1,797,355 | 1,821,407 | 1,848,166 | 1,873,567 | 1,893,078 | 1,916,172 | 1,368,041 |    548,131 | 1,943,623 | 1,390,475 |   553,148 |    1,973,040 |    1,412,176 |      560,864 |    2,000,550
Indiana...............|   999,542 |   984,384 |   972,659 |   966,106 |   966,780 |   964,129 |   960,994 |   954,165 |   954,525 |   956,988 |   960,630 |   965,633 |   969,022 |   678,970 |    290,052 |   977,263 |   684,348 |   292,915 |      983,415 |      689,578 |      293,837 |      988,750
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Iowa .................|   504,983 |   497,287 |   491,011 |   485,332 |   481,286 |   480,826 |   478,200 |   478,486 |   483,652 |   491,363 |   494,839 |   498,519 |   500,440 |   345,865 |    154,575 |   502,343 |   343,997 |   158,346 |      502,941 |      341,630 |      161,311 |      503,540
Kansas ...............|   407,074 |   405,222 |   405,347 |   410,229 |   416,091 |   421,112 |   426,596 |   430,864 |   437,034 |   445,390 |   451,536 |   457,614 |   460,838 |   329,211 |    131,627 |   463,008 |   328,701 |   134,307 |      466,293 |      328,023 |      138,270 |      469,740
Kentucky .............|   651,084 |   647,414 |   644,421 |   643,833 |   642,778 |   642,696 |   637,627 |   630,688 |   636,401 |   646,024 |   655,041 |   655,265 |   657,642 |   467,005 |    190,637 |   659,821 |   468,242 |   191,579 |      656,089 |      466,177 |      189,912 |      639,579
Louisiana ............|   784,027 |   800,193 |   800,941 |   788,349 |   795,188 |   793,093 |   786,683 |   783,025 |   784,757 |   794,128 |   797,985 |   800,560 |   797,933 |   583,892 |    214,041 |   797,366 |   580,348 |   217,018 |      793,296 |      575,318 |      217,978 |\6\   780,758
Maine ................|   211,986 |   209,753 |   207,537 |   206,101 |   211,752 |   211,817 |   212,902 |   213,775 |   215,149 |   216,400 |   216,453 |   216,995 |   212,601 |   155,903 |     56,698 |   213,569 |   156,016 |    57,553 |      213,593 |      155,611 |       57,982 |      217,081
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Maryland .............|   699,201 |   683,491 |   673,840 |   671,560 |   675,747 |   683,797 |   688,947 |   698,806 |   715,176 |   736,238 |   751,850 |   772,638 |   790,938 |   580,903 |    210,035 |   805,544 |   590,155 |   215,389 |      818,583 |      596,643 |      221,940 |      833,489
Massachusetts ........|   908,984 |   878,844 |   859,391 |   844,330 |   833,918 |   825,320 |   823,428 |   825,588 |   834,314 |   846,155 |   859,948 |   877,726 |   893,727 |   658,507 |    235,220 |   915,007 |   674,588 |   240,419 |      933,898 |      687,693 |      246,205 |      954,335
Michigan .............| 1,674,697 | 1,635,963 | 1,609,448 | 1,602,747 | 1,597,154 | 1,589,287 | 1,582,785 | 1,576,785 | 1,584,431 | 1,593,561 | 1,603,610 | 1,599,377 | 1,614,784 | 1,170,251 |    444,533 | 1,641,456 | 1,191,671 |   449,785 |    1,684,386 |    1,221,755 |      462,631 |    1,728,500
Minnesota ............|   715,190 |   705,236 |   701,697 |   705,140 |   711,134 |   721,481 |   726,950 |   739,553 |   756,374 |   773,571 |   793,724 |   810,233 |   821,693 |   581,426 |    240,267 |   835,166 |   586,080 |   249,086 |      847,204 |      588,752 |      258,452 |      845,700
