Indicator 1: Number of Young Persons

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Table 1. Population, by age group: Various years, 1960 to 2002
Year	Total population, all ages	Total, 14 to 24 years old	14 to 17 years old	18 and 19 years old	20 and 21 years old	22 to 24 years old
	Number of persons, in thousands
1960	179,979	26,964	11,211	4,886	4,443	6,425
1965	193,526	33,999	14,146	6,450	5,503	7,902
1970	203,984	39,909	15,921	7,410	6,850	9,728
1975	215,465	44,860	17,125	8,418	8,089	11,228
1980	227,225	46,246	16,143	8,718	8,669	12,716
1985	237,924	43,790	14,888	7,637	8,370	12,895
1990	249,623	40,182	13,329	7,702	7,886	11,264
1991	252,981	39,933	13,491	7,208	8,029	11,205
1992	256,514	39,912	13,775	6,949	7,797	11,391
1993	259,919	40,071	14,096	6,985	7,333	11,657
1994	263,126	40,341	14,637	7,047	7,071	11,585
1995	266,278	40,495	15,013	7,182	7,103	11,197
1996	269,394	40,718	15,443	7,399	7,161	10,715
1997	272,647	41,248	15,769	7,569	7,309	10,601
1998	275,854	41,888	15,829	7,892	7,520	10,647
1999	279,040	42,692	16,007	8,094	7,683	10,908
2000	282,224	43,395	16,096	8,159	7,979	11,161
2001	285,318	44,052	16,204	8,137	8,230	11,481
2002	288,369	44,706	16,365	8,128	8,264	11,949
	Percent of total population
1960	100.0	15.0	6.2	2.7	2.5	3.6
1965	100.0	17.6	7.3	3.3	2.8	4.1
1970	100.0	19.6	7.8	3.6	3.4	4.8
1975	100.0	20.8	7.9	3.9	3.8	5.2
1980	100.0	20.4	7.1	3.8	3.8	5.6
1985	100.0	18.4	6.3	3.2	3.5	5.4
1990	100.0	16.1	5.3	3.1	3.2	4.5
1991	100.0	15.8	5.3	2.8	3.2	4.4
1992	100.0	15.6	5.4	2.7	3.0	4.4
1993	100.0	15.4	5.4	2.7	2.8	4.5
1994	100.0	15.3	5.6	2.7	2.7	4.4
1995	100.0	15.2	5.6	2.7	2.7	4.2
1996	100.0	15.1	5.7	2.7	2.7	4.0
1997	100.0	15.1	5.8	2.8	2.7	3.9
1998	100.0	15.2	5.7	2.9	2.7	3.9
1999	100.0	15.3	5.7	2.9	2.8	3.9
2000	100.0	15.4	5.7	2.9	2.8	4.0
2001	100.0	15.4	5.7	2.9	2.9	4.0
2002	100.0	15.5	5.7	2.8	2.9	4.1
NOTE: Data are for resident population as of July 1 of the indicated year. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Population Estimates and Projections, various years, and unpublished tabulations.

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