Table 17.

Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2008

[In thousands]
State	Total, all ages								5- to 17-year-olds
	19701	19801	19901	20002	20052	20062	20072	20082	19701	19801	19901	20002	20052	20062	20072	20082
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
United States	203,302	226,546	248,765	282,172	295,561	298,363	301,290	304,060	52,540	47,407	45,178	53,169	53,077	53,158	53,129	52,936
Alabama	3,444	3,894	4,040	4,452	4,537	4,588	4,627	4,662	934	866	774	827	808	815	815	811
Alaska	303	402	550	627	669	676	681	686	88	92	117	143	135	133	131	128
Arizona	1,775	2,718	3,665	5,167	5,961	6,178	6,353	6,500	486	578	686	990	1,107	1,145	1,172	1,191
Arkansas	1,923	2,286	2,351	2,678	2,769	2,804	2,831	2,855	498	496	455	499	495	499	501	500
California	19,971	23,668	29,786	33,999	35,885	36,121	36,378	36,757	4,999	4,681	5,344	6,773	6,789	6,753	6,699	6,660
Colorado	2,210	2,890	3,294	4,328	4,663	4,751	4,843	4,939	589	592	607	807	819	829	840	849
Connecticut	3,032	3,108	3,287	3,412	3,479	3,488	3,490	3,501	768	638	520	619	619	614	607	601
Delaware	548	594	666	786	839	850	862	873	148	125	114	143	145	146	147	147
District of Columbia	757	638	607	572	582	585	588	592	164	109	80	82	80	79	78	76
Florida	6,791	9,746	12,938	16,047	17,702	18,019	18,200	18,328	1,609	1,789	2,011	2,708	2,865	2,897	2,889	2,864
Georgia	4,588	5,463	6,478	8,230	9,094	9,319	9,523	9,686	1,223	1,231	1,230	1,581	1,712	1,755	1,791	1,808
Hawaii	770	965	1,108	1,211	1,264	1,275	1,277	1,288	204	198	196	217	205	203	201	198
Idaho	713	944	1,007	1,299	1,424	1,461	1,496	1,524	200	213	228	272	278	283	288	291
Illinois	11,110	11,427	11,431	12,438	12,704	12,760	12,826	12,902	2,859	2,401	2,095	2,369	2,319	2,312	2,300	2,285
Indiana	5,195	5,490	5,544	6,091	6,249	6,294	6,336	6,377	1,386	1,200	1,056	1,152	1,143	1,147	1,146	1,142
Iowa	2,825	2,914	2,777	2,928	2,952	2,967	2,983	3,003	743	604	525	545	519	517	514	511
Kansas	2,249	2,364	2,478	2,693	2,742	2,756	2,777	2,802	573	468	472	525	503	500	500	498
Kentucky	3,221	3,661	3,687	4,049	4,166	4,199	4,236	4,269	844	800	703	729	720	724	723	723
Louisiana	3,645	4,206	4,222	4,469	4,496	4,244	4,373	4,411	1,041	969	891	901	840	776	797	797
Maine	994	1,125	1,228	1,277	1,311	1,313	1,315	1,316	260	243	223	231	216	212	208	203
Maryland	3,924	4,217	4,781	5,310	5,576	5,602	5,619	5,634	1,038	895	803	1,003	1,004	996	984	969
Massachusetts	5,689	5,737	6,016	6,363	6,434	6,443	6,468	6,498	1,407	1,153	940	1,104	1,075	1,065	1,055	1,043
Michigan	8,882	9,262	9,295	9,955	10,093	10,084	10,050	10,003	2,450	2,067	1,754	1,924	1,862	1,840	1,810	1,765
Minnesota	3,806	4,076	4,376	4,934	5,105	5,143	5,182	5,220	1,051	865	829	959	917	912	904	896
Mississippi	2,217	2,521	2,575	2,848	2,898	2,897	2,921	2,939	635	599	550	571	552	550	549	546
Missouri	4,678	4,917	5,117	5,606	5,785	5,833	5,878	5,912	1,183	1,008	944	1,058	1,035	1,035	1,031	1,022
