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Table 22. Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2009
[In thousands]
State Total, all ages 5- to 17-year-olds
19701 19801 19901 20002 20052 20072 20082 20092 19701 19801 19901 20002 20052 20072 20082 20092
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States 203,302 226,546 248,765 282,172 295,753 301,580 304,375 307,007 52,540 47,407 45,178 53,182 53,265 53,419 53,277 53,249
Alabama 3,444 3,894 4,040 4,452 4,545 4,638 4,677 4,709 934 866 774 827 811 819 816 814
Alaska 303 402 550 627 669 682 688 698 88 92 117 143 135 131 128 129
Arizona 1,775 2,718 3,665 5,167 5,975 6,362 6,499 6,596 486 578 686 991 1,111 1,180 1,201 1,214
Arkansas 1,923 2,286 2,351 2,678 2,776 2,842 2,868 2,889 498 496 455 499 497 504 504 505
California 19,971 23,668 29,786 33,995 35,795 36,226 36,580 36,962 4,999 4,681 5,344 6,775 6,809 6,732 6,699 6,682
                                 
Colorado 2,210 2,890 3,294 4,328 4,661 4,842 4,935 5,025 589 592 607 808 821 843 852 863
Connecticut 3,032 3,108 3,287 3,412 3,477 3,489 3,503 3,518 768 638 520 619 620 609 603 598
Delaware 548 594 666 786 840 865 876 885 148 125 114 143 146 147 147 147
District of Columbia 757 638 607 572 582 586 590 600 164 109 80 82 80 78 76 77
Florida 6,791 9,746 12,938 16,047 17,784 18,278 18,424 18,538 1,609 1,789 2,011 2,708 2,889 2,926 2,907 2,892
                                 
Georgia 4,588 5,463 6,478 8,230 9,097 9,534 9,698 9,829 1,223 1,231 1,230 1,581 1,717 1,798 1,816 1,833
Hawaii 770 965 1,108 1,212 1,266 1,277 1,287 1,295 204 198 196 217 207 204 202 201
Idaho 713 944 1,007 1,300 1,426 1,499 1,528 1,546 200 213 228 272 279 289 292 294
Illinois 11,110 11,427 11,431 12,438 12,674 12,779 12,843 12,910 2,859 2,401 2,095 2,369 2,322 2,305 2,291 2,283
Indiana 5,195 5,490 5,544 6,092 6,253 6,346 6,388 6,423 1,386 1,200 1,056 1,152 1,145 1,150 1,146 1,144
                                 
Iowa 2,825 2,914 2,777 2,928 2,949 2,979 2,994 3,008 743 604 525 545 519 514 511 509
Kansas 2,249 2,364 2,478 2,693 2,742 2,776 2,797 2,819 573 468 472 525 503 501 498 500
Kentucky 3,221 3,661 3,687 4,049 4,182 4,256 4,288 4,314 844 800 703 729 723 727 728 726
Louisiana 3,645 4,206 4,222 4,469 4,498 4,376 4,452 4,492 1,041 969 891 901 841 798 804 804
Maine 994 1,125 1,228 1,277 1,312 1,317 1,320 1,318 260 243 223 231 216 209 204 200
                                 
Maryland 3,924 4,217 4,781 5,311 5,583 5,634 5,659 5,699 1,038 895 803 1,004 1,008 991 978 971
Massachusetts 5,689 5,737 6,016 6,363 6,453 6,499 6,544 6,594 1,407 1,153 940 1,104 1,081 1,064 1,054 1,047
Michigan 8,882 9,262 9,295 9,955 10,091 10,051 10,002 9,970 2,450 2,067 1,754 1,924 1,865 1,814 1,770 1,734
Minnesota 3,806 4,076 4,376 4,934 5,107 5,191 5,231 5,266 1,051 865 829 959 919 907 900 897
Mississippi 2,217 2,521 2,575 2,848 2,900 2,922 2,940 2,952 635 599 550 571 553 550 546 545
                                 
