Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 2, Chart 1

Indicator 2. Number of Young Adults

Percent change in 0- to 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity and age: 1993 to 2000

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Population Projections of the United States, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1993 to 2050 and U.S. Population Estimates, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 1994, PPL-21.

The school-age population (ages 5 to 17) is expected to increase through the end of the century. Increasing numbers of minorities are expected in all age groups. The white non-Hispanic population will decrease by about 7 percent in the preschool age range and by about 3 percent in the college age range between 1993 and 2000. The population of Asians and American Indians in the high school age range is expected to increase even more rapidly than other minority groups.