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Table 15. Estimates of resident population, by age group: July 1, 1970 to July 1, 2000
[In thousands]

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       | Total, | Total, |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |        |
 Year  |  all   |3 to 34 |3 and 4 |5 and 6 |7 to 13 |14 to 17|18 and 19|20 and 21|22 to 24|25 to 29|30 to 34
       |  ages  | years  | years  | years  | years  | years  |  years  |  years  | years  | years  | years
_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|________|________|________
   1   |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |    8    |    9    |   10   |   11   |   12
_______|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|________|________|________
1970 ..|203,984 |108,653 |  6,962 |  7,703 | 28,969 | 15,921 |   7,410 |   6,850 |  9,728 | 13,604 | 11,505
1971 ..|206,827 |110,482 |  6,805 |  7,344 | 28,892 | 16,326 |   7,644 |   7,106 | 10,596 | 13,927 | 11,842
1972 ..|209,284 |112,287 |  6,789 |  7,051 | 28,628 | 16,637 |   7,854 |   7,447 | 10,418 | 15,142 | 12,321
1973 ..|211,357 |113,954 |  6,938 |  6,888 | 28,159 | 16,864 |   8,044 |   7,658 | 10,615 | 15,694 | 13,094
1974 ..|213,342 |115,641 |  7,117 |  6,864 | 27,599 | 17,033 |   8,196 |   7,893 | 10,864 | 16,428 | 13,644
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1975 ..|215,465 |117,006 |  6,912 |  7,014 | 26,904 | 17,125 |   8,418 |   8,089 | 11,228 | 17,183 | 14,131
1976 ..|217,563 |118,073 |  6,437 |  7,194 | 26,321 | 17,117 |   8,604 |   8,240 | 11,554 | 18,177 | 14,428
1977 ..|219,760 |118,853 |  6,190 |  6,978 | 25,878 | 17,042 |   8,613 |   8,456 | 11,856 | 18,180 | 15,661
1978 ..|222,095 |119,414 |  6,208 |  6,499 | 25,593 | 16,944 |   8,617 |   8,628 | 12,120 | 18,585 | 16,218
1979 ..|224,567 |120,126 |  6,252 |  6,256 | 25,174 | 16,610 |   8,698 |   8,653 | 12,443 | 19,077 | 16,961
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1980 ..|227,225 |121,132 |  6,366 |  6,291 | 24,800 | 16,143 |   8,718 |   8,669 | 12,716 | 19,686 | 17,743
1981 ..|229,466 |121,999 |  6,535 |  6,315 | 24,396 | 15,609 |   8,582 |   8,759 | 12,903 | 20,169 | 18,731
1982 ..|231,664 |121,823 |  6,658 |  6,407 | 24,121 | 15,057 |   8,480 |   8,768 | 12,914 | 20,704 | 18,714
1983 ..|233,792 |122,302 |  6,877 |  6,572 | 23,709 | 14,740 |   8,290 |   8,652 | 12,981 | 21,414 | 19,067
1984 ..|235,825 |122,254 |  7,045 |  6,694 | 23,367 | 14,725 |   7,932 |   8,567 | 12,962 | 21,459 | 19,503
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1985 ..|237,924 |122,512 |  7,134 |  6,916 | 22,976 | 14,888 |   7,637 |   8,370 | 12,895 | 21,671 | 20,025
1986 ..|240,133 |122,688 |  7,187 |  7,086 | 22,992 | 14,824 |   7,483 |   8,024 | 12,720 | 21,893 | 20,479
1987 ..|242,289 |122,672 |  7,132 |  7,178 | 23,325 | 14,502 |   7,502 |   7,742 | 12,450 | 21,857 | 20,984
1988 ..|244,499 |122,713 |  7,176 |  7,238 | 23,791 | 14,023 |   7,701 |   7,606 | 12,048 | 21,739 | 21,391
1989 ..|246,819 |122,655 |  7,315 |  7,184 | 24,228 | 13,536 |   7,898 |   7,651 | 11,607 | 21,560 | 21,676
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1990 ..|249,464 |122,663 |  7,355 |  7,239 | 24,763 | 13,322 |   7,700 |   7,884 | 11,250 | 21,236 | 21,912
1991 ..|252,153 |122,569 |  7,425 |  7,370 | 25,100 | 13,452 |   7,196 |   8,019 | 11,137 | 20,713 | 22,157
1992 ..|255,030 |122,579 |  7,577 |  7,404 | 25,539 | 13,703 |   6,929 |   7,778 | 11,269 | 20,140 | 22,240
1993 ..|257,783 |122,740 |  7,832 |  7,485 | 25,898 | 13,989 |   6,955 |   7,308 | 11,477 | 19,570 | 22,227
1994 ..|260,327 |122,855 |  8,014 |  7,639 | 26,074 | 14,492 |   7,007 |   7,039 | 11,350 | 19,107 | 22,133
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1995 ..|262,803 |122,924 |  8,014 |  7,890 | 26,305 | 14,828 |   7,130 |   7,064 | 10,918 | 18,905 | 21,870
1996 ..|265,229 |122,816 |  7,911 |  8,070 | 26,534 | 15,213 |   7,335 |   7,112 | 10,396 | 18,933 | 21,313
1997 ..|267,784 |122,830 |  7,787 |  8,073 | 26,933 | 15,499 |   7,492 |   7,252 | 10,237 | 18,820 | 20,739
1998 ..|270,248 |122,830 |  7,696 |  7,972 | 27,424 | 15,518 |   7,798 |   7,451 | 10,227 | 18,575 | 20,168
1999 ..|272,691 |122,812 |  7,607 |  7,838 | 27,765 | 15,654 |   7,986 |   7,603 | 10,423 | 18,209 | 19,727
2000 ..|275,130 |122,952 |  7,569 |  7,740 | 28,013 | 15,725 |   8,067 |   7,907 | 10,567 | 17,817 | 19,547
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, Nos. 1000, 1022, 1045, 1057, 1059, 1092, 1095; U.S. Population Estimates, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1990 to 2000, PPL-91R; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2001.)


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