Mississippi ..........|   468,294 |   467,744 |   466,058 |   471,195 |   498,639 |   505,550 |   503,326 |   502,020 |   502,417 |   504,127 |   506,668 |   505,907 |   505,962 |   366,846 |    139,116 |   506,272 |   366,186 |   140,086 |      503,967 |      363,864 |      140,103 |      504,995
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Missouri..............|   802,535 |   795,453 |   793,793 |   795,107 |   800,606 |   802,060 |   806,639 |   807,934 |   816,558 |   842,965 |   859,357 |   866,378 |   878,541 |   628,286 |    250,255 |   889,881 |   635,771 |   254,110 |      900,042 |      643,053 |      256,989 |\4\   910,319
Montana ..............|   152,335 |   153,646 |   154,412 |   153,869 |   153,327 |   152,207 |   152,191 |   151,265 |   152,974 |   155,779 |   160,011 |   163,009 |   164,341 |   116,748 |     47,593 |   165,547 |   116,403 |    49,144 |      164,627 |      114,672 |       49,955 |      163,999
Nebraska .............|   269,009 |   266,998 |   265,599 |   265,819 |   267,139 |   268,100 |   269,434 |   270,920 |   274,081 |   279,552 |   282,414 |   285,097 |   287,100 |   203,055 |     84,045 |   289,744 |   203,022 |    86,722 |      291,967 |      202,846 |       89,121 |      292,681
Nevada ...............|   151,104 |   150,442 |   151,633 |   154,948 |   161,239 |   168,353 |   176,474 |   186,834 |   201,316 |   211,810 |   222,974 |   235,800 |   250,747 |   185,336 |     65,411 |   265,041 |   195,892 |    69,149 |      282,131 |      207,724 |       74,407 |\6\   296,621
New Hampshire ........|   160,197 |   159,030 |   158,614 |   160,974 |   163,717 |   166,045 |   169,413 |   171,696 |   172,785 |   177,138 |   181,247 |   185,360 |   189,319 |   138,851 |     50,468 |   194,171 |   141,721 |    52,450 |      198,308 |      143,880 |       54,428 |\6\   196,647
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New Jersey ...........| 1,172,520 | 1,147,841 | 1,129,223 | 1,116,194 | 1,107,467 | 1,092,982 | 1,080,871 | 1,076,005 | 1,089,646 | 1,109,796 | 1,130,560 | 1,151,307 | 1,174,206 |   862,331 |    311,875 | 1,197,381 |   880,350 |   317,031 |\4\ 1,208,179 |\4\   884,389 |\4\   323,790 |\4\ 1,231,059
New Mexico ...........|   268,632 |   269,711 |   272,478 |   277,551 |   281,943 |   287,229 |   292,425 |   296,057 |   301,881 |   308,667 |   315,668 |   322,292 |   327,248 |   229,168 |     98,080 |   329,640 |   229,239 |   100,401 |      332,632 |      230,012 |      102,620 |\6\   316,754
New York .............| 2,718,678 | 2,674,818 | 2,645,811 | 2,621,378 | 2,607,719 | 2,594,070 | 2,573,715 | 2,565,841 | 2,598,337 | 2,643,993 | 2,689,686 | 2,733,813 | 2,766,208 | 1,949,245 |    816,963 | 2,813,230 | 1,980,208 |   833,022 |    2,843,131 |    2,000,001 |      843,130 |    2,831,900
North Carolina .......| 1,096,815 | 1,089,606 | 1,088,724 | 1,086,165 | 1,085,248 | 1,085,976 | 1,083,156 | 1,080,744 | 1,086,871 | 1,097,598 | 1,114,083 | 1,133,231 | 1,156,767 |   847,463 |    309,304 | 1,183,090 |   871,320 |   311,770 |    1,210,108 |      886,153 |      323,955 |\6\ 1,226,293
North Dakota .........|   117,078 |   117,213 |   118,711 |   118,570 |   118,703 |   119,004 |   118,809 |   117,816 |   117,825 |   118,376 |   118,734 |   119,127 |   119,288 |    83,419 |     35,869 |   119,100 |    82,333 |    36,767 |      120,123 |       82,171 |       37,952 |      116,813
