Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 1
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Total
Persons, 14 to 24 14 to 17 18 and 19 20 and 21 22 to 24
Year all ages years old years old years old years old years old
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Number of persons, in thousands
1950 152,271 24,519 8,444 4,395 4,551 7,129
1955 165,931 24,215 9,248 4,254 4,189 6,525
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 227,255 46,246 16,143 8,718 8,669 12,716
1985 237,924 43,790 14,888 7,637 8,370 12,895
1986 240,133 43,051 14,824 7,483 8,024 12,720
1987 242,289 42,196 14,502 7,502 7,742 12,450
1988 244,499 41,378 14,023 7,701 7,606 12,048
1989 246,819 40,692 13,536 7,898 7,651 11,607
1990 249,402 40,137 13,310 7,693 7,883 11,251
1991 252,131 39,760 13,418 7,173 8,013 11,156
1992 255,028 39,593 13,653 6,889 7,756 11,295
1993 257,783 39,590 13,928 6,899 7,265 11,498
1994 260,341 39,690 14,427 6,937 6,972 11,354
Percentage of total population
1950 100.0 16.1 5.5 2.9 3.0 4.7
1955 100.0 14.6 5.6 2.6 2.5 3.9
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 20.3 7.1 3.8 3.8 5.6
1985 100.0 18.4 6.3 3.2 3.5 5.4
1986 100.0 17.9 6.2 3.1 3.3 5.3
1987 100.0 17.4 6.0 3.1 3.2 5.1
1988 100.0 16.9 5.7 3.1 3.1 4.9
1989 100.0 16.5 5.5 3.2 3.1 4.7
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 15.5 5.4 2.7 3.0 4.4
1993 100.0 15.4 5.4 2.7 2.8 4.5
1994 100.0 15.2 5.5 2.7 2.7 4.4
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NOTE: Data for 1960 and later years are for resident population as of July 1 of the indicated year. Data for 1950 and 1955 are for total U.S. population as of July 1, including Alaska, Hawaii, and armed forces overseas. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Population Estimates and Projections, nos. 311, 519, 917, 1000, 1022, and 1095; U.S. Population Estimates, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 1994, PPL-21.
[Glossary]
[Indicator 2. Population Projections of Young People]