Missouri 4,678 4,917 5,117 5,606 5,807 5,910 5,956 5,988 1,183 1,008 944 1,058 1,040 1,039 1,033 1,028
Montana 694 787 799 903 935 957 968 975 197 167 163 175 162 160 159 157
Nebraska 1,485 1,570 1,578 1,713 1,752 1,770 1,782 1,797 389 324 309 333 318 316 316 317
Nevada 489 800 1,202 2,018 2,409 2,568 2,616 2,643 127 160 204 369 439 468 474 477
New Hampshire 738 921 1,109 1,240 1,301 1,317 1,322 1,325 189 196 194 234 229 223 218 214
                                 
New Jersey 7,171 7,365 7,748 8,431 8,622 8,636 8,663 8,708 1,797 1,528 1,269 1,524 1,535 1,509 1,496 1,491
New Mexico 1,017 1,303 1,515 1,821 1,917 1,969 1,987 2,010 311 303 320 377 358 357 357 358
New York 18,241 17,558 17,991 18,998 19,331 19,423 19,468 19,541 4,358 3,552 3,000 3,448 3,352 3,283 3,233 3,201
North Carolina 5,084 5,882 6,632 8,079 8,669 9,064 9,247 9,381 1,323 1,254 1,147 1,427 1,515 1,581 1,599 1,613
North Dakota 618 653 639 641 635 638 641 647 175 136 127 121 107 103 101 101
                                 
Ohio 10,657 10,798 10,847 11,364 11,475 11,521 11,528 11,543 2,820 2,307 2,012 2,132 2,058 2,025 1,997 1,975
Oklahoma 2,559 3,025 3,146 3,454 3,533 3,612 3,644 3,687 640 622 609 656 633 641 642 647
Oregon 2,092 2,633 2,842 3,431 3,618 3,733 3,783 3,826 534 525 521 624 621 626 626 625
Pennsylvania 11,801 11,864 11,883 12,286 12,418 12,523 12,566 12,605 2,925 2,376 1,996 2,192 2,109 2,075 2,050 2,028
Rhode Island 950 947 1,003 1,051 1,065 1,055 1,054 1,053 225 186 159 184 179 172 169 167
                                 
South Carolina 2,591 3,122 3,486 4,024 4,256 4,424 4,503 4,561 720 703 662 746 753 766 767 770
South Dakota 666 691 696 756 780 797 805 812 187 147 144 152 142 141 140 140
Tennessee 3,926 4,591 4,877 5,703 5,996 6,173 6,240 6,296 1,002 972 882 1,025 1,048 1,066 1,069 1,068
Texas 11,199 14,229 16,986 20,946 22,802 23,838 24,304 24,782 3,002 3,137 3,437 4,277 4,446 4,646 4,726 4,822
Utah 1,059 1,461 1,723 2,244 2,500 2,664 2,727 2,785 312 350 457 511 533 568 582 595
                                 
Vermont 445 511 563 610 619 620 621 622 118 109 102 114 103 98 96 94
Virginia 4,651 5,347 6,189 7,105 7,564 7,720 7,795 7,883 1,197 1,114 1,060 1,279 1,307 1,312 1,310 1,314
Washington 3,413 4,132 4,867 5,911 6,261 6,465 6,566 6,664 881 826 893 1,121 1,112 1,117 1,116 1,119
West Virginia 1,744 1,950 1,793 1,807 1,804 1,811 1,815 1,820 442 414 337 300 283 282 281 280
Wisconsin 4,418 4,706 4,892 5,374 5,541 5,602 5,628 5,655 1,203 1,011 927 1,027 980 965 954 946
Wyoming 332 470 454 494 506 523 533 544 92 101 101 98 89 89 90 92
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 2009 Population Estimates, retrieved September 10, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/popest/datasets.html. (This table was prepared September 2010.)

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