| Table B-2. Actual and projected prekindergarten- and kindergarten-age populations, by age: 1995 through 2020 |
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| [In thousands] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year (July 1) | 3- to 5-year-olds | 3-year-olds | 4-year-olds | 5-year-olds |
| Actual | ||||
| 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 | 11,703 | 3,826 | 3,906 | 3,971 |
| 2001 | 11,601 | 3,828 | 3,847 | 3,926 |
| 2002 | 11,563 | 3,850 | 3,847 | 3,865 |
| 2003 | 11,657 | 3,928 | 3,867 | 3,863 |
| 2004 | 11,921 | 4,098 | 3,942 | 3,881 |
| 2005 | 12,122 | 4,052 | 4,113 | 3,957 |
| 2006 | 12,292 | 4,097 | 4,067 | 4,128 |
| 2007 | 12,356 | 4,159 | 4,113 | 4,084 |
| 2008 | 12,468 | 4,168 | 4,173 | 4,127 |
| 2009 | 12,590 | 4,224 | 4,181 | 4,186 |
| Projected | ||||
| 2010 | 12,779 | 4,349 | 4,236 | 4,193 |
| 2011 | 12,874 | 4,386 | 4,268 | 4,220 |
| 2012 | 12,983 | 4,428 | 4,304 | 4,251 |
| 2013 | 13,104 | 4,471 | 4,345 | 4,288 |
| 2014 | 13,231 | 4,515 | 4,388 | 4,328 |
| 2015 | 13,358 | 4,557 | 4,430 | 4,371 |
| 2016 | 13,481 | 4,596 | 4,471 | 4,414 |
| 2017 | 13,597 | 4,632 | 4,510 | 4,455 |
| 2018 | 13,705 | 4,665 | 4,546 | 4,494 |
| 2019 | 13,804 | 4,696 | 4,578 | 4,529 |
| 2020 | 13,896 | 4,725 | 4,609 | 4,562 |
| 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 2008 National Population Projections, ratio-adjusted to line up with the most recent historical estimate. | ||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved October 4, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/; and Population Projections, retrieved November 2, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/2008projections.html. (This table was prepared January 2011.) |
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