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Table 15. Estimates of resident population, by age group: July 1, 1970 to July 1, 2002 [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
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   1   |   2    |    3     |     4     |   5    |   6    |   7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |   11    |   12
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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
       |        |          |           |        |        |        |         |         |         |         |
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 ..|249,623 |  122,787 |     7,359 |  7,244 | 24,785 | 13,329 |   7,702 |   7,886 |  11,264 |  21,277 | 21,939
1991 ..|252,981 |  123,210 |     7,444 |  7,393 | 25,216 | 13,491 |   7,208 |   8,029 |  11,205 |  20,923 | 22,301
1992 ..|256,514 |  123,722 |     7,614 |  7,447 | 25,752 | 13,775 |   6,949 |   7,797 |  11,391 |  20,503 | 22,494
1993 ..|259,919 |  124,371 |     7,887 |  7,549 | 26,212 | 14,096 |   6,985 |   7,333 |  11,657 |  20,069 | 22,584
1994 ..|263,126 |  124,976 |     8,089 |  7,725 | 26,492 | 14,637 |   7,047 |   7,071 |  11,585 |  19,740 | 22,590
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1995 ..|266,278 |  125,478 |     8,107 |  8,000 | 26,825 | 15,013 |   7,182 |   7,103 |  11,197 |  19,680 | 22,372
1996 ..|269,394 |  125,924 |     8,022 |  8,206 | 27,168 | 15,443 |   7,399 |   7,161 |  10,715 |  19,864 | 21,945
1997 ..|272,647 |  126,422 |     7,915 |  8,232 | 27,683 | 15,769 |   7,569 |   7,309 |  10,601 |  19,899 | 21,446
1998 ..|275,854 |  126,939 |     7,841 |  8,152 | 28,302 | 15,829 |   7,892 |   7,520 |  10,647 |  19,804 | 20,953
1999 ..|279,040 |  127,446 |     7,772 |  8,041 | 28,763 | 16,007 |   8,094 |   7,683 |  10,908 |  19,575 | 20,603
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2000 ..|282,224 |  128,017 |     7,727 |  7,965 | 29,073 | 16,096 |   8,159 |   7,979 |  11,161 |  19,267 | 20,589
2001 ..|285,318 |  128,568 |     7,652 |  7,884 | 29,165 | 16,204 |   8,137 |   8,230 |  11,481 |  19,023 | 20,792
2002 ..|288,369 |  129,214 |     7,659 |  7,767 | 29,154 | 16,365 |   8,128 |   8,264 |  11,949 |  18,972 | 20,956
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NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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 previously unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2003.)


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