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Ohio .................| 1,860,245 | 1,827,300 | 1,805,440 | 1,793,965 | 1,793,508 | 1,793,431 | 1,778,544 | 1,764,410 | 1,771,089 | 1,783,767 | 1,795,199 | 1,807,319 | 1,814,290 | 1,295,289 |    519,001 | 1,836,015 | 1,297,313 |   538,702 |    1,844,389 |    1,298,719 |      545,670 |    1,845,000
Oklahoma .............|   593,825 |   591,389 |   589,690 |   592,327 |   593,183 |   584,212 |   580,426 |   578,580 |   579,087 |   588,263 |   597,096 |   604,076 |   609,718 |   442,607 |    167,111 |   616,393 |   445,780 |   170,613 |      620,695 |      445,496 |      175,199 |      625,011
Oregon ...............|   448,184 |   447,109 |   446,884 |   447,527 |   449,307 |   455,895 |   461,752 |   472,394 |   472,394 |   498,614 |   510,122 |   516,611 |   521,945 |   371,967 |    149,978 |   527,914 |   375,966 |   151,948 |      537,854 |      380,239 |      157,615 |\6\   540,584
Pennsylvania .........| 1,783,969 | 1,737,952 | 1,701,880 | 1,683,221 | 1,674,161 | 1,668,542 | 1,659,714 | 1,655,279 | 1,667,834 | 1,692,797 | 1,717,613 | 1,744,082 | 1,764,946 | 1,243,983 |    520,963 | 1,787,533 | 1,256,621 |   530,912 |    1,804,256 |    1,263,576 |      540,680 |    1,812,880
Rhode Island .........|   139,959 |   136,412 |   134,610 |   133,949 |   134,690 |   134,800 |   133,585 |   135,729 |   138,813 |   142,144 |   143,798 |   145,676 |   147,487 |   107,913 |     39,574 |   149,799 |   109,815 |    39,984 |      151,324 |      110,476 |       40,848 |      152,042
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South Carolina .......|   608,518 |   604,553 |   602,718 |   606,643 |   611,629 |   614,921 |   615,774 |   616,177 |   622,112 |   627,470 |   640,464 |   643,696 |   648,725 |   468,850 |    179,875 |   645,586 |   463,305 |   182,281 |      653,011 |      467,885 |      185,126 |      647,430
South Dakota .........|   123,897 |   123,060 |   123,314 |   124,291 |   125,458 |   126,817 |   126,910 |   127,329 |   129,164 |   131,576 |   134,573 |   142,825 |   143,482 |   101,805 |     41,677 |   144,685 |   101,491 |    43,194 |      143,331 |       99,160 |       44,171 |      141,390
Tennessee ............|   828,264 |   822,057 |   817,212 |   813,753 |   818,073 |   823,783 |   821,580 |   819,660 |   824,595 |   833,651 |   855,231 |   866,557 |   881,425 |   640,604 |    240,821 |   893,770 |   650,601 |   243,169 |      905,089 |      657,541 |      247,548 |      905,860
Texas ................| 2,985,659 | 2,989,796 | 3,040,305 | 3,131,705 | 3,209,515 | 3,236,787 | 3,283,707 | 3,328,514 | 3,382,887 | 3,464,371 | 3,541,769 | 3,608,262 | 3,677,171 | 2,720,623 |    956,548 | 3,748,167 | 2,757,273 |   990,894 |    3,828,975 |    2,800,017 |    1,028,958 |    3,905,256
Utah .................|   370,183 |   378,208 |   390,141 |   403,305 |   415,994 |   423,386 |   431,119 |   438,554 |   446,652 |   456,430 |   463,870 |   471,365 |   474,675 |   328,482 |    146,193 |   477,121 |   327,790 |   149,331 |      481,812 |      327,981 |      153,831 |      479,150
