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Table B-2. Actual and projected numbers for preprimary school-age populations: 1993 through 2018 [In thousands]
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| Year (July 1) | 3- to 5-year-olds | 3-year-olds | 4-year-olds | 5-year-olds |
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| Actual | ||||
| 1993 | 11,692 | 3,989 | 3,898 | 3,805 |
| 1994 | 12,001 | 4,023 | 4,066 | 3,912 |
| 1995 | 12,188 | 4,004 | 4,103 | 4,081 |
| 1996 | 12,141 | 3,936 | 4,086 | 4,119 |
| 1997 | 12,019 | 3,894 | 4,021 | 4,104 |
| 1998 | 11,880 | 3,862 | 3,979 | 4,040 |
| 1999 | 11,768 | 3,827 | 3,946 | 3,996 |
| 2000 | 11,700 | 3,824 | 3,905 | 3,971 |
| 2001 | 11,577 | 3,815 | 3,839 | 3,923 |
| 2002 | 11,507 | 3,822 | 3,830 | 3,856 |
| 2003 | 11,560 | 3,881 | 3,834 | 3,845 |
| 2004 | 11,788 | 4,048 | 3,892 | 3,848 |
| 2005 | 11,971 | 4,005 | 4,060 | 3,906 |
| 2006 | 12,142 | 4,051 | 4,017 | 4,074 |
| 2007 | 12,206 | 4,111 | 4,063 | 4,032 |
| Projected | ||||
| 2008 | 12,321 | 4,120 | 4,123 | 4,077 |
| 2009 | 12,427 | 4,159 | 4,160 | 4,109 |
| 2010 | 12,542 | 4,199 | 4,199 | 4,145 |
| 2011 | 12,664 | 4,242 | 4,239 | 4,183 |
| 2012 | 12,791 | 4,286 | 4,282 | 4,223 |
| 2013 | 12,922 | 4,329 | 4,327 | 4,266 |
| 2014 | 13,048 | 4,368 | 4,370 | 4,311 |
| 2015 | 13,165 | 4,402 | 4,409 | 4,354 |
| 2016 | 13,268 | 4,431 | 4,444 | 4,393 |
| 2017 | 13,358 | 4,457 | 4,474 | 4,427 |
| 2018 | 13,436 | 4,480 | 4,500 | 4,457 |
| NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Projections are from the U.S. Census Bureau's middle series. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved October 27, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2006_nat_af.html; and Population Projections, retrieved October 29, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/. (This table was prepared November 2008.) |