Table B-4. Actual and projected college-age populations, by selected ages: 1995 through 2020

Projections of Education Statistics to 2020

NCES 2011-026
September 2011

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Table B-4. Actual and projected college-age populations, by selected ages: 1995 through 2020

[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
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	4,078	27,391	19,343	20,566	45,217
2001	4,087	28,089	18,945	20,722	45,114
2002	4,052	28,606	18,891	20,763	44,729
2003	4,154	29,117	19,071	20,624	44,284
2004	4,150	29,458	19,458	20,320	43,920
2005	4,146	29,572	19,960	19,910	43,633
2006	4,205	29,696	20,601	19,490	43,361
2007	4,285	29,899	21,116	19,413	42,934
2008	4,459	30,251	21,542	19,576	42,324
2009	4,391	30,569	21,783	19,951	41,615
Projected
2010	4,332	30,729	21,888	20,432	41,107
2011	4,291	30,972	21,936	21,012	40,890
2012	4,233	31,147	22,034	21,482	40,856
2013	4,212	31,215	22,217	21,846	40,932
2014	4,191	31,166	22,515	22,058	41,039
2015	4,142	30,920	22,891	22,135	41,132
2016	4,147	30,677	23,227	22,188	41,358
2017	4,194	30,534	23,499	22,291	41,756
2018	4,241	30,481	23,642	22,477	42,310
2019	4,395	30,643	23,629	22,774	42,911
2020	4,402	30,833	23,451	23,149	43,485

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