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Vermont ..............|    91,454 |    90,416 |    90,089 |    90,157 |    92,112 |    92,755 |    93,381 |    94,779 |    95,762 |    97,137 |    98,558 |   102,755 |   104,533 |    75,590 |     28,943 |   105,565 |    75,227 |    30,338 |      106,341 |       76,076 |       30,265 |      105,687
Virginia .............|   975,727 |   966,110 |   965,222 |   968,104 |   975,135 |   979,417 |   982,393 |   985,346 |   998,601 | 1,016,204 | 1,031,925 | 1,045,471 | 1,060,809 |   774,319 |    286,490 | 1,079,854 |   787,945 |   291,909 |    1,096,093 |      796,302 |      299,791 |\6\ 1,110,815
Washington ...........|   739,215 |   736,239 |   741,177 |   749,706 |   761,428 |   775,755 |   790,918 |   810,232 |   839,709 |   869,327 |   896,475 |   915,952 |   938,314 |   673,107 |    265,207 |   956,572 |   680,009 |   276,563 |      974,504 |      687,445 |      287,059 |\6\   991,235
West Virginia.........|   375,115 |   371,251 |   362,941 |   357,923 |   351,837 |   344,236 |   335,912 |   327,540 |   322,389 |   320,249 |   318,296 |   314,383 |   310,511 |   212,808 |     97,703 |   307,112 |   211,008 |    96,104 |      304,052 |      208,970 |       95,082 |\6\   300,737
Wisconsin ............|   784,830 |   774,646 |   767,542 |   768,234 |   767,819 |   772,363 |   774,857 |   782,905 |   797,621 |   814,671 |   829,415 |   844,001 |   860,581 |   601,215 |    259,366 |   870,175 |   602,964 |   267,211 |      879,259 |      605,322 |      273,937 |      891,588
Wyoming ..............|   101,665 |    99,254 |   101,261 |   102,779 |   100,955 |    98,455 |    97,793 |    97,172 |    98,226 |   102,074 |   100,313 |   100,899 |   100,314 |    70,130 |     30,184 |    99,859 |    68,931 |    30,928 |       99,058 |       67,331 |       31,727 |\6\    96,579
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American Samoa .......|       --- |    10,124 |       --- |       --- |    11,055 |    11,248 |    11,764 |    12,258 |    12,463 |    13,365 |    13,994 |    14,484 |    14,445 |    11,054 |      3,391 |    14,576 |    11,207 |     3,369 |       14,766 |       11,346 |        3,420 |\6\    15,220
Guam .................|    25,676 |    26,249 |       --- |    26,043 |    25,676 |    25,936 |    26,041 |    26,493 |    26,391 |    28,334 |    30,077 |    30,920 |    32,185 |    24,189 |      7,996 |    32,960 |    24,877 |     8,083 |       33,393 |       25,217 |        8,176 |       32,923
Northern Marianas ....|       --- |     4,499 |     4,841 |       --- |       --- |     5,819 |     6,079 |     6,101 |     6,449 |     7,096 |     8,086 |     8,188 |     8,429 |     6,559 |      1,870 |     8,809 |     6,825 |     1,984 |        9,041 |        7,077 |        1,964 |\6\     9,246
Puerto Rico ..........|   708,794 |   701,925 |   692,923 |   686,914 |   679,489 |   672,837 |   661,693 |   651,225 |   644,734 |   642,392 |   637,034 |   631,460 |   621,121 |   455,653 |    165,468 |   627,620 |   460,585 |   167,035 |      618,861 |      454,132 |      164,729 |      617,157
Virgin Islands .......|    25,699 |    26,126 |    26,122 |    25,448 |    24,435 |    24,020 |    23,492 |    21,193 |    21,750 |    22,346 |    22,887 |    22,752 |    23,126 |    16,659 |      6,467 |    22,737 |    16,342 |     6,395 |       22,385 |       15,703 |        6,682 |       21,714
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