Montana	694	787	799	903	935	945	957	967	197	167	163	175	162	161	160	159
Nebraska	1,485	1,570	1,578	1,713	1,751	1,760	1,769	1,783	389	324	309	333	317	316	315	315
Nevada	489	800	1,202	2,018	2,402	2,484	2,554	2,600	127	160	204	369	436	451	464	469
New Hampshire	738	921	1,109	1,240	1,301	1,309	1,312	1,316	189	196	194	234	229	226	222	218
New Jersey	7,171	7,365	7,748	8,431	8,635	8,640	8,653	8,683	1,797	1,528	1,269	1,524	1,531	1,518	1,504	1,490
New Mexico	1,017	1,303	1,515	1,821	1,913	1,938	1,964	1,984	311	303	320	377	357	356	355	354
New York	18,241	17,558	17,991	18,998	19,336	19,367	19,429	19,490	4,358	3,552	3,000	3,447	3,328	3,292	3,249	3,200
North Carolina	5,084	5,882	6,632	8,079	8,661	8,845	9,042	9,222	1,323	1,254	1,147	1,427	1,510	1,541	1,574	1,591
North Dakota	618	653	639	641	635	636	638	641	175	136	127	121	107	104	103	101
Ohio	10,657	10,798	10,847	11,364	11,451	11,458	11,478	11,486	2,820	2,307	2,012	2,132	2,051	2,036	2,014	1,987
Oklahoma	2,559	3,025	3,146	3,454	3,530	3,568	3,608	3,642	640	622	609	656	631	635	639	639
Oregon	2,092	2,633	2,842	3,431	3,622	3,681	3,736	3,790	534	525	521	624	620	624	624	624
Pennsylvania	11,801	11,864	11,883	12,285	12,352	12,388	12,420	12,448	2,925	2,376	1,996	2,192	2,094	2,077	2,053	2,025
Rhode Island	950	947	1,003	1,051	1,064	1,059	1,053	1,051	225	186	159	184	178	175	171	168
South Carolina	2,591	3,122	3,486	4,023	4,249	4,325	4,405	4,480	720	703	662	746	751	758	762	763
South Dakota	666	691	696	756	779	787	796	804	187	147	144	151	142	141	140	140
Tennessee	3,926	4,591	4,877	5,703	5,983	6,068	6,149	6,215	1,002	972	882	1,024	1,043	1,057	1,060	1,062
Texas	11,199	14,229	16,986	20,946	22,811	23,368	23,843	24,327	3,002	3,137	3,437	4,275	4,432	4,543	4,623	4,698
Utah	1,059	1,461	1,723	2,244	2,501	2,585	2,669	2,736	312	350	457	511	532	549	567	581
Vermont	445	511	563	610	619	620	621	621	118	109	102	114	103	101	99	96
Virginia	4,651	5,347	6,189	7,104	7,547	7,628	7,699	7,769	1,197	1,114	1,060	1,278	1,302	1,304	1,304	1,301
Washington	3,413	4,132	4,867	5,911	6,255	6,361	6,450	6,549	881	826	893	1,121	1,108	1,111	1,111	1,108
West Virginia	1,744	1,950	1,793	1,807	1,804	1,807	1,810	1,814	442	414	337	300	283	283	282	281
Wisconsin	4,418	4,706	4,892	5,374	5,539	5,569	5,599	5,628	1,203	1,011	927	1,027	979	972	963	952
Wyoming	332	470	454	494	506	513	523	533	92	101	101	98	89	88	89	90

1 As of April 1.

2 Estimates as of July 1.

NOTE: Resident population includes civilian population and armed forces personnel residing within the United States and within each state; it excludes armed forces personnel residing overseas. 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, No. 1095; CPH-L-74 (1990 data); and 2000 through 2008 Population Estimates, retrieved September 23, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/popest/datasets.html. (This table was prepared September 2009.)