Table B-4. Actual and projected numbers for college-age populations, ages 18, 18 to 24, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, and 35 to 44: 1993 through 2018

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Table B-4. Actual and projected numbers for college-age populations, ages 18, 18 to 24, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, and 35 to 44: 1993 through 2018 [In thousands]

Year (July 1)	18-year-olds	18- to 24-year-olds	25- to 29-year-olds	30- to 34-year-olds	35- to 44-year-olds

Actual
1993	3,455	26,102	20,146	22,646	40,975
1994	3,428	25,821	19,809	22,648	41,877
1995	3,601	25,585	19,742	22,425	42,765
1996	3,650	25,376	19,927	21,996	43,605
1997	3,780	25,574	19,960	21,494	44,282
1998	3,984	26,155	19,863	20,999	44,802
1999	3,993	26,780	19,632	20,647	45,130
2000	4,075	27,387	19,353	20,577	45,232
2001	4,071	28,054	18,985	20,768	45,173
2002	4,027	28,537	18,956	20,849	44,835
2003	4,124	29,006	19,151	20,745	44,433
2004	4,120	29,303	19,544	20,468	44,111
2005	4,117	29,373	20,039	20,074	43,864
2006	4,179	29,468	20,665	19,665	43,636
2007	4,260	29,657	21,155	19,593	43,244
Projected
2008	4,436	30,026	21,561	19,772	42,697
2009	4,420	30,387	21,765	20,118	42,026
2010	4,347	30,610	21,832	20,560	41,518
2011	4,284	30,740	21,868	21,106	41,236
2012	4,203	30,791	21,944	21,550	41,135
2013	4,159	30,728	22,091	21,897	41,141
2014	4,113	30,537	22,344	22,098	41,176
2015	4,039	30,142	22,666	22,167	41,188
2016	4,022	29,749	22,940	22,209	41,339
2017	4,050	29,457	23,140	22,289	41,671
2018	4,103	29,280	23,205	22,442	42,168

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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.)

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