Table B-4. Actual and projected college-age populations, by selected ages: 1996 through 2021

Projections of Education Statistics to 2021

NCES 2013-008
January 2013

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Table B-4. Actual and projected college-age populations, by selected ages: 1996 through 2021

[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
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	4,082	27,390	19,328	20,560	45,217
2001	4,106	28,081	18,866	20,689	45,101
2002	4,087	28,598	18,752	20,705	44,706
2003	4,206	29,121	18,872	20,545	44,251
2004	4,218	29,474	19,193	20,220	43,881
2005	4,228	29,609	19,629	19,787	43,594
2006	4,303	29,758	20,200	19,343	43,325
2007	4,397	29,973	20,640	19,231	42,879
2008	4,590	30,355	21,003	19,365	42,275
2009	4,537	30,687	21,184	19,708	41,573
2010	4,489	30,865	21,259	20,157	41,067
Projected
2011	4,446	31,103	21,305	20,729	40,849
2012	4,386	31,268	21,401	21,193	40,815
2013	4,365	31,329	21,579	21,551	40,891
2014	4,343	31,275	21,869	21,760	40,998
2015	4,293	31,028	22,234	21,835	41,090
2016	4,297	30,786	22,561	21,888	41,317
2017	4,346	30,647	22,825	21,990	41,714
2018	4,395	30,599	22,964	22,173	42,267
2019	4,554	30,769	22,951	22,467	42,867
2020	4,561	30,967	22,778	22,836	43,440
2021	4,596	31,221	22,585	23,168	44,092

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 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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