| Table B-2. Actual and projected prekindergarten- and kindergarten-age populations, by age: 1996 through 2021 |
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| [In thousands] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year (July 1) | 3- to 5-year-olds | 3-year-olds | 4-year-olds | 5-year-olds |
| Actual | ||||
| 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 | 11,691 | 3,821 | 3,902 | 3,968 |
| 2001 | 11,540 | 3,803 | 3,827 | 3,910 |
| 2002 | 11,454 | 3,804 | 3,813 | 3,837 |
| 2003 | 11,501 | 3,861 | 3,817 | 3,824 |
| 2004 | 11,714 | 4,008 | 3,877 | 3,830 |
| 2005 | 11,866 | 3,943 | 4,030 | 3,893 |
| 2006 | 11,987 | 3,966 | 3,971 | 4,051 |
| 2007 | 11,996 | 4,004 | 3,998 | 3,993 |
| 2008 | 12,058 | 3,992 | 4,041 | 4,024 |
| 2009 | 12,129 | 4,026 | 4,033 | 4,070 |
| 2010 | 12,280 | 4,134 | 4,076 | 4,070 |
| Projected | ||||
| 2011 | 12,371 | 4,169 | 4,106 | 4,095 |
| 2012 | 12,475 | 4,208 | 4,141 | 4,126 |
| 2013 | 12,591 | 4,250 | 4,180 | 4,161 |
| 2014 | 12,714 | 4,291 | 4,222 | 4,201 |
| 2015 | 12,836 | 4,331 | 4,263 | 4,242 |
| 2016 | 12,955 | 4,368 | 4,302 | 4,284 |
| 2017 | 13,066 | 4,403 | 4,339 | 4,324 |
| 2018 | 13,169 | 4,434 | 4,374 | 4,361 |
| 2019 | 13,265 | 4,464 | 4,405 | 4,396 |
| 2020 | 13,354 | 4,492 | 4,434 | 4,428 |
| 2021 | 13,438 | 4,518 | 4,462 | 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 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 16, 2011 from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/index.html; and 2008 National Population Projections, retrieved November 2, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/2008projections.html. (This table was prepared January 2012.) |
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